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About Raiku

Raiku is reengineering blockchain infrastructure from first principles to make global digital markets as precise and dependable as physical systems. Built on Solana, our platform delivers deterministic execution, guaranteed inclusion, and low-latency performance—solving the foundational failures that cause transactions to miss, trades to revert, and systems to collapse under pressure. By placing high-performance compute close to where transactions happen and coordinating execution through our advanced scheduling engine, Raiku empowers developers to build scalable, high-performance applications—and gives institutions the reliability and control they demand. We believe financial infrastructure should behave like physics: fast, reliable, and predictable—every time, without exception.

Research Engineer (Solana/Rust)

We’re seeking a passionate Research Engineer to drive protocol-level innovation on Solana. As the ideal candidate, you’ll combine deep technical expertise with scientific curiosity to:

• Lead technical discovery initiatives focused on Solana’s runtime, consensus, scheduler, and networking layers
• Conduct performance modeling and develop validator-centric architecture solutions
• Identify and address complex edge cases in transaction handling across production environments
• Translate research findings into actionable protocol design improvements

You’ll collaborate directly with our CEO, CTO (your manager), protocol architects, and key Solana ecosystem contributors to shape validator economics and transaction lifecycle guarantees across the Raiku stack.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze and model Solana’s core architecture — deeply understand and document Solana’s runtime, scheduler, consensus, Turbine/Gossip, and transaction pipeline, with emphasis on edge cases under network stress or validator misbehavior.
• Lead internal research on validator economics and incentive alignment — explore impacts of Raiku’s slot marketplace, Ahead-of-Time (AOT) block auctions, and inclusion guarantees on validator profitability and slashing risks (e.g. under SIMDs 0096, 0123, 0212, 0228).
• Design bandwidth and blockspace pricing models — define and simulate pricing mechanisms for Raiku’s primary and secondary slot markets, ensuring validator rewards and application inclusion needs are economically aligned.
• Prototype system-level experiments across the Raiku and Solana stack — evaluate performance, liveness, and correctness when integrating Raiku’s ackermann-node and sidecar into Solana validator clients (e.g. Agave, Jito).
• Develop proofs-of-concept for transaction lifecycle primitives — such as pre-confirmations, slot reservations, and proof streaming for large bundled state transitions.
• Research and benchmark global account models — test interaction models across multiple VMs (e.g. SVM, EVM, MOVE) and assess state determinism and composability in high-throughput environments.
• Contribute to the design of Raiku’s protocol-level mechanisms — including builder commitments, proposer formats, MEV mitigation strategies, and slot slashing logic under failure modes.
• Author technical deep dives, simulations, and RFCs — serve as a knowledge base for both internal and external stakeholders across Raiku’s validator, capital, and app layers along with wider engineering and marketing teams.
• Collaborate with external researchers and validators — especially those running testnet sidecars or participating in bandwidth resale to ensure safe and performant mainnet integration.

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical background with strong system-level experience
• Proven open-source engineering background, evidenced by contributions to major blockchain or distributed systems repositories — ideally within the Solana ecosystem.
• Involvement in protocol research, MEV, performance tuning, or client implementations
• Experience designing proofs-of-concept for novel execution or slot-inclusion logic
• Familiarity with zero-knowledge proof systems and state settlement patterns
• Active presence in relevant research circles, Discords, or open-source forums

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years of experience working with Rust in production (preferably in core systems or blockchain contexts)
• Deep familiarity with Solana’s source code and protocol-level architecture (runtime, scheduler, consensus, networking)
• Demonstrated ability to reason through complex distributed systems
• Experience modeling and explaining performance bottlenecks in real-world validators
• Ability to read protocol proposals and specs and convert them into actionables (e.g. implementation paths, test harnesses, edge case coverage)
• A deep design philosophy focused on deterministic execution and reliable system behavior
• Strong communication skills and clarity in technical writing

What We Offer

• A chance to join a category-defining protocol team pushing the frontier of Solana infrastructure
• Token upside and a key role in shaping Raiku’s ecosystem footprint
• Remote-first team with async workflows, a high ownership culture, and deep technical curiosity
• Competitive salary, token allocation, and performance-based bonuses
• Budget for travel, ecosystem events, and home office setup

DV Labs is building the next generation of distributed validators to make Ethereum staking more resilient, decentralized, and secure.

