Lead Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Company: Solana Foundation

About the Solana Foundation: The Solana Foundation is a non-profit based in Zug, Switzerland, dedicated to the adoption, decentralization, and security of the Solana network. Solana is a high-performance blockchain that can deliver a fast and friendly user experience without sacrificing security. The Solana Foundation is working to realize a world where individuals own their data, use permissionless networks, and transfer information and value freely around the world.

About the Ecosystem Engineering Team: The Ecosystem Engineering team is a horizontal team of strategically deployed engineers that live at the intersection of business, technology, and innovation in the Solana ecosystem. We support teams small and large by providing technical guidance, architecture review, and maximize our leverage by driving adoption of technical public goods through code and coordination.

Role: We’re looking for a Technical Lead to drive adoption of standards, specifications, and conventions throughout the entire Solana network from nodes all the way to wallets! This role will also assist infrastructure-related ecosystem teams in achieving their business goals within the Solana ecosystem.

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years working in infrastructure- or platform-focused teams building out distributed systems at scale.
• Programming Languages: Experience with Rust, C++, or other performant languages.
• Infrastructure Tools: Established experience with infrastructure tooling like Docker, K8s, IaC and cloud infrastructure.
• Database Experience: Extensive experience writing complex SQL and building data pipelines and models, preferably in DBTE.
• API Design: A deep interest in designing and operating APIs.

Responsibilities

• Be the subject-matter expert for many infrastructure-related products.
• Drive development related to cross-chain messaging (e.g., bridges, oracles).
• Support the proliferation of offchain compute (e.g., verifiable compute, zero-knowledge primitives, attestations).
• Support infrastructure-related ecosystem teams in achieving their business goals within the Solana ecosystem.
• Interfacing with developers building on Solana to provide architecture review, collect their feedback, and inform protocol development.
• Provide technical guidance and architecture review to teams.

Bonus Points

• Experience working with the Solana protocol.
• Operated (or currently operate) a validator / miner for any blockchain.
• Experience building on the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM).
• Experience contributing to open-source projects.
• Previously led or coordinated teams of engineers.