Data Engineer (Mid level)

About Thesis

Thesis* is a pioneering venture studio dedicated to building on Bitcoin since 2014. We seek, fund, and build products and protocols in cryptocurrency and decentralized businesses that enable personal empowerment.

Our projects include Mezo, a Bitcoin finance app; Keep Network (now Threshold Network), a privacy protocol for public blockchains; Fold (NASDAQ:FLD), for earning Bitcoin on your purchases; Taho, a community-owned and operated cryptocurrency wallet; Lolli, an app providing Bitcoin rewards for purchases, gaming, and other online commerce; and Embody, a fully encrypted period tracking app.

Thesis* continues to challenge traditional systems, driven by innovation and a belief in a sovereign digital future shaping the decentralized landscape one project at a time. To learn more, please visit: https://thesis.co/

Investors in the company and our projects include Andreessen Horowitz, Pantera, Multicoin, Polychain Capital, and Draper Associates, among others. We are a remote-first company, led by founders who have been operating in the cryptocurrency and web3 space since 2014.

About Mezo

Mezo is Bitcoins’ Economic Layer; a new home for Bitcoin holders to cultivate Bitcoin and grow wealth together. It is a Bitcoin-first chain designed for user ownership of assets, reliable bridging with tBTC, a dual staking model for rewards and validation, and much more.

Mezo is proudly brought to you by Thesis, the same team behind tBTC, Fold, Acre, Etcher, Taho, Embody, and Defense. Thesis is a cryptocurrency venture studio whose mission is to empower the individual. We seek, fund, and build brands in cryptocurrency and decentralized businesses that enable personal empowerment. We’re a fun, down-to-earth, fast-paced, highly collaborative, and fully remote team!

Investors in Thesis and our projects include Andreessen Horowitz, Polychain Capital, Pantera Capital, and Draper Associates, among others. We are a remote-first company, led by founders who have been operating in the cryptocurrency and web3 space since 2014.

About the Data Engineer

At Mezo, we’re building the Bitcoin bank — a financial system where people can bank on themselves. To get there, we need world-class data infrastructure powering everything from on-chain analytics and user insights to credit risk modeling and stablecoin liquidity.

We’re looking for a mid-level Data Engineer with experience in financial services, crypto, or blockchain data to join our engineering team. You’ll help expand our in-house data capabilities and design pipelines that can handle the unique challenges of high-volume, high-integrity financial data.

What You’ll Do

Architect complex, real-time data pipelines:

• Design, develop, and optimize ETL pipelines that integrate large data sets from both off and on-chain sources. Ensure low-latency ingestion and processing of time-sensitive data

Proactively optimize and constantly maintain processes

• Act as a key contributor to developing and supporting complex data architectures

• Continually troubleshoot and optimize data systems, identifying issues and resolving them

• Proactively improve processes and technologies for more efficient data processing and delivery

• Ensure data availability, reliability, and performance

• Ensure data integrity, consistency, and security across systems

Collaborate with Data Science:

• Work with the Data Scientist to write and code review Python scripts for data ingestion, transformation, and automation

• Implement and manage data workflows using Cloud Composer and Github Actions for scheduling and orchestration based on Data Science specifications

• Build and maintain high-performance data warehouse schema with Google BigQuery and DBT for data transformation, mapped to the needs of the Data Scientist

Work closely with on-chain data:

• Build data validation, reconciliation, and monitoring systems that meet the standards of both financial services and crypto-native ecosystems.

• Explore new approaches to indexing and querying Bitcoin and Ethereum data, as well as emerging L2s and DeFi protocols.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams:

• Partner with product, engineering, and data science to deliver the datasets that drive lending models, stablecoin flows, and new product launches.

Requirements

• 3–6 years in a data engineering role, with at least some experience in DeFi, fintech, or a related field

• Extensive experience with Python and SQL

• Experience with data warehousing solutions (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift)

• Strong understanding of Google Tag Manager (familiarity with Data Layer a plus)

• Expertise with orchestration tooling like Fivetran or Airflow, data transformation tools like dbt, and git/Github

• Comprehensive understanding of the Google Cloud Platform, including Cloud SQL, Cloud Functions, and BigQuery

• Familiarity with data governance and compliance standards

• Hands-on experience with blockchain or crypto data, including core tools like Dune or Goldsky

• Knowledge of standard ETL patterns, modern data warehousing ideas such as data mesh or data vaulting, and data quality practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of real-time data processing and event-driven tracking with analytics.js and/or Segment

• Familiarity with data observability tools and anomaly detection for production systems

• Understanding of financial data governance, reconciliation, and compliance needs.

• Experience with on-chain indexing, blockchain ETL, or real-time risk/credit models.

• Exposure to data visualization platforms such as Looker Studio, Hex, or Mixpanel

• Prior experience as a data analyst or scientist

Location

All Thesis roles are remote-first, with a preference for Europe & Americas time zones.

Salary

We offer competitive salaries, variable with experience and a number of other factors.

Benefits

At Thesis, we work in a fun, fast-paced environment that operates by collaborating both remotely and in person when we can. We offer a competitive salary, full health benefits, opportunity for equity and a number of other perks.

Our Cultural Tenets

We Believe in Freedom and Autonomy

We Have Inquisitive Minds

We Are Obsessed with Communication

We Are Proudly Offbeat

We Care About Each Other

We Are Driven