Senior Blockchain Engineer
Responsibilities
- Blockchain Data Engineering
- Develop and maintain Solana blockchain ingestion systems
- Work with Solana Validator and Geyser plugins-
- Parse and decode on-chain transactions, logs, and program instructions-
- Implement reliable block, transaction, and account indexing pipelines-
- Handle slot tracking, forks, and reorg scenarios
- On-Chain Intelligence Development
- Decode SPL token transfers and major Solana DeFi protocols-
- Build logic for:
- wallet activity tracking
- token movement analysis
- liquidity and trading behavior detection
- Design derived blockchain datasets for analytics and AI models-
- Collaborate with data engineers to publish structured events into streaming systems
- Protocol & Ecosystem Integration
- Integrate data from Solana programs (DEXs, liquidity pools, NFT protocols)
- Maintain program decoder libraries
- Monitor protocol upgrades and ecosystem changes
- Optimize blockchain querying and indexing performance
- Platform Collaboration
- Work with backend engineers on real-time processing pipelines
- Collaborate with DevOps teams on validator deployment and performance tuning
- Support ML teams with structured blockchain datasets
- Participate in architecture discussions and technical planning
Qualifications
- 3+ years software engineering experience
- Hands-on experience working within the Solana blockchain ecosystem
- Strong understanding of:
- Solana accounts model
- transactions & instructions
- SPL Token program
- RPC & WebSocket APIs
- Experience building blockchain integrations or payment systems
- Experience with Rust, Go, or TypeScript
- Understanding of secure transaction handling and confirmations