Solana Protocol Engineer

At Magic Eden, we’re breaking down barriers to make Web3 what it should be — intuitive, accessible and of course, magical. As the #1 Bitcoin dApp and the #1 NFT marketplace, we’re leading the charge to redefine the onchain experience. Backed by toptier investors like Sequoia, Paradigm, Electric Capital and Lightspeed Ventures, we’re building a future where trading is seamless, tokenomics are meaningful and Magic Eden fulfills its mission of making digital ownership universal. Join our global team of passionate, scrappy and wildly talented people to help shape the next era of Web3 with us.

We’re now looking for an experienced Solana Protocol Engineer who loves NFTs and marketplace infrastructure to help define and scale the Solana side of our ecosystem.

What a typical day may look like:

• Research, design and implement new Solana programs (smart contracts) and improve existing ones using Rust and Anchor.

• Own onchainoffchain integration: program interfaces, CPI callssafety, and transactionflow optimization.

• Contribute to highthroughput indexing & data pipelines (e.g., custom programs, webhooks, Firehose, gRPC) focused on <10 ms latency and horizontal scalability.

• Collaborate with founders, designers, backend and frontendengineers, DevOps and external auditors to deliver secure, reliable code to production on tight timelines.

• Profile, benchmark and tune Solana programs for computeunit efficiency, accountsize minimization and metered concurrency.

• What you bring

  • 6+ years of professional software engineering experience

  • 2+ years building on Solana with RustAnchor (or other highperformance blockchain runtimes).

  • Deep knowledge of Solana’s account model, Sealevel parallel execution, CPI, PDAs, and SPL standards.

  • Familiarity with Solana development suites: Anchor, SolanaCLI, SolanaTestValidator, and simulationdebugging tools such as Solana Playground & Anchor IDLs.

  • Experience writing secure, efficient onchain programs—protecting against privilegeescalation, accountcollision, nonce reuse and other Solanaspecific attack vectors.

  • Proficiency in TypeScriptJavaScript for client SDKs, server integrations, and program tests.

  • “Getthingsdone” mentality: selfdirected, fast learner, comfortable in a 0 → 1 environment.

  • Demonstrated opensource contributions to Solana, Anchor, SPL or relevant Rust crypto libraries—and an active GitHub presence showcasing code reviews, RFCs or tool releases.

  • Humility to embrace better ideas, eagerness to improve, and openness to new challenges and possibilities.

  • Bonus points

    • Experience with MEV, priority fees, local fee markets or preconfirmation services on Solana.

    • Dev experience with multiple NFT standards

    • Past work on multichain bridges, crosschain messaging, or onchain orderbooks.

    • Experience managing Solana validator clusters andor performance tuning

    • OpenSource Contribution & Presence

      We value engineers who advance the Solana ecosystem through open source. Maintain an active GitHub profile, contribute to SolanaAnchorSPL repos, author technical blog posts, and speak at meetups or conferences. Mentor junior devs to cultivate an inclusive community, just as we expect from our Solidity counterparts.

      Pay & Benefits

      • Fastpaced, highly collaborative environment

      • Competitive salary and meaningful equity

      • Flexible PTO

      • Wellness and homeoffice stipend

      • Remotefirst culture