Senior Software Engineer (Solvers)
Defuse Labs develops NEAR Intents to enable seamless cross-chain interactions in an automated world — connecting AI, services, and financial applications.
About Defuse Labs
At Defuse Labs we design intent-driven liquidity layers, where smart contracts breathe, AI transacts and chains sync in real-time With expertise in AI, cryptography, and decentralized finance, our team is redefining how intelligent agents interact across blockchain networks. Defuse Labs is pioneering NEAR Intents, a next-generation transaction framework designed to enable seamless, AI-driven financial interactions. By automating complex cross-chain operations, NEAR Intents empowers autonomous agents, smart contracts, and decentralized services to execute transactions efficiently and securely.
Skills
About the Role
You'll architect and guide the development of the Solver network, the core infrastructure powering NEAR Intents. You'll lead engineering design and implementation, enhance performance and reliability, and build the next generation of intent-powered cross-chain execution. You'll balance leadership responsibilities with hands-on coding, prototyping, and tackling the most complex technical challenges in real-time.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- Deep expertise in distributed systems, high-performance networking, large-scale infrastructure, or low-latency systems
- Strong familiarity with smart contracts, on-chain execution frameworks, or cryptoeconomics
- Strong TypeScript and JavaScript experience is required
- High degree of ownership and comfort operating with incomplete information in a fast-moving startup environment
Responsibilities
- Design and build the Solver framework, architecting algorithms, execution strategies, and infrastructure powering solver competition, quote aggregation, and intent-ready execution workflows
- Lead deep code and design reviews, make high-impact architectural decisions, and uphold engineering standards
- Collaborate with product, research, and ecosystem partners to align Solver capabilities with the NEAR Intents roadmap
- Ensure low-latency, high-throughput execution across chains and decentralized environments
- Shape incentive structures, competition mechanisms, and cryptoeconomic models to grow and sustain Solver participation
- Balance leadership with active coding, prototyping, and tackling complex technical challenges