Location: Remote (Pacific Standard Time, Central African Time or Gulf Standard Time zones)
Job Type: Full Time Perm.
Salary Range: Competitive

About the Client:
Our client is building the future of decentralized finance by bridging cutting-edge blockchain protocols with real-world financial primitives. Their focus is on delivering transparent, efficient, and composable DeFi infrastructure. They’re currently building an Ethereum-based lending protocol and are looking for a talented Rust Engineer with deep Solana DeFi experience to join their core engineering team.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of Rust-based smart contracts for our Ethereum lending protocol.
• Leverage your experience in Solana DeFi to inform protocol design, security practices, and performance optimizations.
• Work closely with smart contract auditors to ensure high standards of security and reliability.
• Collaborate with frontend, backend, and product teams to bring new features and improvements from idea to deployment.
• Write clear and maintainable code, tests, and documentation.
• Contribute to architecture discussions, protocol mechanics, and new DeFi primitives.

Requirements:

• Strong proficiency in Rust, particularly in the context of blockchain development.
• Deep experience with Solana and Solana DeFi protocols, such as Serum, Raydium, Mango, or similar.
• Solid understanding of Ethereum smart contract development, even if primarily working in Rust (e.g., via tools like Foundry, Ethers-rs).
• Familiarity with DeFi concepts including lending, borrowing, liquidation, interest rate models, and collateralization.
• Experience with building high-performance, secure on-chain logic.
• Passion for clean code, testing, and documentation.
• Comfortable working in a remote, async-first team.

Good to Have:

• Prior contributions to open-source blockchain projects.
• Experience with cross-chain communication protocols (e.g., Wormhole, LayerZero).
• Knowledge of zero-knowledge proofs, account abstraction, or novel cryptographic primitives.

Benefits:

• Work on the bleeding edge of DeFi, shaping the next generation of lending protocols.
• Join a tight-knit, mission-driven team that values innovation, transparency, and impact.
• Remote-first culture with flexible hours and a focus on autonomy.
• Competitive compensation, token equity, and other perks.