Senior Data Engineer - Solana
A rapidly growing crypto startup is pushing the boundaries of DeFi by allowing users to unify their borrowing power across multiple lending venues, fully on-chain. For the first time, simple yield farmers and sophisticated traders alike can combine lending positions across platforms to unlock greater capital efficiency.
This is an opportunity to join early, take heavy ownership, and help build the core infrastructure behind a first-of-its-kind product in crypto.
Role Responsibilities:
Build and maintain data pipelines, infrastructure, and backend applications
Monitor and optimize key business metrics (liquidity, rates, user actions)
Work on risk modeling, oracles, and market parameters
Transform raw data into meaningful insights for decision-making
Ensure applications and infrastructure remain reliable and scalable
Qualifications:
1-3 years of hands-on Solana experience (deploying, indexing, building) - other crypto/web3 also considered
2-5 years working with data pipelines (Sqlmesh, DBT, or similar)
Strong math skills, with the ability to perform complex calculations (e.g. risk analysis)
Infrastructure & Kubernetes experience (Terraform, Pulumi, IaC) preferred
Rust experience preferred
Familiarity with crypto price data and oracle systems
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a startup environment, enjoys working at the cutting edge of crypto, and wants to make an outsized impact on the future of DeFi.
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