Senior Rust Engineer for High-Performance Solana Contracts

Apeing DEX; Toronto; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

A cutting-edge tech company in Toronto is seeking a top-tier Rust engineer who has already shipped production smart contracts. Your role will include designing, building, and deploying high-performance Solana programs, optimizing for security and efficiency, and preparing codebases for audits. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Rust, strong experience with Solana, and a solid understanding of DeFi mechanics. Join a small team where you can make a direct impact on core protocol architecture.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in Rust.
• Strong experience with Solana (Anchor + native programs).
• Shipped at least one production protocol or smart contract system.
• Experience handling PDAs, CPI calls, account serialization.
• Solid understanding of DeFi mechanics.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy production-grade Solana programs.
• Optimize for performance, compute efficiency, and security.
• Write clean, auditable Rust with long-term maintainability.
• Lead contract design decisions from first principles.
• Prepare codebases for external audits.

Skills

Rust

Solana (Anchor + native programs)

Production protocol or smart contract system

DeFi mechanics

Debugging mainnet issues

Job description

A cutting-edge tech company in Toronto is seeking a top-tier Rust engineer who has already shipped production smart contracts. Your role will include designing, building, and deploying high-performance Solana programs, optimizing for security and efficiency, and preparing codebases for audits. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Rust, strong experience with Solana, and a solid understanding of DeFi mechanics. Join a small team where you can make a direct impact on core protocol architecture.