Who is Risk Labs?

Risk Labs is the foundation and core team whose mandate is to build and grow the UMA and Across protocol ecosystems.

What is UMA?

UMA's optimistic oracle (OO) can record any verifiable truth or data onto a blockchain. UMA Purpose: UMA is the canonical source of truth that blockchains use to verify real world data. UMA Vision: UMA enables any verifiable truth to be recorded on-chain, trustlessly.

What is Across?

Across is a cross-chain bridge for L2s and rollups secured by UMA’s OO. Across' purpose: Across is to fulfill crypto’s potential by making blockchains more usable, more accessible and more efficient. Across’ Vision: Intents are the standard in x-chain interoperability, and are settled by Across.

Job Description

The Senior Data Analyst will work across both Across and UMA, helping to shape and scale data-driven decision-making. This role blends strong analytical and technical skills with an eagerness to dive into the details, working directly with data to uncover trends, opportunities, and insights that guide product and business strategy.

You’ll work closely with product, engineering, and leadership teams to build analyses, dashboards, and models that make data accessible and actionable. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-moving environments, enjoys problem-solving through data, and is excited to grow their expertise in the crypto and DeFi space.

Responsibilities

• Analytics & Insight Generation:
  Collaborate with product and business teams to identify key questions and deliver clear, actionable analyses and dashboards that inform decisions and measure impact.

• Data Modeling & Integration:
  Partner with data engineering to onboard and model new data sources. Write SQL and Python scripts to extract, clean, and prepare data for analysis and reporting.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  Work alongside Product, Engineering, and Operations to translate data into insights—surfacing patterns, opportunities, and risks early.

• Data Quality & Stewardship:
  Ensure the data used for reporting is accurate, well-structured, and aligned with business priorities.

• Domain Context:
  Leverage (or develop) a solid understanding of crypto, DeFi, and interoperability to contextualize data and support hypothesis-driven exploration.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in data analysis or analytics roles in a tech or related industry.

• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python, with experience in data modeling, ETL, and business intelligence tools.

• Proven ability to structure analyses, interpret data critically, and communicate findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and time management.

• High curiosity, willingness to learn, and openness to feedback.

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

• Interest in or experience with crypto, DeFi, or blockchain data is a plus.

• Familiarity with modern data stacks (BigQuery, dbt, Airflow, Superset/Preset) is an advantage.

Our tech stack: BigQuery, Preset/Superset, Python, dbt, Airflow, Typescript,Node.js, Solidity, viem, React, ethers

Compensation and Benefits

• Pay packages include competitive salaries & meaningful token options.

• Salaries for this role range from $100-200k (USD), and your token allocation can grow with your voting rewards while you participate in the growing ecosystem.

• Will pay in stablecoins or fiat

• Philosophies for a culture that show we care: Take vacation when you need it, family care, training and development (just to name a few)

• 100% remote, which means we encourage you to create the work environment that you thrive in

• At least two team wide offsites a year

Closing

Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Risk Labs, the employing entity, is an equal opportunity employer and is dedicated to diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplaces. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align- we encourage you to apply anyways. We value you taking the chance. Risk labs will not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Our values:

1) We value each individual’s right to economic freedom

2) We value openness, honesty, and directness.

3) We value integrity.

4) We value iterative learning.

5) We value taking smart risks. We value creating an environment where everyone “does their best work”.

Why do we love working at Risk Labs?

We are a group that's aligned with the ethos of the crypto industry and doing our best to make an impact for the industry and world at large. You’ll succeed with Risk Labs if you’re a self-starter, kind, adaptable, and passionate about making an impact. Risk Labs is a values driven team that strives to create an environment where we can do our best work, and succeed. We're building products that we believe in, and continuing to strive for innovation and growth. Both personally and professionally we support each other to create a happy, healthy, and inspired team vibe, so we can remain motivated to build things the world needs and loves. We take pride in the fact that we are at once family-friendly as well as nomad-friendly.

UMA's optimistic oracle is a decentralized truth machine for Web3- yes, that’s a bold and very exciting statement. We’ve built a solid foundation, in terms of the team, the technology, and the products, and the road map ahead is one full of exciting technical challenges, growth, and telling our story to the world.

Across is forging the path for intents-based solutions and settlements, creating an interoperable world where DeFi is seamless. We’ve grown from an early bridge, to a market leader, and won’t stop innovating and building. We have big dreams, and a team excited to bring them to life.

Still want to know more?

• Our team blends a mix of highly-sought engineers, and a diverse business team to showcase their high quality tech. Our international and fast-growing team includes a diverse background of experiences and has drawn world class talent. We have a great network of supportive investors from groups like: Placeholder, Blockchain Capital, Bain Capital, Coinbase, Dragonfly... to name a few.

• Teammates take the time off that they need and support each other to be their best selves- we care about your wellness.

• You will not get bored with Risk Labs. We are constantly developing, building, experimenting and evolving. Yes we try to allow people to focus on their specific product areas, but things are always shifting and evolving. There’s no right answer and we’re all just doing our best!