Staff Performance Engineer, Trading Infrastructure

Helius Sunlink PV

Staff Performance Engineer for Helius, optimizing latency-sensitive systems used in trading. Leading initiatives for performance improvements in decentralized financial applications.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Rust

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set technical direction for performance across Helius' most latency-critical systems, influencing architecture and engineering standards company-wide
Profile, tune, and optimize the low-level Rust services that power traders and financial institutions
Design systems for low-latency environments where microseconds matter
Lead cross-team initiatives to identify and eliminate systemic performance bottlenecks
Own foundational systems end-to-end and keep them simple, reliable, and easy to operate
Mentor engineers and raise the bar on performance engineering and operational rigor

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of systems-level engineering in Rust or C++
Deep experience tuning high-throughput, latency-sensitive systems
Track record of leading ambiguous, cross-team technical projects and shipping durable systems
Strong intuition for hardware, operating systems, and network performance
Ability to operate with high ownership on difficult technical problems and make decisions legible to stakeholders
A desire to push performance to the limit, not just make it "good enough"

Benefits

Comp & perks

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 and high-throughput backends
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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Hard Skills & Tools

RustC++performance tuningsystems-level engineeringlow-latency systemshigh-throughput systemsoperating systemsnetwork performance

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcross-team collaborationproblem-solvingdecision-makingownership