Cumberland Labs
Early stage blockchain business builder and incubator from Cumberland & DRW
DeFi Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
99 days ago
Salary
Not specified
6 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Build systems to read high-volume, low-latency data from blockchains.
• Send and manage transactions in performance-sensitive environments.
• Design, implement, and deploy production smart contracts on Solana or EVM environments.
• Contribute to end-to-end exchange, execution, and data-pipeline architecture.
• Comfortable making decisions with imperfect information, handling trade-offs, and delivering working systems on tight timelines.
• Reliable high-speed internet and a suitable workstation setup for sustained development and communication.
Job Requirements
- 4+ years of software development.
- 2+ years working in DeFi.
- Proven delivery of production-ready DeFi systems on Solana or EVM.
- Strong understanding of DeFi mechanics, trading systems, spot/margin trading, and on-chain execution.
- Self-driven, highly motivated, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment.
- Strong communication skills in English.
- Bonus Points: Experience with low-level blockchain runtime or transaction-pipeline optimizations.
- Experience landing high-volume transactions on Solana or EVM.
- Background in market making or high-frequency trading.