On-Chain Researcher, Attribution & Monitoring
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On-chain researcher attributing wallets and monitoring blockchain activity for hermeneutic research, a proprietary trading firm. Supporting crypto trading decisions through real-time analysis, dashboards, alerts, and blockchain data research.
Responsibilities:
- Perform entity attribution, wallet clustering, and transaction graph analysis across account-based and UTXO-based blockchains
- Investigate unknown wallets and clusters, weigh evidence, and state confidence honestly before sharing conclusions
- Analyze exchange flows, treasury and insider activity, token unlocks, vesting, and cross-venue capital movement
- Investigate unfamiliar protocols, entities, and market events quickly and report what on-chain data does and does not show
- Monitor on-chain activity and market events in real time for potentially tradeable signals and escalate them to the senior team
- Build and maintain monitoring workflows, dashboards, and alerts for themes and entities of interest
- Communicate complex blockchain activity clearly and concisely to researchers and traders under time pressure
- Provide coverage and backup for senior researchers when colleagues are out
- Support senior researchers with exploratory analysis across Bitcoin, EVM ecosystems, and major non-EVM blockchains
- Query and analyze blockchain datasets using SQL and APIs, including internal data platforms, to validate hypotheses quickly
- Use modern analytical and AI-assisted tooling for attribution, summarization, and ad hoc research
- Collaborate with engineering on datasets, monitoring systems, and research tooling
Requirements:
- 2 to 3 years of experience in blockchain analysis, crypto research, or a related field
- Demonstrable, hands-on experience with on-chain attribution: wallet clustering, entity analysis, and investigating unknown addresses
- Publicly available research or analysis that can be reviewed before interviews, such as threads, reports, dashboards, or write-ups
- Working familiarity with Bitcoin, EVM ecosystems, and at least one major non-EVM blockchain
- Understanding of how exchange flows, unlocks, and treasury movements relate to market behavior
- Working proficiency in SQL and APIs, with experience querying large blockchain datasets
- Experience with blockchain analytics and visualization platforms such as Dune, Flipside, Arkham, Nansen, Etherscan, Solscan, or similar tools
- Familiarity with Bitcoin's UTXO model and associated transaction analysis techniques
- Python or a similar language for research and prototyping
- Good judgment about signal versus noise in incomplete or fast-moving data
- Strong attention to detail while tracking several assets and themes simultaneously
- Clear written and verbal communication, especially under time pressure
- Ownership, self-direction, and intellectual curiosity
- Ability to work collaboratively across research, trading, and engineering teams
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