The Solana Foundation is expanding its open application for Solana Program Engineers. This is an opportunity to express interest in joining high-impact teams across the Solana ecosystem. Selected candidates will be matched with ecosystem teams or the Foundation's internal contributors based on their skills and interests, focusing on building the next generation of DeFi protocols, core infrastructure, and on-chain applications.
What You'll Do
- Build high-performance production-grade Solana programs in Rust (Anchor or Native)
- Take ideas from 0→1 and iterate quickly with real users
- Reason about technical trade-offs and system design under constraints
- Contribute to open source and improve developer tools
- Work in fast-paced, independent, and impact-driven startup-like environments
What We're Looking For
- 2+ years of experience building and shipping Solana programs
- Strong familiarity with Solana’s runtime (SVM), SPL tokens, PDAs, and Anchor
- Hands-on experience building or contributing to DeFi protocols
- Understanding of state compression, account metering, and program optimization
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with Solana-native DeFi protocols like OpenBook, Jupiter, MarginFi, Orca, or Meteora
Technical Stack
- Rust
- Solana (Anchor or Native)
- SPL tokens
- PDAs
Team & Environment
You will work with several high-impact teams across the Solana ecosystem, including ecosystem teams and the Foundation’s internal contributors.
Company Culture
The Solana Foundation is dedicated to the adoption, decentralization, and security of the Solana network. We are working to realize a world where individuals own their data, use permissionless networks, and transfer information and value freely.
