About Lhava Labs
Lhava Labs is the incubation arm launched out of Lhava’s crypto quantitative trading firm. The goal of Lhava Labs is to research and develop DeFi primitives that support ecosystem growth of our partners as well as push forward innovation around the world of on-chain trading products.
Role Overview
A great deal of our work is on SVM compatible chains. We are looking for a Solana Program Engineer with deep expertise and knowledge in Solana program development as well as the SVM. You will be responsible for designing and implementing secure and high performant smart contracts that are the backbone of the DeFi protocols we create.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop Solana programs in Rust using Anchor or Pinocchio.
- Write comprehensive unit, fuzz and integration tests.
- Collaborate & assist Lhava core engineers to build Rust clients that support these protocols.
- Participate in peer-reviewing code of other engineers contributing to development.
Requirements
- 3+ years of blockchain development & smart contract experience working in Solana/SVM ecosystems with Rust, Anchor, Pinocchio, and testing frameworks like Mollusk.
- Experience going through the full development cycle of a DeFi protocol, from idea -> architecture design -> Implementation -> audit & mitigation process -> production deployment.
- Ability to work in a fast-moving startup environment.
- DeFi native who has a solid understanding of the various DeFi primitives in the space.
- MUST have contributed to a live DeFi protocol that has held funds on mainnet.
- Bonus if you also have experience within Solidity Smart Contract Development & the EVM.
Why Lhava Labs
Founding Engineer Opportunity: As one of the first hires of Lhava Labs you will have the opportunity to make foundational technical decisions that shape our engineering culture from day 1.
Pre-Funded Development: Unlike many DeFi startups, we work directly with ecosystem partners and chains to build protocols that have guaranteed grant funding, and day 1 TVL commitments, eliminating the cold start problem that many companies face.
Meaningful Ownership: As an early employee, you will receive token allocations in every protocol we launch, ensuring shared upside in the products you build.
Backed by a successful trading firm: Our parent company brings deep market understanding and technical expertise, enabling us to design protocols with a trader-first mentality and kickstart a growth flywheel for everything we build.
Benefits
- Majority-covered healthcare, fully covered vision and dental
- 401(k) plan
- Free lunch and dinner when in the office
- All-expenses-paid offsites to align, strategize, and recharge
- Additional perks to support your work and life