[Remote] Data Scientist — Blockchain Intelligence

Note The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Merkle Science provides blockchain transaction monitoring and intelligence solutions for various sectors including financial institutions and law enforcement. They are seeking a Data Scientist to design and implement clustering and attribution heuristics for analyzing large on-chain datasets and contribute to the company's mission of making cryptocurrencies safe. Responsibilities Design, test, and ship clustering and attribution heuristics, and measure them with real precision/coverage metrics rather than vibes Own your data end to end — pull, clean, join, and model large on-chain datasets without depending on a separate team for every query Build and maintain the pipelines that take a heuristic from notebook to production, including backfills, incremental runs, and validation Investigate edge cases (mixers, bridges, exchange hot wallets, consolidation patterns) and translate findings into repeatable logic Partner with investigations and product to define what "correct" looks like and benchmark against ground truth Prototype quickly, then harden what works Skills 4+ years building data science or data engineering systems that actually shipped (not just notebooks) Strong Python and SQL; comfortable with large datasets and the gotchas of joins, dedup, and skew at scale Solid grasp of clustering, graph/network analysis, or entity resolution — and a habit of validating results, not just producing them Ability to reason about precision vs. coverage trade-offs and defend your metrics Self-directed you can scope an ambiguous problem, get the data yourself, and drive it to a result Benefits Excellent health insurance Flexible time off Learning & development initiatives Hours that are designed to provide work/life balance We regularly host team-building sessions and encourage discussions around mental health Industry-leading compensation Generous equity Endless opportunities to grow your career with Merkle Science Company Overview Merkle Science is a software company that offers predictive crypto risk and intelligence platforms for businesses and government agencies. It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in Singapore, Central Region, SGP, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https//www.merklescience.com.

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