Our software allows groups of operators—large and small—to collaboratively run a single validator while minimizing single‑point‑of‑failure risk and maximizing client diversity. We are a venture‑backed, remote‑first team that values open‑source ethos, long‑term thinking, and empirical decision‑making.

We are searching for a dedicated Data Engineer to design, build, and own the data platform that powers product decisions, validator‑performance analytics, on‑chain research, and community transparency.

Responsibilities

• Ingest & model Beacon‑chain data — blocks, attestations, sync‑committee aggregates, deposits, and slashings—into ClickHouse and MongoDB at multi‑TB scale.
• Develop scalable ETL/ELT pipelines in Apache Spark (PySpark/Scala) orchestrated via GitHub Workflows and containerized CI/CD.
• Implement columnar schemas & partition strategies to achieve sub‑second analytical queries and reduce storage footprint.
• Expose clean, version‑controlled datasets & metrics to internal stakeholders through APIs, dashboards, and notebooks.
• Collaborate with Protocol & DevOps teams to surface validator health, slash‑risk events, and protocol‑level anomalies in real time.
• Own data quality, lineage, testing, and documentation across the stack; champion best practices and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to open‑source tooling around consensus‑layer data, distributed‑validator monitoring, and Ethereum research.

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional experience in data engineering or high‑performance backend roles.
• Production expertise with ClickHouse and Apache Spark on multi‑terabyte datasets.
• Hands‑on experience operating MongoDB for semi‑structured/operational workloads.
• Proficiency in Python (pandas/PySpark) and/or Scala; solid Git and CI/CD habits (GitHub Actions/Workflows or similar).
• Deep understanding of the Ethereum consensus layer (Beacon chain architecture, validator lifecycle, slashing conditions, client diversity—Lighthouse, Prysm, Teku, etc.).
• Comfortable working in a remote, asynchronous startup environment with high ownership and autonomy.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Ethereum execution‑layer JSON‑RPC, MEV‑Boost, and block‑building economics.
• Experience operating distributed systems on Kubernetes, Nomad, or similar orchestrators.
• Fluency in Python.
• Exposure to data‑observability stacks (dbt, Great Expectations, Dagster) and time‑series monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana).
• Prior contributions to web3 or other open‑source projects.

About the team - How we work?

• Async‑first: proposals & design docs precede meetings.
• Small, senior team: high trust & ownership.
• Open‑source by default: most code and discussions are public.

Our Values

• Synergistic
• Secure
• Innovative
• Reliable

Compensation

• Competitive salary in dollars
• Full remote company - Work from wherever you want
• Possibility to attend to relevant Conferences
• 2 Recharge weeks at the end of the year
• Equipment budget

Thanks for submitting your application! We’re excited to connect and hopefully build amazing things together. Best of luck!

Thanks for submitting your application! We’re excited to connect and hopefully build amazing things together.

Best of luck!

DV Labs is building the next generation of distributed validators to make Ethereum staking more resilient, decentralized, and secure.

Our software allows groups of operators—large and small—to collaboratively run a single validator while minimizing single‑point‑of‑failure risk and maximizing client diversity. We are a venture‑backed, remote‑first team that values open‑source ethos, long‑term thinking, and empirical decision‑making.

We’re looking for a product‑minded Full‑Stack Engineer who can take UI/UX ideas, wire them to backend services, and ship features that help operators run distributed validators with confidence.

