Senior Rust Smart Contracts Engineer — Stellar & Solana

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC); Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base pay + annual incentive

Health and life insurance

Pension/Retirement

Paid Time Off

Hybrid model: 3 days onsite, 2 remote

Job summary

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) Digital Assets team seeks a Senior Rust Smart Contract Engineer to design, develop and maintain production-grade contracts for Stellar (Soroban) and Solana. You will own modules end-to-end and drive security, reliability and performance in a regulated financial-services environment.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years Rust production experience in blockchain apps, 5–7 years software engineering, and a strong grasp of blockchain security,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5–7 years of professional software engineering experience.
• 3+ years hands-on Rust development experience.
• 2+ years developing smart contracts or blockchain-based applications.
• Experience developing Rust smart contracts in a production environment.
• Strong understanding of blockchain security, distributed systems and cryptographic principles.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and secure software-delivery practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and deploy Rust smart contracts for Stellar using Soroban and for Solana.
• Own smart contract modules from design through deployment and ongoing lifecycle management.
• Lead code reviews and contribute to security assessments and audit readiness.
• Design and enhance testing strategies, deployment pipelines and reusable contract libraries.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to integrate smart contracts with platform and backend services.
• Identify, analyze and mitigate smart contract security, reliability and performance risks.
• Mentor Associate engineers and promote best practices in Rust and smart contract development.
• Participate in incident response and root-cause analysis for smart contract-related issues.
• Collaborate with frontend and backend developers to integrate smart contracts with web applications.
• Stay current with cryptographic and blockchain advancements to help identify and mitigate potential security threats.
• Work closely with product managers and stakeholders to clarify technical requirements and define system architecture.
• Share blockchain and smart contract expertise with both technical and nontechnical team members.
• Stay current with developments across the blockchain ecosystem and adapt solutions as appropriate.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Tools

Rust programming

Stellar Soroban

Solana

Job description

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) Digital Assets team seeks a Senior Rust Smart Contract Engineer to design, develop and maintain production-grade contracts for Stellar (Soroban) and Solana. You will own modules end-to-end and drive security, reliability and performance in a regulated financial-services environment.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years Rust production experience in blockchain apps, 5–7 years software engineering, and a strong grasp of blockchain security,