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Solana Rust Engineer

I'm currently looking for opportunities as a Rust / Solana Protocol Engineer, ideally working on DeFi protocols, core protocol logic, or security-focused roles.

I specialize in:

  • Rust, Solana, and Anchor
  • DeFi protocol design (lending, share-based accounting, liquidation mechanics)
  • PDA-based architectures and on-chain state modeling
  • Invariant-based testing and stateful fuzzing (LiteSVM)
  • DeFi security research and adversarial scenario modeling

Recently, I've been building a Solana lending protocol and developing invariant-driven fuzz testing systems to validate protocol correctness under adversarial conditions.

I'm especially interested in joining teams building production-grade protocol infrastructure where correctness, security, and engineering quality are top priorities.

I'm open to remote opportunities. If your team is hiring or you'd like to connect, I'd be happy to hear from you.Β 


Experiece: 6 months

Yearly salary: $30,000

Hourly rate: $15

Nationality: πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Ukraine

Residency: πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Ukraine


Experience

Solidity Smart Contract Developer
Primex Labs
2022 - 2023
Developed Solidity smart contracts for DeFi trading systems. Integrated DEX protocols into automated trading workflows. Performed contract debugging and on-chain state analysis.
Software Engineer
Distributed Systems (selected roles)
2019 - 2025
Backend and systems engineering roles focused on distributed systems and event-driven architectures.

Skills

security
smart-contract
solana
english
russian
ukrainian