<h2>Who We Are</h2>The Solana Foundation is a non-profit based in Zug, Switzerland, dedicated to the adoption, decentralization, and security of the Solana network. Solana is a high performance blockchain that can deliver a fast and friendly user experience, without sacrificing security. The Solana Foundation is working to realize a world where individuals own their data, use permissionless networks, and transfer information and value freely around the world. We are looking for talented people who are willing to jump right in and use their expertise to help the ecosystem build.<h2>What We Do</h2>The Ecosystem Engineering team is a horizontal team of strategically deployed engineers that live at the intersection of business, technology, and innovation in the Solana ecosystem. We support teams small and large by providing technical guidance, architecture review, and maximize our leverage by driving adoption of technical public goods through code and coordination.<h2> The Opportunity</h2>We’re looking for a software engineer to drive adoption of standards, specifications, and conventions throughout the entire Solana network to improve payments, stablecoins and tokenization! This role will also assist payment-related ecosystem teams in achieving their business goals within the Solana ecosystem.<h2>To be successful in this role</h2>You will be:<ul><li>Driving feature development: you’ll be driving high priority payment-related products:<ul><li>Standards related to improving on-chain payments and integrations with traditional finance</li><li>Solana pay</li><li>Compliance Requirements for stablecoins / Payments</li><li>Agentic and automated payments</li></ul></li><li>Supporting ecosystem teams and prospective builders: you will be a technical point-of-contact for processing payments in the Solana ecosystem</li><li>Interfacing with developers: you will be collaborating directly with developers building on Solana to receive review, collect their feedback, and inform key payment related development</li></ul>You ideally have:<ul><li>3+ years working in blockchain or platform-focused teams building out payment systems at scale</li><li>Experience using Rust, Typescript, or other performant languages in a production environment</li><li>Established experience with payment systems whether on-chain, or in traditional finance</li><li>Experience designing and operating APIs</li><li>A deep interest in the impact of blockchain technologies on how money moves globally</li></ul>Bonus points:<ul><li>Experience working with the Solana protocol</li><li>Understand how the existing corresponding banking system works</li><li>Understand how payments are processed by global institutions and international banks</li><li>Experience contributing to open-source projects</li></ul>

Solana Foundation

Senior Software Engineer, Payments

Solana Foundation

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