Rust Engineer - Solana Smart Contract Integration
Kinetic helps users trade digital assets by aggregating liquidity across Solana decentralized exchanges for optimal pricing and execution.
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About Kinetic
Kinetic helps DeFi users trade digital assets efficiently by providing unified access to Solana's trading ecosystem. With it, users can discover tokens through market intelligence tools, execute swaps with optimal routing, and track portfolio performance. Kinetic combines trading functionality with discovery features to create a trading platform for Solana users.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
Design, implement, test, and deploy Solana smart contracts written in Rust; integrate on-chain programs with Raydium, Orca, Magic Eden, and Tensor; ensure high code quality and reliable automated tests; optimize contract performance; and own features from design through production.
Requirements
- 2+ years of software engineering experience with Rust and blockchain technologies
- Proven experience developing, testing, and deploying Solana smart contracts
- Strong understanding of blockchain principles and the Solana ecosystem, including Raydium, Orca, Magic Eden, and Tensor
- High standards for code quality, readability, maintainability, and testing
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and own projects end-to-end
- Familiarity with other blockchain technologies, Web3, and crypto-native tools preferred
- Experience integrating or developing DeFi applications or NFT platforms is a bonus
Responsibilities
- Design and implement Solana smart contracts in Rust
- Integrate smart contracts with Raydium, Orca, Magic Eden, and Tensor
- Develop and maintain automated tests for on-chain programs
- Deploy and monitor Solana programs in production
- Ensure code readability, maintainability, and high test coverage
- Optimize contract performance and on-chain resource usage
- Take ownership of features from conception to deployment
- Review and improve code with peers
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Generous equity
- Flexible location and hours
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Unlimited PTO
- $100 monthly gym stipend
Hiring Process
Apply by email with the role title in the subject line. Include a brief introduction, background, GitHub, LinkedIn or resume, and links to favorite projects.