Campus Crypto Researcher (Full-Time)

London. Posted 12 months ago

The role

You will monitor the crypto landscape to identify new opportunities and translate trends into strategy. You will produce research reports and provide advice on code, tokenomics modeling, and strategy to empower the team.

What you will do

Monitor the broader crypto landscape and identify new opportunities for Jump Crypto.
Translate industry trends into actionable architecture, product, or investment strategy.
Aggregate information from technical repositories, research reports, white papers, industry relationships, Jump Crypto’s own data, and anecdotal feedback.
Produce valuable content, recommendations, or general advice to guide group strategy.
Empower the broader Jump Crypto team through research for deals, product insights, and strategic partnerships.
Make material contributions to Jump Crypto’s partners through code, tokenomics modeling, and strategy.
Produce actionable insights on incomplete data to drive decision making.
Identify early-stage opportunities for investments, engineering, market making, and trading operations.
Feed research insights on new trends or projects back to the group through writing or presentations.
Other duties as assigned or needed.

Required qualifications

Obsessed with the crypto industry.
Well versed in one, or many disciplines material to blockchain development including, but not limited to, smart contracts, cryptography, crypto-economics, networking, consensus algorithms, distributed
An excellent communicator across both written and verbal channels.
Able to balance open-ended, blue-sky research with actionable results.
Excited by the prospect of working in a fast-paced and lean organization with evolving focuses and priorities.
Kind, communicative, resourceful, self-sufficient, and able to work with internal and external stakeholders.
Reliable and predictable availability.

Nice to have

optionally on macro-level strategy or specific project architecture

Benefits

Private Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance
Travel Medical Insurance
Group Pension Scheme
Group Life Assurance and Income Protection Schemes
Paid Parental Leave
Parking and Commuter Benefits

About the company

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science. Jump Crypto is the crypto division of Jump Trading Group, building critical infrastructure for the crypto ecosystem.