Helius 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 manager who can lead this team from the front. Someone who can architect high-performance systems, dive deep into distributed infra, and coach exceptional engineers while still shipping code. This is a hands-on leadership role with outsized impact.
About the TeamThe Archival team exposes APIs for querying Solana’s multi-petabyte ledger with sub-100ms. If you love the challenge of large datasets and low-latency performance engineering, this is the right team for you. The team moves fast, owns an enormous surface area, and operates like a small group of founders sitting in the critical path of the company.
What You'll DoLead the team responsible for building high-scale pipelines, storage solutions, and low-latency APIs
Hold a high bar for system design, performance, and operational excellence
Partner with founders, product, and staff engineers to invent new use cases and products
Improve the engineering culture – speed, ownership, and high standards are the default here
5+ years of experience engineering systems in large-scale, production environments
2+ years of engineering leadership experience
Strong hands-on skills in Rust (or equivalent)
Proven ability to optimize query performance and diagnose bottlenecks across storage and compute layers
Experience using profilers and performance analysis tools to identify and resolve latency or throughput issues
Track record of delivering complex systems end-to-end, from design through deployment and operations
Strong people leadership skills paired with deep curiosity and a bias for ownership
Ability to drive clarity and execution in ambiguous, high-pressure scenarios
Exposure to Solana, blockchain, or web3 infrastructure
Experience with Postgres, ClickHouse, and/or RocksDB
High-impact work: Your code will power applications used by millions across the Solana ecosystem, including Coinbase, Jupiter, and Phantom
Serious engineering: Build fast, reliable systems and user experiences across distributed infra, high-throughput backends, and modern frontend stacks
Ownership & growth: Lead critical initiatives, influence architecture and product direction, and take on more responsibility as the company scales
Remote-first flexibility: Work where you’re most effective with a flexible, fully distributed team
Competitive comp & perks: Market-leading salary, meaningful equity, generous vacation, wellness budgets, and support for learning and travel
Mission-driven team: Join ambitious builders who move fast, take ownership, and are shaping the future of decentralized apps
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