Senior Software Engineer

Startup Talent

Senior Software Engineer architecting the Solver network for a blockchain startup. Leading design and implementation while driving performance and reliability in decentralized financial systems.

Posted 4/27/2026full-timeRemote • 🇪🇺 Anywhere in EuropeSenior💰 $160,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGoRustTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design & build the Solver framework: Architect the algorithms, execution strategies, and infrastructure that power solver competition, quote aggregation, and intent-ready execution workflows.
Drive technical excellence: Lead deep code and design reviews, make high-impact architectural decisions, and uphold the highest engineering standards.
Collaborate across teams: Work with product, research, and ecosystem partners to align Solver capabilities with the NEAR Intents roadmap.
Guarantee performance at scale: Ensure low-latency, high-throughput execution across chains and decentralized environments.
Innovate Solver economics: Shape incentive structures, competition mechanisms, and cryptoeconomic models to grow and sustain Solver participation.
Stay hands-on: Balance leadership with active coding, prototyping, and tackling the most complex technical challenges in real-time.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of software engineering experience.
Deep expertise in distributed systems, high-performance networking, or large-scale infrastructure.
Strong familiarity with smart contracts, on‑chain execution frameworks, or cryptoeconomics.
Fluency in Typescript and Go is a must (experience in Rust is a plus).
Proven ability to lead globally distributed engineering teams.
Strong at abstracting complexity: breaking down organizational and technical challenges and driving them to resolution.
Comfort in ambiguity: you move fast, take ownership, and delight in solving hard problems.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Permanent role - Remote Europe or +6 hours timezones
Total package is $250K-$280K composed of base salary + tokens 2 years vesting / 1year cliff + 10% performance bonus

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Hard Skills & Tools

TypescriptGoRustdistributed systemshigh-performance networkinglarge-scale infrastructuresmart contractson-chain execution frameworkscryptoeconomicsalgorithm design

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingabstracting complexitycomfort in ambiguitytechnical excellencecommunicationdecision-makingownershipinnovation