Data Scientist

As digital assets and cryptocurrency become more widely adopted every day,, our products are essential to ensure cryptocurrency is safe and accessible to all. Our solutions help to prevent financial crime and allow cryptocurrencies to be used for good. Our products are used by some of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, financial institutions and government agencies to screen over $1 billion of transactions every single week.

Elliptic is backed by some of the top VCs: SBI Group, Albion VC, Octopus Ventures, SignalFire, Paladin Capital, Santander InnoVentures, and Digital Currency Group, and we have grown globally with teams in the UK, USA, Singapore and Tokyo.

To achieve our mission, we depend on our incredible team of Elliptites. Our values are reflected in everything we do and every decision we make, both internally and outwardly to our customers. We actively encourage Elliptities to challenge the status quo and allow the freedom to innovate and learn every day. We encourage new ideas and learning, whether that’s through collaboration, our curiosity sessions, or utilising your professional development budget - personal growth is important to us all.

What you will do:

• Collaborate with the rest of the Data Team to enhance our existing models, and think creatively about new ones.
• Turn the results of observations and analysis first into code, and then into production data for client-facing products.
• Be up-to-date with the latest cryptocurrency research.
• Maintain and develop existing Python and Scala codebase.
• Help internal teams answer data-specific questions.

You will be a great fit here if you:

• Know the basics of cryptocurrencies and have a genuine interest in understanding what patterns lie beneath the seemingly unorderly structure of the blockchain.
• Love coding and appreciate the importance of applying good software engineering practices but at the same time do not strive for perfect, clean code at the cost of effective research.
• Love interrogating data, looking for answers to your questions with an eye for what is most useful for the team and for the company’s objectives.

Requirements

Our ideal candidate has:

• At least 2 years of commercial data science experience or equivalent relevant experience at Ph.D. level
• Strong knowledge of Python and of at least one other language (preferably Scala or Java).
• Good understanding of all the data science fundamentals, and experience with the necessary Python toolkit (numpy, pandas, scikit-learn, scipy, ...)
• A strong numerical degree-level qualification (e.g., Computer science, Maths, Physics, Engineering, ...).

Bonus Points for:

• Commercial or research experience with cryptocurrencies and/or cybercrime.
• Leadership experience.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday, health insurance, pension plan and EMI options
• Career development plan & personal training budget
• Fortnightly team lunches, snacks and drinks in the office, and quarterly team events
• Collaborative, flexible and friendly environment with options for remote working
• Being part of a business with a purpose, and the opportunity to work with a passionate team of mission-driven people who’ll stretch and challenge you