Staff Engineer (Solana)

Remote $225k–$250k 2 months ago full-time quality 8.5/10
RustSolanaAnchor

Responsibilities

  • Take ownership over parts of the Solana stack (Anchor / Pinocchio programs) and parts of the backend exchange infrastructure (Rust).
  • Work directly on Solana programs that define the foundations of impact markets as a product category.
  • Develop backend infrastructure that wraps around the programs to create a robust, reliable and fast exchange product.
  • Collaborate closely with the cofounders with minimal process overhead.

Requirements

  • Very comfortable writing production systems in Rust.
  • Experience building on Solana (Anchor is a must; Pinocchio a plus).
  • Worked on latency-sensitive, correctness-critical infrastructure or products.
  • Comfortable working in an environment with incomplete specifications.
  • Enjoy thinking about complex problems from scratch.
  • A markets nerd.

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