Staff Software Engineer, Backend

North America, Remote. Posted 2 months ago

The role

You will own the technical direction, architecture, and performance of a core backend system such as Data Streaming, Historical APIs, or Account Index. You will design solutions for distributed systems and mentor other engineers.

What you will do

Own the technical direction for a core backend system
Design and implement solutions for distributed systems, storage engines, streaming pipelines, or edge infrastructure
Drive performance engineering through profiling and benchmarking
Set standards for observability, incident response, and operational excellence
Partner with founders and engineering leadership on long-term technical strategy
Mentor senior and mid-level engineers
Identify and solve complex, ambiguous problems spanning multiple systems

Required qualifications

8+ years of backend engineering building large-scale, production-grade systems
Deep systems-level expertise
Proficiency in Rust, C++, or Go
Ability to own and evolve complex systems end-to-end
Experience leading ambiguous, cross-team technical initiatives
Performance engineering instincts
High ownership and high intensity
Prior exposure to engineering cultures prioritizing operational excellence, performance, and customer reliability at scale

Nice to have

Deep expertise in distributed storage, streaming infrastructure, edge networking, or query engines
Experience building or operating systems at petabyte scale or microsecond latency budgets
On-call ownership of mission-critical production services
Interest in Solana, blockchain infrastructure, or real-time financial systems
Open source contributions or technical writing
Mix of large and small company experience

Benefits

Market-leading salary
Meaningful equity
Generous vacation
Wellness budgets
Support for learning and travel

About the company

Helius is building core infrastructure for Solana to empower developers to create crypto-powered applications. They are a small, senior team focused on performance, simplicity, and scalability in decentralized systems.