About the Company
Founded in 2018 by professors of Yale University and Columbia University, CertiK is a pioneer in blockchain security, utilizing best-in-class AI technology to secure and monitor blockchain protocols and smart contracts
CertiK’s mission is to secure the cyber world
Starting with blockchain, CertiK applies cutting-edge innovations from academia into enterprise, enabling mission-critical applications to be built with security and correctness
 CertiK is one of the fastest growing and most trusted companies in blockchain security and has become a true market leader
To date, we have collectively worked with over 3200 enterprise clients, helped secure over $310 billion worth of digital assets, and detected over 31,000 vulnerabilities in blockchain code
Our clients include leading projects such as Aave, Polygon, Binance Smart Chain, Terra, Yearn, and Chiliz
Our Q1 2021 revenues have more than quadrupled the revenue of the full 2020 year
Since Q1 2020, our team size has more than doubled, and this rate of growth will continue in 2021, creating a highly effective, remote-friendly culture with talents located worldwide
 CertiK just raised over $230 million in Series B, B+, B2 and B3 funding rounds over four months in 2021, putting the company over $2 Billion in valuation
Our investors include top VCs like Insight Partners, Sequoia, Tiger Global, Advent International, Goldman Sachs, Coatue Management, Shunwei Capital and Hillhouse Capital as well as industry leaders like Coinbase Ventures and Binance
About the Role
CertiK is looking for a Data Scientist Intern who has experience with machine learning and is interested in learning more about natural language processing and analyzing social media data from platforms such as Twitter, Reddit, Instagram, Telegram, and more
About You
You are creative, fascinated by human language and behavior, and excited by the ability to turn data into insights to help our users detect fraudulent behavior, identify sophisticated sentiment trends, filter and categorize news, and make smarter investment decisions
You are interested in learning more about cutting-edge natural language processing techniques and how to sift through enormous social media and language data sets to discover patterns, formulate problems, and create clever solutions using a variety of methods
You also want to find out what it is like to work with a team of data scientists and engineers, and see how data analytical products are created from scratch
Responsibilities
- Explore data sets to find patterns and identify possible problems and solutions
- Communicate with team to prioritize tasks, come up with timelines, and set expectations
- Use a variety of machine-learning, rules-based, and other techniques to develop analytical products for internal teams and external users
- Stay updated with and share new NLP and data science techniques
- Routinely use social media to understand posting behavior and language use, especially in cryptocurrency communities
Requirements
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degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, Linguistics, or related field or equivalent experience - Expertise in SQL, Git, and Python including standard libraries such as pandas and numpy
- Some familiarity with machine and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, FastText, HuggingFace, sci-kit, gensim, or others
- Interest in building state-of-the-art NLP models such as Transformers (BERT) and vector embeddings
- Some familiarity with popular social media platforms
- Interest in analyzing discussions about internet meme culture and cryptocurrency
- Ability to work well with others and communicate problems and findings clearly
About the Company
One of the fastest-growing and most trusted companies in blockchain security, CertiK is a true market leader
To date, CertiK has worked with over 3,200 Enterprise clients, secured over $310 billion worth of digital assets, and has detected over 60,000 vulnerabilities in blockchain code
Our clients include leading projects such as Aave, Polygon, Binance Smart Chain, Terra, Yearn, and Chiliz
Investors = Insight Partners, Sequoia, Tiger Global, Coatue Management, Lightspeed, Advent International, SoftBank, Hillhouse Capital, Goldman Sachs, Coinbase Ventures, Binance, Shunwei Capital, IDG Capital, Wing, Legend Star, Danhua Capital and other investors
Compensation
$2000 – $6000/month (fulltime)
The exact compensation at which this job is filled will be determined by the skills and experience of qualified candidates
#blockchain#startups#hiringCertiK is proud to offer medical, vision, and dental insurance, 401(k) plan with company matching, life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, HSA (with high deductible plan), FSA, and other benefits to all full-time employees, along with flexible paid time off and holidays
 In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire
CertiK is proud to be an equal opportunity employer
We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, medical condition, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status or civil partnership/union status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth, genetic information, military and veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state or local law
CertiK will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements
All CertiK employees are expected to actively support diversity on their teams, and in the Company