Staff Software Engineer Helius · Remote

Rustify; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Helius is building the core infrastructure for Solana, enabling developers to create crypto-powered applications. We are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to own a core system such as Gatekeeper, Data Streaming, Historical APIs, or Account Index, and set the technical direction for the team.

You will work directly with founders and engineering leadership in a small, high-impact group, taking end-to-end ownership of your domain and driving the platform to scale with ultra-low latency and high

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction for a core backend system - architecture, reliability, performance, and roadmap.
• Design and implement solutions to the hardest problems in your domain - distributed systems, storage engines, streaming pipelines, or edge infrastructure.
• Drive performance engineering across your system - profiling, benchmarking, and pushing latency and throughput to the limit.

Job description

# Staff Software EngineerHelius · Senior · RemoteView & Apply## About HeliusHelius is building the core infrastructure for Solana - empowering developers to create the next generation of crypto-powered applications. Our mission is to accelerate the development of internet capital markets by making it easier, faster, and more intuitive to build on-chain.Thousands of teams - from early-stage startups to industry leaders like Coinbase, Phantom, and Jupiter - rely on Helius APIs, webhooks, and indexing tools to power their products. Backed by Haun Ventures, Founders Fund, and Foundation Capital, we’re a small, senior team obsessed with performance, simplicity, and scalability in decentralized systems.Read our Helius Manifesto to see how we work and what we value.## About the RoleWe're looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to take ownership of one of our core systems - Gatekeeper, Data Streaming, Historical APIs, or Account Index. These are the foundational layers of Helius's infrastructure, operating at the intersection of extreme performance requirements and real-world scale. Each system sits in the critical path of the Solana ecosystem.At this level, you're not just building - you're setting technical direction, making architectural decisions that shape the platform for years, and raising the bar for everyone around you. You'll work directly with founders and engineering leadership to define what we build and how we build it. Small team, enormous scope, and the expectation that you'll own your domain end-to-end.## Key Responsibilities:* Own the technical direction for a core backend system - architecture, reliability, performance, and roadmap* Design and implement solutions to the hardest problems in your domain - distributed systems, storage engines, streaming pipelines, or edge infrastructure* Drive performance engineering across your system - profiling, benchmarking, and pushing latency and throughput to the limit