Senior MEV Research Engineer — Remote (Solana & Rust)

Temporal; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Temporal is hiring a senior MEV research engineer in NYC or global remote. You will own data pipelines, classification for MEV on Solana, and the economics of searcher revenue. You will interact with external users and translate analyses into product features for Nozomi.

The role emphasizes rigorous data analysis, Rust-based pipelines, and building robust systems that survive scrutiny. This is a high-impact, fast-moving team.

Qualifications

• Real MEV fluency and ability to discuss MEV concepts with practitioners.
• Strong analytical skills for large datasets.
• Experience owning data pipelines end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Own data pipelines behind MEV and searcher analytics end to end.
• Build and extend classification for MEV on Solana: sandwiches, backruns, arbitrage, liquidations.
• Design attribution and quantify extraction against own flow.
• Monitor searcher behavior and design auction rules.
• Produce the economics and revenue-share metrics.
• Develop relations with the searcher network and support integrations.

Skills

SQL

Rust

Solana knowledge

Data pipelines

Analytical thinking

Communication with external users

Tools

ClickHouse

Job description

Temporal is hiring a senior MEV research engineer in NYC or global remote. You will own data pipelines, classification for MEV on Solana, and the economics of searcher revenue. You will interact with external users and translate analyses into product features for Nozomi.

The role emphasizes rigorous data analysis, Rust-based pipelines, and building robust systems that survive scrutiny. This is a high-impact, fast-moving team.