Solana Program Engineer

Accountabilities:

As a Solana Program Engineer, you will help design, build, optimize, and maintain blockchain programs that address real-world challenges across decentralized finance, core infrastructure, and on-chain applications. Depending on the team and project, your responsibilities may include:

• Build and deploy high-performance, production-grade Solana programs using Rust, with Anchor or native development approaches.
• Design and contribute to advanced DeFi protocols, including central limit order books, automated market makers, lending markets, margin trading, perpetuals, bonding curves, and structured financial products.
• Develop and improve oracle integrations, liquidation engines, governance systems, fee-sharing mechanisms, and staking solutions.
• Contribute to core infrastructure and developer tooling, including smart contract wallets, programmable access systems, gasless relayers, session keys, indexers, custom RPCs, and Anchor or Pinocchio.
• Support the development of token launch frameworks, fair distribution tools, real-world asset registries, payment infrastructure, and DePIN coordination systems.
• Optimize program performance, resource usage, account management, and on-chain execution.
• Evaluate technical trade-offs and make sound system-design decisions under performance and resource constraints.
• Contribute to open-source projects, developer tools, and standards that strengthen the broader Solana ecosystem.
• Iterate quickly on new ideas, incorporate feedback from real users, and help transform early-stage concepts into production-ready solutions.
• Collaborate with ecosystem teams and internal contributors, with project assignments aligned with your skills, interests, and availability.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate is a technically strong Rust engineer with hands-on Solana development experience and a genuine interest in DeFi and decentralized applications. You should be comfortable working independently, navigating complex technical challenges, and contributing in a fast-moving environment. The following experience and skills are particularly relevant:

• At least 2 years of experience building and shipping Solana programs.
• Strong proficiency in Rust and experience developing production-grade on-chain programs using Anchor or native Solana development.
• Solid understanding of the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), SPL tokens, Program Derived Addresses (PDAs), and Anchor.
• Practical experience building or contributing to decentralized finance protocols.
• Understanding of on-chain mechanics, account metering, state compression, and program optimization.
• Ability to reason about system architecture, performance constraints, and technical trade-offs.
• Interest in developing innovative products from the early stages and iterating quickly based on user feedback.
• Familiarity with Solana-native DeFi protocols such as OpenBook, Jupiter, MarginFi, Orca, or Meteora is an advantage.
• Enthusiasm for open-source development, improving developer tools, and contributing to shared blockchain infrastructure.
• An independent, entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, impact-driven environment.
• Interest in founding-stage or entrepreneurial opportunities and collaborating closely with ambitious technical teams.

Benefits:

• Remote, international work opportunity.
• Potential to contribute to high-impact projects across DeFi, blockchain infrastructure, developer tooling, and on-chain applications.
• Opportunities to collaborate with innovative teams across the Solana ecosystem.
• Exposure to early-stage product development, open-source initiatives, and technically challenging blockchain projects.
• Flexible project matching based on skills, interests, and availability.
• Engagement options that may include full-time employment or grant-based projects, depending on the team.
• Compensation details, healthcare coverage, paid time off, equipment allowances, and other benefits are not specified in the job description and may vary by team.