Rust Backend Engineer (Solana)

Rust Backend Engineer (Solana) Plexus has partnered with a profitable, Solana-native data and trading infrastructure company providing real-time on-chain data, analytics and low-latency execution. With no outside funding needed since their seed round, they are a small, AI-first team where every engineer has real ownership. They are hiring a Rust Backend Engineer to work alongside the technical lead on the systems that power their platform.

What the role looks like Maintain and improve the core data pipelines and trading infrastructure behind live and historical on-chain data Deploy and manage AI-driven trading bots in production Work across liquidity, the price engine and Solana pool integrations Reduce latency across gRPC and WebSocket services Design and tune database schemas for high-volume, real-time data Use AI tooling as a core part of how you build and ship What you need to succeed Strong backend engineering experience in Rust Hands-on Solana experience, professionally or through your own projects Experience with gRPC and WebSockets Solid understanding of database schema design and performance tuning Comfortable working with AI tools day to day and able to show how you use them Nice to have ClickHouse Trading, DEX or market data infrastructure experience Low-latency or high-throughput systems What is on offer CAD $135k to $170k base depending on experience Remote across Canada, the US and South America, with Vancouver preferred.

Europe considered Potential equity for senior hires A profitable, stable business with a small team and direct impact A fast 3-stage process, around 3 weeks end to end