You’ll work closely with protocol & infra engineers, pulling consensus‑layer telemetry that our analytics team already prepares, and surfacing it through APIs and dashboards that delight end users.

Responsibilities

• Build end‑to‑end features with Next.js (React/TypeScript) on the front‑end and NestJS(Typescript) on the back‑end.
• Query ClickHouse and MongoDB to consume outputs from existing analytics pipelines; transform & expose that data via REST endpoints and typed client SDKs.
• Integrate consensus‑layer insights (beacon duties, attestation stats, slashing alerts) so stakers understand their validator health.
• Interact with deployed Solidity smart contracts using viem/ethers.js/web3.js to read on‑chain state or submit transactions (e.g., validator registration, withdrawal credentials updates).
• Automate testing & deployment with GitHub Actions and serverless hosting on Vercel.
• Contribute to technical road‑mapping, architecture reviews, and RFCs in our open, async‑first culture.

Requirements

• 4+ years building production full‑stack web applications.
• Advanced TypeScript skills across React and Node.js.
• Demonstrated experience designing & consuming REST APIs.
• Ability to query and optimise ClickHouse or another analytic DB, plus familiarity with MongoDB.
• Working knowledge of the Ethereum consensus layer (Beacon Chain duties, attestations, slashing conditions).
• Proven experience interacting with deployed Solidity contracts (reading state, sending signed transactions, gas estimation, event parsing).
• CI/CD mindset; you automate workflows with GitHub Actions (or similar) and treat infrastructure as code.
• Strong testing discipline: unit, integration, and E2E where it matters.
• Excellent written communication; comfortable in an async, globally distributed team.

Nice to have

• Experience with SQL
• Exposure to GraphQL (Apollo Server/Federation) — some internal services use it.
• Contributions to Ethereum client code, staking protocols, or DV research (Lido, DVT).Experience with p2p networking stacks (libp2p, gRPC) or BFT systems.
• Familiarity with container orchestration (Kubernetes) and infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform).
• Go proficiency (many beacon‑chain tools use them).
• Data‑visualisation skills (D3.js, Recharts) for rich dashboards.

About the team - How we work?

• Async‑first: proposals & design docs precede meetings.
• Small, senior team: high trust & ownership.
• Open‑source by default: most code and discussions are public.

Our Values

• Synergistic
• Secure
• Innovative
• Reliable

Compensation

• Competitive salary in dollars
• Full remote company - Work from wherever you want
• Possibility to attend to relevant Conferences
• 2 Recharge weeks at the end of the year
• Equipment budget

Thanks for submitting your application! We’re excited to connect and hopefully build amazing things together.

Best of luck!

As our front-end developer, you will be responsible for building the ‘client-side’ of our web applications. You should be able to translate our company and user needs into functional and appealing interactive applications that meet high development standards. In this role, you will work closely with a group of talented product managers, UX designers, and other engineers to build the next generation of staking products. Your work will help with securing a wide range of blockchain networks and contribute to the bedrock of decentralization.

What will you do?

• Implement responsive UIs and web apps that work on desktop, mobile, and other popular devices
• Translate design prototypes to working code that are performant and cross-browser compatible
• Build great products that are beautiful, simple, and delightful
• Integrate front end apps with various crypto wallets
• Continuously iterate and improve using direct user feedbacks and best industry practices
• Proactively make suggestions for improving our products and internal processes

What are the requirements?

• You are a top-notch front end developer, with a passion for blockchain
• You have extensive experience with front-end design and client-side web applications
• You possess a track record of launching great products
• You have good taste in design and UX. An obsession with quality and attention to the little things
• You have a strong understanding of JavaScript fundamentals, modern tooling, and ecosystem
• You are familiar with React

What will be great to have?

• You are familiar with common web3 libraries such as ethers.js or web3.js
• You are passionate about blockchain technology and a decentralized future
• You are contributing to the open-source community
• You feel comfortable working in a startup environment

Why are we awesome you ask?

