Solana Foundation is hiring a

Web3 SWE - Smart Contract (Rust)

Who We Are

Solana is a high performance blockchain that can deliver a fast and friendly user experience, without sacrificing security. TThe Solana Foundation has a mission to help support and grow the Solana network and its community while driving mass adoption for blockchain. The Solana Foundation is working to realize a world where individuals own their data, use permissionless networks, and transfer information freely around the world. We arelooking for talented people who are willing to jump right in and use their expertise to help the ecosystem build.

Like contributing to amazing projects? How about hundreds? Solana Foundation Engineering is here to facilitate development on top of the Solana blockchain, and coordinate with core protocol development. You’ll get a high freedom environment where you can find where you can provide the highest value. Read on if you’re looking to be in the center of blockchain development and accelerating this new technology to enable amazing experiences.

To be successful in this role

You will:

• Feature development: You will be owning Smart Contract development (Solana Programs) for ecosystem projects, reference materials, and contributing to SPL standards.
• Interfacing with users: You will be collaborating directly with developers building on Solana – supporting them and collecting feedback to inform the direction of core protocol development and SPL standards..
• Interact effectively with other team members and Solana tools builders.

You ideally have:

• 3+ years of experience in Rust, C or C++ Development
• Experience with cryptographic security, signatures, hashing functions, encryption etc.
• Deep understanding of blockchain fundamentals and testing
• Scripting experience in writing/modifying code to improve monitoring and automation
• Interest in making fun blockchain projects, a ton of them. We are enabling studios big and small, so the desire to context switch at times is required.

Bonus points:

• Experience with Solana Programming
• Experience with Anchor framework
• Understanding of Full Stack Development - Javascript, typescript, APIs, git, etc.
• Able to interact with FT/NFT standards and the Solana core protocol
• Contributions to Solana/Bitcoin/Ethereum/Blockchain projects is a major plus
• An open source contributor / have experience with the open source ecosystem

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