Crypto Economics Researcher at Avalanche Foundation focusing on economic strategy, protocol design, and ecosystem growth. Conducting empirical research and providing actionable recommendations for blockchain ecosystems.
Responsibilities
Conduct rigorous theoretical and empirical research on blockchain ecosystems, market dynamics, incentives, and network sustainability.
Contribute to protocol design, evaluation, policy, and improvements based on research.
Build models, datasets, and analytical frameworks that help evaluate strategic and economic tradeoffs.
Analyze on-chain, market, and ecosystem data to generate decision-ready insights.
Translate complex research into clear recommendations, actions, and knowledge resources.
Stay at the forefront of cryptoasset research.
Requirements
A quantitative background in economics, finance, mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science, or another related field.
Strong empirical research and modeling skills, including but not limited to a mix of; structural estimation, causal inference, time-series analysis, machine learning, asset pricing models, simulation methods, mechanism design, market microstructure, and game theory.
3+ years of experience in an applied economics, quantitative research, data science, or related analytical role.
Experience building data-driven research products, analytical frameworks, models, and tools that inform strategy, investment, product, or policy decisions.
Proficiency and demonstrative experience with Python and SQL.
Familiarity with crypto, blockchain ecosystems, DeFi, tokenomics, staking, or digital asset markets is preferred.
Excellent written communication skills and analytical judgment. (We care about rigorous thinking, but also care about producing work that helps real decisions get made)
Comfort owning and addressing ambiguous, open-ended problems from end to end.
Benefits
Full autonomy—real ownership of your work, not just a ticket queue.
Small team, high impact. What you build directly shapes ecosystem strategy.
Remote-first, async-friendly culture.
AI-forward engineering culture—we actively use and invest in AI tooling to ship faster
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