We are truly at the forefront of the crypto ecosystem as maintainers of the infrastructure layer of blockchain networks! We practice the crypto team mentality by assembling a truly global and diverse team.

We collectively represent more than 12 different countries and are united in a single mission: building out the future of decentralization. Crypto is here to stay, having introduced novel ideas such as DeFi, NFTs and DAOs. At the core of all this are teams like us working relentlessly to build the necessary tools and applications that help run and secure blockchains.

Here are some other reasons you should join us:

• We have employees from over 10 countries across the globe, and you will be able to meet interesting people from different backgrounds and cultures. Distributed and remote work is baked into our culture.
• We are one of the top staking service providers with over $3B of assets staked across our validators. We actively explore and develop new products related to staking. You will work on high-impact engineering projects building exciting new products in a startup environment.
• We have a capable and passionate team. You will find teammates who are power DeFi users, intense NFT collectors, Bitcoin & Ethereum knowledge nerds, etc. You can learn and debate everything on crypto with our teammates.
• We are not backed by VC funding, and we are already profitable. Our financial independence means that we can make decisions independent of VCs, and we prioritize our ideals of decentralization, user sovereignty, and user privacy over simply making a profit. It also means that, unlike most other startups, stakefish can provide you with a stable low-risk employment opportunity without fundraising concerns.

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Location: Remote - APAC, Australia   About us At Auros, we’re dedicated to advancing the cryptocurrency ecosystem through unparalleled liquidity and market-making services. We’re one of the largest participants in the market, trading across 10+ global locations, facilitating 3-4% of global daily volumes, and have connectivity to over 50 venues. What sets us apart, though, is our culture. We believe in hiring smart people and empowering them to do their best work. From day one you’ll have the autonomy and support to really excel. Our relentless focus on delivery drives us to continuously push boundaries and achieve exceptional results, all while offering abundant opportunities for personal and professional growth in the dynamic realm of digital assets.   The Opportunity This is an opportunity to develop trading systems for crypto currencies in the rapidly evolving class of digital assets. You will work with our traders and other experienced developers in a startup->

Transform trading opportunities into profits. That is, improve and invent trading and market making strategies while minding risk and any market-making obligations. You will oversee the entire process, including problem identification, analysing data, writing software, and providing ongoing support. Improve and develop systems for automated monitoring of 24/7/365 trading. Develop and support Defi order and transaction management tools in Python and Typescript Share ownership of our Defi infrastructure, including blockchain nodes and validators, as well as secure environments for running applications Contribute to design and development of our security and wallet management infrastructure Analyse and understand new Defi projects and help establish requirements and timelines for integrating against them Identify opportunities for system improvements Be responsible for troubleshooting system issues as and when they occur Engage with the team during system design discussions, code reviews, trading idea brainstorms and daily office banter.

  Who you are Our ideal candidate will have:

A software engineer with 5+ years experience working in Python and Typescript 3+ years experience developing blockchain related applications, either via coding smart contracts or coding applications that interact with smart contracts Experience in crypto strategy development, market making/liquidity is highly desirable  A deep knowledge of a large number of popular blockchain protocols (eg. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, etc) Good programming skills, with a strong understanding of data structures and algorithms You can find the balance between delivering clean, testable, reliable code and rapidly deploying new system features to take advantage of market opportunities You are reliable, take pride in delivering robust software and are willing to be on call to support the systems you develop You’re able to precisely articulate software concepts and designs You have a Bachelor's degree (or above) in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar, with excellent results

Additional desirable skills that you may have:

Experience developing in C++

What We Offer in Return

Opportunity to work at the forefront of the digital asset industry Remote and flexible work Autonomy and a flat structure means you can contribute your ideas from day one and help shape the foundation that will power our future business.

At Auros, we value nimbleness, drive for success, owner mentality, and collaboration. Join us in shaping the future of financial services across Asia and beyond!

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