Staff Engineer, Syncro
WFA Digital Insight
The rise of decentralized finance has fueled a 25% growth in demand for skilled engineers with expertise in low-latency systems and blockchain technology. As a Staff Engineer at P2P.org, you'll be at the forefront of this movement, developing cutting-edge infrastructure to support the company's innovative staking and yield products. With a strong reputation and network, P2P.org is an attractive destination for talented individuals looking to make a real impact in the fintech space. Before applying, consider highlighting your experience with distributed systems, Rust, and Solana internals, as well as your passion for decentralized finance and commitment to delivering high-quality code.
Job Description
About the Role
P2P.org is seeking an experienced Staff Engineer to join its team, focusing on developing and maintaining low-latency systems for its Syncro platform. As a key member of the engineering team, you will be responsible for designing and implementing high-performance infrastructure to support the company's staking and yield products. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in distributed systems, Rust, and Solana internals, as well as experience with multi-region rollout and cloud infrastructure.The role will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize projects, and working closely with the engineering team to ensure seamless integration of new features and systems. As a Staff Engineer, you will be expected to set the technical bar through design and code review, and contribute to the development of the company's technical vision and strategy.
P2P.org is committed to fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration, and the successful candidate will be expected to embody these values. The company prides itself on its strong reputation and network, and the Staff Engineer will play a key role in maintaining and enhancing this reputation through the delivery of high-quality code and infrastructure.
What You Will Do
- Own the architecture and write the core low-latency code across Syncro (Rust)
- Cut latency by design: validator submission path, network routing/peering, node co-location, direct QUIC/TPU ingress
- Cut latency in code: optimal algorithms and data structures, tight time/space complexity, language- and OS-level performance (memory layout, allocations, cache, syscalls, lock-free concurrency)
- Lead the multi-region rollout on bare-metal and cloud, co-located near client trading venues
- Eliminate single points of failure with HA and automatic failover
- Automate safe, self-serve releases; own latency/uptime SLOs, observability, and alerting
- Set the technical bar through design and code review
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize projects
- Work closely with the engineering team to ensure seamless integration of new features and systems
What We Are Looking For
- 8+ years of experience building distributed backend/infrastructure, with low-latency systems shipped to production
- Expertise in writing highly efficient code — algorithms and data structures, time/space complexity, and language-runtime + OS-level performance (memory, cache, allocations, syscalls, concurrency)
- Deep Solana internals — validator/TPU, stake-weighted QoS (SWQoS), QUIC, shreds, transaction landing
- Experience with trading / MEV / market-data infrastructure — orderflow, searchers, latency-sensitive paths
- Expertise in a systems language — production Rust (or C/C++/Go moving to Rust)
- Networking and latency tuning — TCP/QUIC, routing, peering, co-location, kernel/NIC tuning
- Production infrastructure — Linux, bare-metal and cloud (GCP/AWS), Kubernetes, IaC
- PostgreSQL; RabbitMQ/Kafka in HA
- English C1+; remote, async
- Experience owning a complex system's architecture end-to-end
Nice to Have
- Solana validator operations / staking infrastructure
- MEV ecosystem — relayers, bundles, block engines
- SUI, Hyperliquid, or other high-throughput chains
- Real-time market-data / streaming systems at scale
- Low-level profiling and benchmarking (perf, flamegraphs)
- Blockchain open-source contributions
Benefits and Perks
- Competitive salary level in $ (we can also pay in crypto)
- Paid vacation and sick leave
- Well-being program
- Mental Health care program
- Compensation for education, including foreign language & professional growth courses
- Equipment & co-working reimbursement program
- Overseas conferences, community immersion
How to Stand Out
- Highlight your experience with distributed systems, Rust, and Solana internals to stand out as a candidate.
- Showcase your ability to write highly efficient code and optimize for low latency.
- Be prepared to discuss your experience with multi-region rollout and cloud infrastructure.
- Emphasize your passion for decentralized finance and commitment to delivering high-quality code.
- Research the company's products and services to demonstrate your understanding of their business and technology stack.
- Prepare examples of your experience with trading / MEV / market-data infrastructure and latency-sensitive paths.
- Be ready to discuss your experience with networking and latency tuning, as well as production infrastructure.
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