Software Engineer, DeFi Metrics

About Messari.

Messari is the leading provider of crypto market intelligence products that help professionals navigate crypto/Web3 with confidence. We bring transparency and smarter qualitative and quantitative analytics to the industry by combining a global research database with a comprehensive suite of data visualization and asset discovery tools. We help drive smarter participation in crypto from individuals and institutions alike. The name “Messari” came from the Franciscan monks who declared "clean books" a moral imperative during the renaissance and pushed merchants to use proper accounting methods. This led to the flourishing of investment via "trust but verify" methods and industry growth throughout Europe. That's what we aim to do. Provide participants, investors, builders, platforms, and everyone else with reliable information to better participate in the crypto ecosystem. Our users range from some of the most prominent analysts, investors, and crypto individuals to top organizations including Coinbase, BitGo, Anchorage, 0x, Chainanalysis, Ledger, Compound, MakerDAO, and many more.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced engineer to build the most comprehensive DeFi metrics platform in web3. As a blockchain focused engineer, your role is to interact with on-chain protocols like Aave and integrate with off-chain APIs like The Graph, to build ingestion and analytical pipelines for on-chain metrics across protocols and across chains. Our data is both real time and historical, which each present unique challenges in how we store and provide access to our data. Our APIs are written in GraphQL, REST, and gRPC depending on the use case. We like Go for its simplicity and maintainability, and Postgres for features and reliability. We deploy using Kubernetes on Amazon Web Services. That being said, we’re not dogmatic and always believe in using the best tool for the job.

What you'll do

• Help build the most comprehensive DeFi metrics platform used by crypto analysts, investors, as well as degens and yield farmers. We strive to have the best coverage both in terms of breadth (# of chains, # of protocols) as well as depth (user/pool level data, transaction level data).
• Work with product managers, data scientists, and research analysts to create data models for various DeFi protocols. You will need a working understanding of how these protocols work, how various metrics are calculated, and how these data are exposed from underlying smart contracts.
• Build out ingestion pipeline for new data sources including non-EVM chains and 3rd party data vendors, with a focus on scaling (how can we make it easy to scale to 100 protocols).
• Design and implement API endpoints to expose these data (REST, gRPC, GraphQL).

Who you are

• 2+ years experience with modern backend technologies including Golang, Postgres, and AWS
• a desire to work on big complex projects with lots of creative freedom
• a passion for shipping high-quality products
• an interest in the crypto space, and a love for building tools that help users navigate the web3 world
• empathetic and love to help your teammates grow

Projects you could work on

• Design and implement a subgraph to expose financial metrics on Convex (e.g. TVL, APY/APR, Fees, Revenue).
• Build out ingestion pipeline for protocols in the Cosmos ecosystem. This includes ingesting on-chain data via Cosmos RPC, parsing and aggregating them in usable formats, as well as backfilling historical data.
• Improve the performance, reliability, and scalability of our ingestion pipeline. For example, how to cut down data retrieval time by 3x.

What’s it like to work with our engineering team?

• A welcoming and open environment with people who love to collaborate on ideas and tackle complex problems
• Work with a small team of engineers with large impact across product, research, and business development
• Participate in forums like Family Meals and Messari Lab to share ideas or technologies you’ve been exploring and tinkering with

Salary Ranges for this position (depending upon experience): Associate: $135,000 - $155,000 Mid: $150,000 - $185,000 Senior: $195000 - $200,000 +

What you'll love about Messari.

We understand in order for you to do your best work, you need the resources to stay healthy, recharge, and feel like you have ownership in the future we are building. We care about your well-being so we contribute to the cost of your health benefits. Messari covers 80% of your health, dental, and vision! 

• FSA, Life Insurance, Virtual Health
• WeWork All Access Pass
• $500 for anything you need to build your home setup
• Flexible Time Off - Forget accrued PTO days. We believe in the power of personal time, so we offer as much flexible time as you need. Just clear it with your team and bon voyage!
• Mental Health Therapy via TalkSpace & Health Advocacy
• Invest in your future with our 401K and equity options
• Parental Leave - We encourage you to take care of your little one! We provide 18 week primary / 4 week secondary.
• Get paid in Crypto!

When the company succeeds, so do you! We often do “airdrops” of crypto to encourage you to explore and grow in this industry. Community - Messari is a community, we work hard, and bring each other up!  *As Messari is a fully remote company hiring candidates around the world, our perks and benefit packages may adjust based on your location.

Join our Global, Fully-Remote Team. 

Messari is committed to maintaining a workplace where diversity of identity, culture, and life experience is the norm and respected consistently. Diversity of experience drives creativity and innovation, entrepreneurial leadership and integrity, and competitive and collaboration throughout our business and in the market. We depend on our differences to make our team stronger, and have our product reflect the diversity of our customers. At Messari, we welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, socioeconomic status, religion, age, marital or parental status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.