Founding Data Lead

Agora; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Agora is hiring a Founding Data Lead to build the analytics function from the ground up. You will own how we define, source, and interpret data across onchain, product, financial, and operational domains.

This role offers high autonomy and visibility in shaping the company's data strategy. You'll turn raw behavior into actionable insights, enable self-service analytics for all teams, and collaborate with engineering to maximize data value while guiding product analytics efforts across surfaces

Qualifications

• 5+ years of analytics, BI, or data engineering, ideally as an early data hire at a high-growth startup.
• Strong SQL. You can write complex queries across joins, window functions, CTEs, and subqueries.
• Experience building and maintaining dashboards and metrics frameworks (Metabase, Looker, or similar).
• Ability to translate messy business context into clean data models.

Responsibilities

• Map data across our stack (onchain, product, financial, operational) into a coherent picture.
• Tell the story of how Agora runs and what the data means to growth and investment decisions.
• Stand up self-service analytics so every team moves faster on its own.
• Partner with engineering to raise the ceiling on what our data can do and bring product analytics to life.

Skills

SQL

Dashboarding

Data Modeling

Data storytelling

Communication

Tools

Metabase

Looker

Spark

Databricks

dbt

Airflow

Dagster

Prefect

Amplitude

Mixpanel

Job description

ABOUT AGORA

At Agora, our mission is to transform how money moves. We believe stablecoins will underpin a new financial fabric, one that is faster, more global, and more efficient than today's siloed systems. That is why we are building AUSD and the Agora stack, a full-service platform that makes issuing, managing, and integrating stablecoins seamless, whether you're a developer, fintech, or institution. With AUSD, stablecoins become programmable, composable, and ubiquitous by default.

We believe digital dollars should be a public good: trusted, accessible, and built for real-world utility. Our mission is to drive adoption through customizable, user-friendly on-ramps that make stable, dollar-based value available onchain.

We're backed by world-class investors including Paradigm and Dragonfly, and we're growing a team to reimagine how value moves online.

We're intentional about who we bring on. If you're passionate about stablecoins and want to help create more open, intuitive ways for people to engage with money, let's talk.

ABOUT THE TEAM

We bring the discipline of high-performance finance teams and the creativity of a fast-moving crypto-native startup. We're a small, mission-driven group of builders who move fast, sweat the details, and hold a high bar for excellence, in product, code, and culture.

You'll be joining a tight-knit team that values clear thinking, extreme ownership, and high-velocity decision making. We operate in short feedback loops, support one another without ego, and are deeply motivated by the opportunity to build foundational infrastructure for the future of money.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As our Founding Data Lead, you'll build the analytics function from zero. You'll own the numbers the company runs on: how we define them, where they come from, and what they mean. High autonomy, high visibility, every part of the business.

You'll map data across our stack (onchain, product, financial, operational) into a coherent picture and tell the story of how Agora runs. Customer understanding is where you'll create the most leverage. You'll turn raw behavior into the insights that shape how we grow, where we invest, and what we build next.

You'll stand up self-service analytics so every team moves faster on its own, partner with engineering to raise the ceiling on what our data can do, and bring product analytics to life across the surfaces that matter.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of experience in analytics, business intelligence, or data engineering, ideally as an early data hire at a high-growth startup.
• Strong SQL. You can write complex queries across joins, window functions, CTEs, and subqueries without thinking twice.
• Experience building and maintaining dashboards and metrics frameworks (Metabase, Looker, or similar).
• Ability to translate messy business context into clean data models.
• Comfort working with high-volume event data and the tooling to process it efficiently (Spark, Databricks, ClickHouse, or similar).
• Clear communication. You can present findings to an exec team and make data-driven recommendations that stick.
• Working knowledge of data orchestration tools (dbt, Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, or similar).
• Proficiency with a product analytics platform (Amplitude, Mixpanel, PostHog, Heap, or similar).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with blockchain data: onchain indexing, subgraphs, multi-chain analytics, or DeFi protocols.
• Background in fintech, payments, or financial services.

Agora operates a centralized USD‑pegged stablecoin platform with robust compliance, security, and governance. We are equally committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related conditions), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.