Monad Labs is the team building Monad, the performant and parallel EVM Layer-1 blockchain. We are a team of systems engineers and community builders who are on a mission to help crypto eat the world. After recently raising $225M in series A funding, led by Paradigm, we are growing our team.

The Role

Monad Labs is looking for an exceptional quant to work on data science and machine learning problems in the blockchain space. The work will be challenging, as it will involve predictive modeling for a variety of topics like transaction dependencies, user behavior, network behavior, etc. We’re looking for someone who has excelled in other environments where predictive analytics had a direct impact on the bottom line, such as high-frequency trading or traditional tech. Your work will directly impact the performance and economics of one of the biggest upcoming blockchain projects in the space.

What You’ll Do

• Work on greenfield predictive modeling problems related to blockchain performance and system/user behavior. Problems may be open-ended; you’ll have to devise and prototype a variety of approaches before finding the correct solution.
• Implement production-grade solutions and take end-to-end ownership of production prediction pipelines.

Who You Are

• At least 3 years of experience building predictive models, preferably at a HFT firm
• You’re creative, self-motivated and independent
• You have excellent knowledge of predictive modeling techniques including linear regression, decision trees, and neural nets
• You know numpy and pandas like the back of your hand
• You’ve built something significant from scratch
• Bonus: You are crypto-native

Why work with us

• You’ll work on extremely challenging problems with massive impact
• You’ll work with a small, exceptional team (bios here: https://monad.xyz/team)
• You’ll receive a competitive salary and competitive total compensation package
• You’ll shape the culture as an early employee and make impactful contributions from day one
• You’ll be part of a flat, results-driven organization
• Your work will be deeply impactful, enabling a much cheaper and more efficient computation platform

Salary and benefits

Salary and benefits

Minimum full-time salary of $200,000. (**This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary; a final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience, domain expertise, and geographic location.)

Monad Labs’ benefits for US-based full-time employees include medical, dental, and vision insurance (100% coverage for employees); unlimited and encouraged paid time off; monthly mental health and fitness stipend; paid parental leave; and 10 company-observed holidays.

Our team is headquartered in NoMad, Manhattan, NYC. This is for a hybrid (3 days/week in office) role.