Location: Remote
Orca’s vision is to build a financial system that puts people first. We envision a future where the majority of global financial transactions are driven by CLAMMs and other Decentralized Finance (DeFi) products. Our ambition reaches beyond becoming the leading provider of financial primitives in crypto—we aim to reshape the foundation of finance itself. We are building the next NASDAQ. If you are someone who is tired of just working another job and wants to build something meaningful, then we invite you to join our team.
As a team of senior engineers, Orca’s contributors are comfortable working around the stack but tend to be experts in a particular area. Orca is looking for a like-minded generalist who can specialize in building out our backend services and infrastructure.
What You’ll Do
Design and Implement Scalable Servers in Rust: Build high-performance servers deployed on AWS that interface with the Solana network and Orca's web application.
Develop Data Processing Pipelines: Create systems for processing blockchain data, focusing on reliability and latency.
Advance Application Features: Leverage these servers to develop key application features such as real-time monitoring, automated transaction execution, and token balance analytics.
Manage Database Interactions: Handle data storage and management using PostgreSQL, ensuring data integrity and efficient retrieval.
What You’ll Bring
Proven Track Record: You’ve worked on performant services at scale, ideally in finance or adjacent industries. You have a strong ability to analyze complex software systems, reason about them with clarity, and solve problems efficiently.
Educational Background: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field from a recognized university.
Balanced Mindset: Comfortable working independently in an async environment, but also enjoy coming together to collaborate as a team. Passionate about certain technologies and patterns, but recognize their trade-offs in different scenarios.
Technical Skills: Experience with Rust is a plus but not required. Strong interest and proficiency in building high performance backend systems.
Understanding of DeFi: You have a good understanding of how AMMs work and the Solana ecosystem. You are a user of DeFi apps on Solana or other chains.
What we offer
Salary: 175,000 - 220,000 USDC (Range for US Employees)
Token allocation: 50,000 - 100,000 ORCA over 4 years (Range for US Employees)
Flexible work schedule.
Home office stipend.
Wellness stipend.
Option to work remotely or from our office in New York City.
Paid subscriptions to GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or other tools that make you more productive.
Our hiring process
Orca is transparent and efficient. We move fast, and this process will be short and intense. We believe our process enables us to make decisions quickly so we avoid long, drawn out interview rounds that last weeks.
Initial Screen (50-60 min)
This is an opportunity for us to better understand your experience and knowledge of Solana and DeFi, and an opportunity for you to learn more about the role and company (20-30 min). In the same session, we might ask you to advance directly to a coding exercise so we can evaluate your technical proficiency (30 min).
COO Round (60min)
An interview with Isaac, our COO. This is a chance for you to learn about Orca's history, present status, and its bright future. Isaac will also assess your knowledge of AMMs and DeFi.
3rd Round (60 min each)
This round will consist of 3 open-ended coding interviews back-to-back all conducted the same day. It will be with Yutaro (Founder/CTO), Brenton or Will (Infra), Phil (Sr Engineer).
Our stack
Rust, Timescale, Postgres
Next.js, Typescript, Zustand, Tailwind
Solana's Geyser plugin, Yellowstone gRPC
Solana smart contracts using Anchor
Terraform, AWS ECS, Datadog, Vercel
GitHub, Linear, Notion, Slack
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Orca is an equal opportunity employer.
$175K – $220K
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