Senior Rust Protocol Engineer (Solana DeFi DEX)

About company and the product

Comprehensive Solana-Based Derivatives DEX — a blockchain trading platform offering a seamless, all-in-one experience for perpetual swaps, options, futures, and spot trading.

• Designed to deliver an unparalleled experience tailored specifically for professional crypto asset traders.
• Aims to bridge the gap between traditional and on-chain trading by delivering top-tier tools and features.
• Serves as a Permissionless Asset Launchpad for crypto assets: empowering communities with decentralized access and control.
• Stands out as the only platform that empowers users to create both spot and derivatives markets — including futures and options, fostering innovation and significant expanding the scope of on-chain trading opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Solana smart contract development in Core/Native Rust (without Anchor).
• Define data structures and memory allocation.
• Implement DEX orderbook (for perpetual futures).
• Refactoring existing codebase into idiomatic Rust.
• Ensure test coverage across produced code (TDD).
• Implement compute-efficient on-chain derivatives price calculations.
• Write protocol integrity tests.
• Maintain and extend TypeScript SDK.
• Create matching Rust SDK.

Requirements

Must:

• High proficiency in Rust development (min. 5+ years of extensive experience).
• Minimum 2 years of commercial experience working on Solana programs (Core/Native Rust without Anchor).
• Experience working with dynamically allocated data structures (RB tree, linked lists, etc.).

• Experience working with Solana TypeScript libraries:

  • @solana/web3.js.
  • @solana/spl-token.

• Strong math and algorithm skills.

• English skills:

  • Reading external technical documentation.
  • Writing internal technical documentation.
  • Communication within the team.

• Ability to work 10:00-18:00 (CET).

• Ability to work independently and in a collaborative team environment.
• Passionate about blockchain technology and DeFi.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

Preferred

• Experience developing software for Embedded Systems.
• Understanding how financial markets work (both TradFi and DeFi).

• Russian skills:

  • Reading internal technical documentation.
  • Technical communication within the team.

Benefits

• Work remotely.
• Competitive salary, based on experience and skills: 7–13K USD.
• Protentional equity in the company.
• Flexible work schedule to support work-life balance.
• Work in the strong team of high-level professionals at the forefront of blockchain technologies.
• Yearly team offsites for networking, collaboration, and team building.
• We are an equal opportunity employer.