Senior Backend Solana Rust Engineer

Position: Senior Backend Solana Rust Engineer -
Senior Backend Solana Rust Engineer

Location:

Remote

Employment Type:

Full-time

Focus:  Backend / Systems Engineering

Industry:  Blockchain Infrastructure / Web3

About the Opportunity
Inner Circle Agency is partnering with well-known, established teams in the Solana ecosystem to hire Senior Backend Engineers with strong Rust expertise and real production experience.

Our clients are building transaction-heavy, performance-critical systems. They are looking for engineers who think in systems, take full ownership of what they ship, and are comfortable working close to the protocol.

This is a backend and systems-focused role.

Role Overview
As a Senior Backendana Engineer, you will design, build, and maintain production-grade Solana programs and the backend infrastructure that supports them. You will be deeply involved in architecture decisions, performance optimization, and security considerations for live systems used at scale.

You will work alongside senior engineers, product, and infrastructure teams to ship reliable, secure, and scalable Solana-based systems.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and ship production Solana programs using Rust

Own backend and systems architecture for transaction-heavy environments

Build and maintain backend services and APIs (gRPC, REST) supporting on-chain activity

Work with Postgre

SQL and Redis for schema design, performance tuning, and debugging

Implement observability, testing, and benchmarking across systems

Contribute to security-first development practices in blockchain and financial contexts

Mentor other engineers and provide technical direction when needed

Qualifications
Required

Strong, hands-on experience with Rust in production environments

Proven experience building and shipping Solana programs or dApps

Deep understanding of backend systems and distributed architectures

Experience with APIs, multi-service systems, and data-intensive workloads

Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP), Docker, and CI/CD pipelines

Ownership mindset with the ability to operate in fast-moving, ambiguous environments

Nice to Have

Experience with DeFi protocols or blockchain infrastructure

Background in fintech, trading systems, or high-throughput platforms

Familiarity with Solana RPC clients, transaction handling, and on-chain concepts

What Our Clients Offer

Competitive senior-level compensation

High-impact role with real technical ownership

Opportunity to work on production-grade Solana infrastructure

Fully remote teams with experienced engineers

Exposure to complex, real-world blockchain systems

If you are a backend-focused Solana engineer looking to work on meaningful, production systems, we would be happy to share more details and explore fit confidentially.

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