Senior SVM Engineer

Veda is an active DeFi infrastructure company providing multichain vault infrastructure for embedded onchain-yield products.

Maintainer signals as of 9/2/2026

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Funding history

About Veda

Veda builds non-custodial DeFi vault infrastructure for fintechs, exchanges, wallets, asset issuers, and other enterprises. Its stack includes BoringVault smart contracts, configurable compliance and risk controls, strategy execution, SDKs, APIs, and curated yield products across multiple chains and protocols.

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Skills

About the Role

Design, implement, and optimize Solana smart contracts and DeFi protocols, focusing on secure vault architecture, scalability, performance, and production-ready engineering practices.

Requirements

  • Experience building, deploying, and maintaining SVM smart contracts in production
  • Strong programming experience in Rust
  • Deep understanding of Solana and low-level SVM concepts
  • Thorough understanding of Solana Virtual Machine architecture and constraints
  • Experience building DeFi protocols
  • Knowledge of cryptographic principles and blockchain security best practices
  • Familiarity with Solana Program Library and ecosystem tools
  • Understanding of vault architectures in DeFi contexts
  • Experience with on-chain security patterns and common vulnerabilities
  • Solid grasp of financial concepts as applied to decentralized finance
  • Problem-solving attitude and ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop smart contracts and DeFi protocols on the Solana Virtual Machine
  • Build and optimize secure vault systems for asset management and yield strategies
  • Collaborate with security teams to protect protocols against exploits
  • Integrate with existing DeFi protocols and establish cross-protocol compatibility
  • Optimize code for Solana's parallel execution environment
  • Conduct thorough testing and debugging of smart contracts
  • Research and implement solutions to improve scalability and reduce transaction costs
  • Stay current with developments in the Solana ecosystem and DeFi space
  • Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Medical, dental, and life insurance for US-based employees
  • Remote work