Senior Performance Engineer (DeFi)

TL;DR

Senior Performance Engineer (DeFi): Monitoring, benchmarking, and optimizing high-performance decentralized protocols with an accent on low-level systems and infrastructure. Focus on identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks within the Solana ecosystem to ensure efficient financial market operations.

Location: Must be based in or able to work from the New York City office

Salary: $170,000 – $250,000

Company

hirify.global is a venture-backed startup developing sustainable, high-throughput DeFi protocols and infrastructure on the Solana blockchain.

What you will do

• Monitor and benchmark critical systems to maintain performance standards.
• Optimize low-level infrastructure to support high-volume trading activities.
• Identify and resolve complex performance bottlenecks across system abstractions.
• Collaborate with the team to enhance existing DeFi protocols like Phoenix Perpetuals.
• Work across both technical and non-technical domains with high agency.

Requirements

• Must be able to work on-site in New York City
• 3+ years of experience in high-performance computing
• Strong low-level systems experience
• Ability to conceptualize systems at multiple levels of abstraction
• Experience with blockchain technology, preferably Solana
• Passion for decentralized finance