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Helius
North America
About Helius
Helius is a leading developer platform on the Solana blockchain, dedicated to inspiring and accelerating the creation of crypto-powered software. Customers like Coinbase, Jupiter, and Phantom use Helius to power their applications on Solana.
We’ve raised over $34m from Haun Ventures, Founders Fund, Foundation Capital, 6th Man Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Chapter One and angel investors including Solana co-founders Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal, and Balaji Srinivasan. Our team members have previously built mission-critical, scalable infrastructure at AWS, Coinbase, Stripe, Google, Digital Ocean, and more.
Here is the Helius Manifesto so you know what to expect if you join Helius.
Role Description
We are looking for a Rust Engineer with experience in building and scaling distributed systems to join our growing team. If you have a passion for blockchain technology and a strong sense of ownership, we’d love to hear from you!
Responsibilities:
- Implement and maintain backend services following established architectural patterns and best practices
- Work with team members to integrate new features into existing infrastructure components
- Debug performance issues and implement solutions with guidance from senior engineers
- Help set up and maintain monitoring systems for services you’re responsible for
- Follow security best practices and coding standards while implementing new features
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical discussions within the team
Requirements:
- Proficient with Rust.
- 3 years of experience with Rust or a similar language (C++, Golang, Java, etc).
- 3 years of experience building & maintaining high-scale production systems.
- Proficient with distributed systems and databases.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, execute at speed, with excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Startup and/or web3 experience is a bonus.
- Experience that is relevant to Helius is a major advantage.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and equity package
- Flexible work hours and remote-friendly environment
- Generous vacation and time-off policy
- Wellness, travel, and educational budgets
- Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a fast-paced, dynamic industry
Helius is an equal opportunity employer.
Helius
North America
About Helius
Helius is a leading developer platform on the Solana blockchain, dedicated to inspiring and accelerating the creation of crypto-powered software. Customers like Coinbase, Jupiter, and Phantom use Helius to power their applications on Solana.
We’ve raised over $34m from Haun Ventures, Founders Fund, Foundation Capital, 6th Man Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Chapter One and angel investors including Solana co-founders Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal, and Balaji Srinivasan. Our team members have previously built mission-critical, scalable infrastructure at AWS, Coinbase, Stripe, Google, Digital Ocean, and more.
Here is the Helius Manifesto so you know what to expect if you join Helius.
Why This Role Matters
You’ll be our first engineering manager. You’ll lead a world-class team of engineers across multiple product lines and be the technical backbone and organizational glue that helps us scale while maintaining our fast-paced, high-impact culture.
What You’ll Do
- Lead a team of backend and systems engineers.
- Set a high technical bar: Lead design reviews, challenge assumptions, and guide architecture of distributed systems, low-latency services, and high-throughput APIs.
- Hire and grow the team: Own hiring end-to-end for your team with support from founders and recruiting.
- Work closely with founders to scale the company’s engineering culture, processes, and infrastructure.
- Execute fast in a demanding environment: Tradeoffs, uncertainty, pressure—we embrace it all.
- Drive impact on real crypto infrastructure used daily by top Solana teams and protocols.
- Split your time:
- 60% engineering management (planning/execution, hiring, team health)
- 25% technical leadership (system design, mentorship)
- 15% coding (unblocking critical paths)
You’ll Thrive Here If You…
- Bring 1–2+ years of engineering management (startup or high-growth org) and know when to coach vs. dive in.
- Possess 5+ years of backend / systems engineering (Rust, Go, C++, or similar) and can still jump into code for a well-scoped fix or prototype.
- Have shipped and operated distributed, performance-sensitive systems (queues, caches, databases, pub/sub, low-latency services).
- Are comfortable hiring, coaching, and occasionally parting ways to keep the bar high.
- Communicate crisp trade-offs under pressure and keep teams laser-focused on outcomes.
- Care deeply about developer experience and impacting the Solana & crypto ecosystem.
- Are excited to shape Solana and broader web3 infra alongside an ambitious team.
Nice-to-Haves
- Production Rust expertise.
- Prior work on infra, DeFi, exchanges, or other high-throughput environments.
- Familiarity with Solana internals or web3 developer tooling.
What We Offer
- Competitive comp and equity.
- Fully remote + flexible work (core overlap with Americas time zones).
- Tight-knit, ambitious team with low ego and high ownership.
- A rare chance to shape the future of crypto.
We believe great managers amplify engineers. If you get energy from removing blockers, growing people, and occasionally rolling up your sleeves to unblock a launch or patch a critical bug, let’s talk.
Compensation Range: $250K - $300K