Backend Engineer Veda · Remote

Rustify; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Veda in the United States is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer focused on Solana to help build secure DeFi products and scalable infrastructure. This is a hands-on role blending smart-contract engineering, backend development, and applied security for systems that handle real assets.

You will own features end to end—from technical design and implementation through testing, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing improvement—and integrate third-party DeFi protocols as external systems evolve.

Qualifications

• Senior backend engineer with Solana experience.
• Experience designing and implementing backend services powering DeFi products.
• Security-focused mindset for systems handling real assets.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Solana programs and backend services that power Veda’s DeFi products.
• Own features end to end—from technical design and implementation through testing, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing improvement.
• Integrate third-party DeFi protocols and infrastructure, evaluating technical and economic risks and maintaining those integrations as external systems evolve.

Job description

# Backend EngineerVeda · Senior · RemoteView & Apply## About Veda**Veda** builds vault infrastructure for DeFi at scale. We manage billions total value locked across 15+ blockchain networks, powering yield strategies for partners including Kraken, Etherfi, and Plasma. Our protocol turns complex multi-chain DeFi positions into simple vault interfaces that institutional and retail users can actually trust.We’re hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to be a key design partner in our next-generation platform infrastructure. You’ll own the systems architecture that sits behind billions in assets, event indexing, data pipelines, risk engines, multi-chain orchestration, the infrastructure that has to be right because real money depends on it.You won’t be handed a spec. You’ll look at what we have, understand where we’re going, and figure out what needs to be built, rebuilt, or thrown away. Then you’ll build it.## About the RoleAs a Backend Engineer focused on Solana, you will help build secure DeFi products across on-chain programs and the backend systems that support them. You will work on protocol integrations, transaction infrastructure, product APIs, and production operations. This is a hands-on role combining smart contract engineering, backend development, and applied security for systems that manage real assets.## Key Responsibilities:* Design, build, and maintain Solana programs and backend services that power Veda’s DeFi products.* Own features end to end, from technical design and implementation through testing, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing improvement.* Integrate third-party DeFi protocols and infrastructure, evaluating technical and economic risks and maintaining those integrations as external systems evolve.