Solana Labs - Senior Backend Engineer
Requirements
• 5+ years of professional backend engineering, with a track record of owning and operating production services • High ownership: you take problems end-to-end and drive them to resolution without waiting for direction • Proactive by default: you identify issues early, propose solutions, and move quickly • You already use AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) as part of how you work: not as a novelty, but because they make you faster and you've figured out when to trust them • Strong proficiency in TypeScript/Node.js and/or Rust — idiomatic, well-tested, production-grade code • Solid command of PostgreSQL: schema design, query optimization, indexing, migration discipline • Good working knowledge of Redis: caching patterns, pub/sub, TTL strategies • Hands-on AWS experience: ECS, RDS, SQS, S3, Lambda — comfortable deploying and operating services in a cloud environment • Sound understanding of distributed systems: idempotency, eventual consistency, fault tolerance, graceful degradation • Security-aware: secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager / SSM), API auth patterns (JWT, OAuth2), OWASP hygiene • Comfortable with Docker and containerized deployments • Familiarity with the Solana ecosystem: RPC node interaction, on-chain program invocation, SPL tokens, wallet adapter patterns, or indexer design • Experience working closely with external developers or ecosystem partners: debugging integrations, reviewing SDK usage, or shaping APIs based on real developer feedback • You've built small automation scripts, internal tooling, or LLM-integrated workflows that saved real time, for yourself or your team • Experience building backends for mobile-native products (push notifications, storefront APIs, device attestation, background job orchestration) • Contributions to open-source backend libraries, developer tooling, or the Solana ecosystem • Prior experience in a senior or tech lead capacity: driving cross-team alignment, writing technical specs, owning a domain end-to-end • TypeScript · Rust · Node.js · PostgreSQL · Redis · AWS (ECS, RDS, Lambda, SQS, S3) · Docker · GitHub Actions · WarpBuild · Grafana · Prometheus · Loki · Solana Web3.js · Squads Protocol · SPL · AWS Secrets Manager · Android/Kotlin · Flutter/Dart
Responsibilities
• Design and own backend architecture for key services • Build and maintain REST and WebSocket APIs for Android, Flutter, Web clients and third-party developers • Own services in production including on-call, runbooks and post-mortems • Contribute to CI/CD, observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki) and AWS infrastructure • Collaborate with mobile and protocol engineers on mobile-first and on-chain integrations • 5+ years professional backend engineering with production services ownership • Strong proficiency in TypeScript/Node.js and/or Rust • Solid PostgreSQL and Redis • Hands-on AWS (ECS, RDS, Lambda, SQS etc.) • High ownership, proactive mindset and • with AI coding tools • Understanding of distributed systems and security best practices • for Solana ecosystem familiarity, mobile backend
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