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Wormhole Labs

Solana Protocol Engineer at Wormhole Labs (Remote)

Wormhole Labs·

Role details

Work type
Remote
Employment
Full-Time

Job description

Wormhole Labs is a pioneering blockchain technology company building decentralized systems for a freer and fairer global economy. We're reshaping financial infrastructure across the entire crypto stack, from core protocol development to trading systems and user-facing applications. At our core, we're technology innovators bridging traditional finance with the emerging possibilities of crypto. Our seasoned team leverages deep technical expertise to develop solutions that advance the industry. We're seeking talented individuals who share our vision, and have the technical prowess to help build it — join us! As a Solana Protocol Engineer at Wormhole Labs, you will make significant contributions to Wormhole’s ecosystem of programs and protocols on Solana. You will either drive or partner with domain experts on the entire lifecycle of protocol development, including ideation, design, implementation, security review, and deployment.

What you will do

  • Contribute to the design, implementation, testing, and security review of Wormhole’s core Solana programs and to protocols expanding to Solana.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather customer requirements, analyze business needs, and translate them into smart contract code.
  • Follow best practices for secure smart contract development and build future best practices alongside Wormhole security researchers.
  • Stay up to date with the latest in Solana tooling, best practices, and industry trends.

The ideal candidate will

  • Have deep experience writing production Solana programs. Alternatively, you’ve written production Rust for applications with millions of users.
  • Be high agency and effect the outcomes they wish to see.
  • Care deeply about the business outcomes of your work and challenge priorities when the business impact is unclear.
  • Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, although equivalent practical experience will also be taken into consideration.

We provide

  • Competitive salary and restricted token units, dependent on position type and location.
  • Unlimited time off, healthcare premium reimbursement, and 401K.
  • Top-of-the-line MacBook Pro laptop.
  • Flexibility of working from wherever you have work authorization, as long as you can work 10-6PM US Eastern Time. We minimize unnecessary meetings, but building decentralized systems requires synchronous communication.

Note: This is a senior-level role. We will only respond to applicants that meet our requirements. If we don’t respond, please assume a polite decline for now.

Why work at Wormhole Labs

  • Remote-first culture: Team operates fully remote, working US Eastern Time hours, allowing for flexible location arrangements.
  • High agency, low ego culture: The company explicitly seeks "customer obsession, high agency, and extreme ownership" — valuing impact over hierarchy.
  • Cutting-edge blockchain work: Employees work on one of the most widely used interoperability protocols in the industry, solving genuinely hard distributed systems problems.
  • Diverse, global team: Colleagues from quantitative trading, venture capital, and enterprise software backgrounds across the US, Europe, and Asia.
  • Open-source impact: Contributions are public, visible, and directly used by developers building on 30+ blockchains.
  • Growth trajectory: Small team (~12 people) with rapid growth — offering outsized ownership and impact for early employees.
  • Current open roles (as of mid-2025): Senior Product Engineer, Solana Protocol Engineer, Full-Stack Blockchain Engineer, Creative Director, General Counsel — indicating expansion across engineering, product, and leadership.

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