Chapter Lead - Data

LI.FI is simplifying multi-chain DeFi for traditional financial institutions, fintechs and service providers by offering a unified API to access all on-chain liquidity across major blockchains for best price same-chain and cross-chain swaps. We are a passionate team on a mission to enable a fairer, more decentralised world. Apart from the tech, we care a lot about user experience and aim to make complex technologies accessible to everyone.

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A quick run-down of the job

At LI.FI, data sits at the heart of how we build, scale, and make decisions. We’re looking for a Chapter Lead, Data who will drive our data strategy, build a strong data culture, and help us uncover insights that move the business forward

A Chapter Lead in our team acts as the bridge between engineers and the company, ensuring smooth delivery, promoting engineering excellence, and fostering team growth. Beyond supporting day-to-day engineering work, they maintain an overview across all employees of their discipline -regardless of team- facilitating knowledge sharing, aligning practices, and setting up clean workflows. By combining high-level technical vision with cross-team guidance, they enable engineers to succeed while ensuring consistency, efficiency, and collaboration across the organization.

This role is designed for someone who wants to grow into Head of Data as LI.FI scales. You’ll set the vision, connect technical and business teams, and make sure we can trust and use data at every step

Please note: For this role, we have a strong preference for you to be located in EMEA.

The current data tech stack of LI.FI utilizes:

• Databases (MongoDB, Postgres)

• Data pipelines and orchestration (Fivetran, Airflow)

• Cloud data warehouse (Snowflake)

• BI/dashboarding (Preset)

• Programming (Python, TypeScript)

What you’ll do

• Take ownership of LI.FI’s data strategy and shape the path toward Head of Data

• Lead and align data efforts across product, backend, DevOps, and analyst/scientist teams

• Build and evolve our internal insights platform to reduce time from data request to delivery

• Ensure scalable, reliable pipelines for tracking API and product usage

• Define and champion best practices in data modeling, documentation, governance, and infrastructure

• Translate product and business questions into concrete data projects and pipelines

• Mentor and support the data team as it grows, creating processes that scale

What we’re looking for

• 6+ years in data-focused roles (engineering, analytics, or analytics engineering)

• Experience mentoring or leading team members; motivated to step into a Head of Data role

• Strong technical background with our tech stack (SQL, Python, cloud data warehouses, pipelines)

• Experience building or scaling data/insights platforms

• Ability to bridge technical and business discussions, with excellent communication skills

• Curious about crypto and DeFi (experience is a plus, but not required)

Nice to have:

• Experience leading a data team in a startup or growth-stage company

• Familiarity with blockchain analytics tools (Dune, Nansen, Flipside, etc.)

• Background in software engineering or product development

We encourage you to apply if you feel your experience and skills equip you for this job but are not listed here!

Company culture

• Embracing the differences

  • Embrace your own differences

  • Respect and welcome the unique qualities of others

  • See others’ differences as an opportunity to grow

• Own it, do it

  • Own tasks end-to-end

  • Hold yourself to a high bar for execution

  • Make bold decisions, and be accountable

  • Understand your limitations and seek for help

• Fail forward

  • Try - don’t be afraid to fail

  • Learn - don’t make the same mistake twice

  • Adapt - grow with the experience

• Have fun together

  • Take the time to get to know and understand each other better

  • Don’t take yourself too seriously and keep it light-hearted

  • Fun should be coming from a place of love and respect

What you’ll get

• Annual team offsites (Thailand in 2023 and Vietnam in 2024 were a blast, Marrakech in March 2025 was blast-ier; let’s see what happens in 2026!)

• 30 days of PTO

• Flexible remote days

• Flexible working hours

• Equity participation from day 1

• Entitlement to work computer (choice of equipment)

• An annual 1,000€ personal development budget once you have worked 6+ months (pro-rated the first year)

• A one-time 1,000€ remote budget to use on coworking, office setup, etc.

If you join us as an independent contractor, you’re only entitled to the first five benefits of this list.

Application process

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LI.FI is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply. Join us in our dedication to fostering a workplace that values and respects each team member's unique contributions.

Shortlisted candidates will undergo a comprehensive interview process, including a people operations interview, a take-home assignment, a meet-the-team & founder interview, and a reference check.

For more information, visit our page detailing our hiring process!