Starknet Foundation
Netanya, Israel
11-50 employees
Starknet uses STARK tech for computational integrity, validating off-chain transactions with advanced math and cryptography.
Growth Analyst
Growth Analyst
The Starknet Foundation was established to support the development of Starknet, a state-of-the-art layer 2 blockchain network built on top of Ethereum. Our mission is to unlock Ethereum’s scalability and efficiency, making decentralized applications more accessible and effective. The Growth team plays a pivotal role in this mission by driving initiatives - from conception to conclusion - that aim to advance the innovation and success of partners in our ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- Leveraging deep data & analytics skills, develop a thorough understanding of ecosystem health, opportunity areas, and growth drivers.
- Craft and execute a wide variety of growth initiatives (eg: DeFi Spring, Propulsion) across categories and regions aimed at advancing existing partners and attracting new development.
- Set the high-level assessment objectives and criteria for how network programs perform. Use this assessment mechanism to review projects and incentive structures on a regular cadence.
- Manage growth programs from inception to execution to outcome measurement, understanding performance levers at each stage and leveraging data for ongoing program iterations.
- Collaborate with internal teams, including Ecosystem, Product, Marketing and Operations to align growth efforts with overall company goals and objectives.
- Serve as an ambassador for the Foundation and evangelist for Starknet in both online communities and at industry events, conferences and meetings.
Requirements
- Relevant experience designing, executing and evaluating the success of growth programs, ideally within the blockchain industry.
- Understanding of blockchain data, token incentive mechanisms, data simulation, data analytics to derive insights into user behaviour, market trends, and network performance.
- Deep understanding of Ethereum, Layer 2 scaling technologies, and the broader blockchain ecosystem.
- Technical proficiency and the ability to understand and communicate complex technical concepts to developers effectively.
- Excellent communication, executive presence, and interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams and external partners.
- Strategic thinker with a data-driven and results-oriented mindset.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and thrive in a fast-paced, decentralized work environment.
- Willingness to travel (events, conferences) and work across timezones.
- DeFI experience.
- Experience with analytics tools such as Dune, Flipside, The Graph, or similar.
Nice to Haves
- Experience in correlated industries that will give you the skills & preparation to be successful, eg: high-frequency trading, data science, private equity or investment banking.
- Familiarity with DeFi projects.
- Proficiency in Python, SQL, Excel and data visualisation platforms.
- An understanding of: collecting, cleaning, and analysing blockchain data, building visualisations, writing scripts to implement data model with parameterisation. Maintenance of ETL data pipelines, creating plots using Python scripts, leveraging libraries such as Pandas, Matplotlib, and Numpy.
- Experience with DBT transformations.
- Simulations and scenario analysis to evaluate the impact of different strategies on network performance.
- Bachelor’s, Master’s or doctoral degree in a quantitative field such as statistics, computer science, mathematics, economics, or a related discipline.
- Background in machine learning algorithms, statistical techniques, game theory, mechanism design, DeFi protocol design.
- Prior quantitative analyst role at a trading or research firm.
Key Skills
- Product & program management
- Statistics & data analytics
- Consulting
- DeFi experience