Senior Solana Blockchain Engineer

Senior Solana Blockchain Engineer

Compensation

• Full-Time Employment
  Annual Salary: $150,000 – $250,000 USD

• Contract / Consulting
  Hourly Rate: $120 – $200 USD/hour

Compensation will be determined based on experience, technical expertise, project leadership capabilities, and previous production deployments.

About the Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Senior Solana Blockchain Engineer to help review, architect, and enhance an existing Solana-based token project.
The current platform includes core token functionality and wallet integration. We are planning the next phase of development to evolve the project into a more comprehensive Web3 ecosystem featuring staking, governance, treasury management, analytics, and community-driven functionality.
This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys both hands-on development and high-level architectural decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Architecture & Technical Leadership
  Review the existing Solana codebase and architecture
  Evaluate smart contract design and security
  Identify scalability and performance improvements
  Define technical standards and best practices
  Create a development roadmap and implementation strategy

• Blockchain Development
  Design and develop Solana programs using Rust and Anchor Framework
  Implement staking and rewards mechanisms
  Design governance and voting systems
  Build treasury management functionality
  Integrate wallet connectivity and transaction workflows
  Improve smart contract security and testing coverage

• Collaboration
  Work closely with product and engineering stakeholders
  Participate in technical planning and architecture discussions
  Produce technical documentation and implementation guidelines
  Support deployment and maintenance activities

Technical Requirements

• Required Skills
  5+ years of software engineering experience
  3+ years of blockchain development experience
  Strong Solana development experience
  Advanced Rust programming skills
  Anchor Framework expertise
  SPL Token experience
  Smart contract testing and security knowledge
  Experience building production-grade Web3 applications
  Git and collaborative development workflows

• Preferred Skills
  Staking protocol development
  DAO governance systems
  Treasury management solutions
  NFT ecosystem development
  DeFi protocol development
  Wallet integrations
  Cloud infrastructure and DevOps experience
  Smart contract auditing experience
  Open-source blockchain contributions

Initial Project Scope
The first phase of the engagement focuses on reviewing and improving the existing project.

• Current Functionality
  Solana token implementation
  Wallet integration
  Basic token operations

• Planned Enhancements
  Staking system
  Reward distribution
  DAO governance
  Treasury management
  Analytics dashboard
  Security improvements
  Performance optimization
  Advanced Web3 functionality

Expected Deliverables

• Deliverable 1: Architecture Review
  Provide a technical assessment covering:
  Current architecture
  Strengths and weaknesses
  Scalability considerations
  Improvement opportunities

• Deliverable 2: Security Assessment
  Provide:
  Smart contract security review
  Access control analysis
  Risk assessment
  Recommended mitigations

• Deliverable 3: Technical Roadmap
  Create a development roadmap that includes:
  Feature prioritization
  Architecture recommendations
  Milestones
  Timeline estimates

• Deliverable 4: Smart Contract Enhancements
  Design and implement:
  Staking architecture
  Reward distribution logic
  Governance framework
  Treasury controls

• Deliverable 5: Documentation
  Provide:
  Technical documentation
  Deployment instructions
  Testing procedures
  Architecture diagrams

Hiring Process

• Step 1 Initial discussion and project overview
• Step 2 Portfolio and GitHub review
• Step 3 Technical assessment (approximately 60 minutes)
• Step 4 Technical interview
• Step 5 Paid architecture review milestone
• Step 6 Long-term engagement

Application Requirements
Please include:
Resume or CV
GitHub profile
Portfolio or project examples
Solana experience summary
Rust experience summary
Anchor Framework experience
Examples of staking, DAO, NFT, or DeFi projects
Availability and preferred engagement type

Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a senior blockchain engineer who has successfully delivered production-grade Solana applications and can contribute both as a hands-on developer and as a technical leader.
We are looking for someone who can evaluate the current platform, identify opportunities for improvement, and help drive the next phase of development with a strong focus on security, scalability, and maintainability.

Engagement Type
Remote
Full-Time or Contract
Long-Term Opportunity

If you have strong Solana, Rust, and Anchor experience and enjoy building scalable Web3 infrastructure, we would love to hear from you.