About the company
Solana is a high performance blockchain that can enable growing decentralized applications and systems to scale without sacrificing security. Solana Labs is the team that built the original protocol, and is building both the validator client and applications on top of the Solana blockchain; therefore the team is highly specialized, and we’re looking for talented people who are willing to jump right in and use their expertise to help us build the Solana ecosystem. If you’re looking to join a fast-paced, problem solving environment in the center of blockchain infrastructure, cryptocurrency, and decentralized applications, then read on.
Job Summary
You’ll Be Great at This If You…
📍Build high-performance production grade Solana programs in Rust (Anchor or Native) 📍Are passionate about DeFi and familiar with onchain mechanics 📍Love taking ideas from 0→1 and iterating quickly with real users 📍Can reason about technical trade-offs and system design under constraints 📍Enjoy contributing to open source and improving developer tools 📍Thrive in startup-like environments: fast-paced, independent, and impact-driven 📍Looking for entrepreneurial, founding opportunities with the smartest people and skin in the game early on.
Desired Background
📍2+ years of experience building and shipping Solana programs 📍Strong familiarity with Solana’s runtime (SVM), SPL tokens, PDAs, and Anchor 📍Hands-on experience building or contributing to DeFi protocols 📍Understanding of state compression, account metering, and program optimization 📍Bonus: Familiarity with Solana-native DeFi protocols like OpenBook, Jupiter, MarginFi, Orca, or Meteora
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