Market Analyst

The role

This person will track crypto markets, specifically prediction markets and perpetual futures, to identify business opportunities for Pyth. They will monitor market trends, conduct user research, and translate findings into product ideas.

What you will do

• Track news, launches, and structural shifts across prediction markets and perpetual futures
• Monitor trader conversations in X, Discord, and Telegram to spot sentiment shifts
• Follow volumes, open interest, funding rates, and market share across major venues
• Connect recent events to their impact on Pyth
• Maintain a view of the competitive landscape including oracles and data providers
• Research prediction market and perps protocols to understand price data usage
• Map users, their needs, and where current solutions fall short
• Build dashboards and datasets to follow these markets
• Turn research findings into concrete product ideas for Pyth
• Size opportunities using market and on-chain data

Required qualifications

• Background as an analyst at a crypto research firm or in a research/data role at a perps exchange or prediction market
• Deep understanding of prediction market and perpetual futures market structure
• Active in trader communities and comfortable picking up signal from X, Discord, and Telegram
• Proficient with data analysis tools (SQL, Python, Dune or similar)
• Strong writer with a track record of research that drives decisions
• Analytical and a self-starter, comfortable owning a research agenda independently
• Comfortable with startup pace and evolving scope

About the company

Douro Labs is the core development team behind the Pyth Network. They are a digital-first organization with a team spread across the globe.