About the role
Who We Are 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. What We Do The Foundation collaborates with both internal contributors and external ecosystem teams to solve key technical challenges and accelerate the development of core infrastructure, developer tooling, and open source standards. This includes everything from on-chain protocols to growth tooling, smart contract frameworks, and new developer experiences. We work closely with many of the most ambitious teams in crypto — including those building next-generation DeFi, payments, gaming, DePIN, and Real-World Asset platforms. The Opportunity We’re looking for talented Solana Program Engineers , with a strong emphasis on developers who have built — or want to build — cutting-edge DeFi protocols on Solana. This is an open application to express your interest in working on one of several high-impact teams across the Solana ecosystem. Depending on your background and interests, we may connect you with projects building: Advanced DeFi Protocols Central Limit Order Books (CLOBs) On-chain AMMs and hybrid liquidity models Lending markets, margin trading, and perps Bonding curves and structured products Oracle integrations and liquidation engines Governance, fee sharing, and staking mechanisms Core Infrastructure & Tooling Smart contract wallets and programmable access Gasless relayers and session keys Indexers and custom RPCs Anchor / Pinocchio contributions On-chain Applications & Middleware Token launch frameworks and fair distribution tooling Real-world asset registries and payment rails DePIN coordination systems Selected candidates will be matched with ecosystem teams (and in some cases, the Foundation’s internal contributors) based on your skills, interests, and availability. Roles vary from full-time to grant-based, depending on
