About the company
Helius is a leading developer platform on the Solana blockchain, dedicated to inspiring and accelerating the creation of crypto-powered software. Customers like Coinbase, Jupiter, and Phantom use Helius to power their applications on Solana. We’ve raised over $34m from Haun Ventures, Founders Fund, Foundation Capital, 6th Man Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Chapter One and angel investors including Solana co-founders Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal, and Balaji Srinivasan. Our team members have previously built mission-critical, scalable infrastructure at AWS, Coinbase, Stripe, Google, Digital Ocean, and more.
Job Summary
What You'll Do
📍Lead the team responsible for building high-scale pipelines, storage solutions, and low-latency APIs 📍Hold a high bar for system design, performance, and operational excellence 📍Partner with founders, product, and staff engineers to invent new use cases and products 📍Improve the engineering culture – speed, ownership, and high standards are the default here
What You'll Bring
📍5+ years of experience engineering systems in large-scale, production environments 📍2+ years of engineering leadership experience 📍Strong hands-on skills in Rust (or equivalent) 📍Proven ability to optimize query performance and diagnose bottlenecks across storage and compute layers 📍Experience using profilers and performance analysis tools to identify resolve latency or throughput issues 📍Track record of delivering complex systems end-to-end, from design through deployment and operations 📍Strong people leadership skills paired with deep curiosity and a bias for ownership 📍Ability to drive clarity and execution in ambiguous, high-pressure scenarios
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