Remote Blockchain Data Scientist: Crypto Insights & ML

Placements24; Bloemfontein; Hybrid; ZAR 700,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Professional development budget

Health insurance

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Blockchain Data Scientist to join a data analytics firm operating at the intersection of data science and blockchain. You will collect, clean, and analyze large on-chain and off-chain datasets to identify trends, forecast market movements, and build data-driven strategies.

Remote-first role with international collaboration; you will work with Python/R, ML models, and visualization tools to deliver actionable insights.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of analyzing large, complex datasets.
• Strong background in ML algorithms and statistical modeling.
• Familiarity with blockchain, crypto, and on-chain data analysis is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Collect, process, and analyze large datasets from blockchain networks and related sources.
• Develop ML models and statistical techniques to predict market behavior and detect anomalies.
• Visualize data to communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Design experiments to validate data-driven strategies and hypotheses.
• Build and maintain data pipelines (ETL) and collaborate with engineering teams to deploy models.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

Data Analysis

Education

Master's degree in Data Science / Statistics / CS

Tools

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Blockchain Data Scientist to join a data analytics firm operating at the intersection of data science and blockchain. You will collect, clean, and analyze large on-chain and off-chain datasets to identify trends, forecast market movements, and build data-driven strategies.

Remote-first role with international collaboration; you will work with Python/R, ML models, and visualization tools to deliver actionable insights.