hermeneutic Investments

On-Chain Researcher - Alpha Generation & Market Structure

United States

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 114 days ago

PythonSQLData AnalysisLLMsResearchCommunicationProblem Solving

About the role

Company Overview hermeneutic Investments is a best-in-class proprietary trading firm and hedge fund.
It deploys research-driven discretionary and systematic strategies as well as makes strategic long-term investments.
A hard-wired emphasis on risk management and opportunistic market participation ensure that hermeneutic Investments will continue its growth trajectory in the coming decades.

This role is designed for individuals who enjoy uncovering informational and structural market inefficiencies through deep technical investigation and creative research.
Use on-chain activity, market behavior, and historical context to develop actionable trading insights.
Blockchain Analysis Perform detailed entity attribution, wallet clustering, and transaction graph analysis across both account-based and UTXO-based blockchains.
Navigate complex blockchain data schemas to rapidly validate hypotheses and support trading decisions.
Collaborate with engineering teams to improve internal analytics frameworks, monitoring systems, datasets, and research tooling.
Maintain awareness of major market themes, positioning, unlocks, governance proposals, protocol upgrades, ETF developments, and ecosystem catalysts.
Build and maintain high-quality monitoring workflows and alerts for themes and entities of interest.

The ideal candidate combines deep on-chain analytical capability with strong market intuition and a demonstrated ability to independently generate trade ideas.
Candidates should possess strong familiarity with Bitcoin, EVM ecosystems, and major non-EVM blockchains, alongside the ability to rapidly investigate unfamiliar protocols, entities, and market events.
Experience & Knowledge 3+ years of experience in blockchain analysis, crypto research, trading research, or related fields.
Strong understanding of crypto market history, positioning dynamics, and major historical market events.
Technical & Analytical Skills Strong proficiency with SQL/APIs and experience working with large blockchain datasets and warehouse schemas.

Experience generating alpha from on-chain activity, real-time market events, or structural market dislocations.
Prior experience at a trading firm, hedge fund, market intelligence firm, or crypto-native research organization.
Experience working with market microstructure, derivatives positioning, or cross-venue flows.
Familiarity with real-time monitoring systems, alerting frameworks, or information aggregation tooling.
Strong network within the crypto ecosystem and familiarity with key entities, protocols, market participants, and information channels.

Continually evaluate new analytical frameworks, datasets, and publicly available research to improve research capabilities and thematic coverage.
Investigate token supply dynamics including genesis distributions, insider activity, vesting, staking, governance, treasury management, and unlock schedules.

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