What are the responsibilities and job description for the Odos - Solana Smart Contracts Engineer position at deCircle?
Odos.xyz is expanding its Solana team and are looking for a Solana Rust developer with strong experience in Anchor and expertise interfacing with Yellowstone Geyser. You’ll help build and operate distributed, low-latency services that power our Solana DEX Aggregator, working with a small, focused team deploying on Kubernetes and AWS.
What You’ll Do
Design and Implement Distributed Services in Rust: Build and optimize high-performance backend services deployed on AWS/Kubernetes that interface directly with the Solana blockchain and Odos’ aggregation engine.
Work with Solana Programs via Anchor: Design, test, and deploy on-chain programs using the Anchor framework.
Interface with Yellowstone Geyser: Build systems that consume and process Solana ledger data through Yellowstone Geyser plugins, enabling real-time event and state tracking.
Develop Low-Latency Data Pipelines: Capture and process Solana transaction and account data in real time, with Redis as the primary datastore.
Advance Aggregator Features: Contribute to core routing, liquidity discovery, and execution logic that powers Odos’ Solana DEX Aggregator.
Contribute to Infrastructure: Participate in system design, observability, and CI/CD workflows within a Kubernetes AWS environment.
5 years of software development experience, with a strong focus on Solana smart contract development.
Proficient in Rust, with deep knowledge of Solana’s smart contract architecture (e.g., Anchor framework).
Experience in cross-chain solutions—familiarity with EVM and non-EVM architectures.
Strong understanding of Solana’s DeFi ecosystem and its applications.
Excellent problem-solving skills, with a passion for blockchain innovation.
Bonus Points If
You have a background in TradeFi
You have worked previously in DeFi or other crypto protocols
Experience with Web3 specific libraries and blockchain data APIs