Staff Engineer (Solana)

About the Role

Take ownership over parts of the Solana stack (Anchor / Pinocchio programs) and parts of the backend exchange infrastructure (Rust).

You’ll work directly on:

• Solana programs that define the foundations of impact markets as a product category
• Backend infrastructure that wraps around the programs to create a robust, reliable and fast exchange product

You’ll work closely with the cofounders (1, 2) with minimal process overhead. The team is mostly remote, with a NY office space available.

You may be a good fit if you:

• Are very comfortable writing production systems in Rust
• Have experience building on Solana (Anchor is a must; Pinocchio a plus)
• Have worked on latency-sensitive, correctness‑critical infrastructure or products
• Are comfortable working in an environment with incomplete specifications
• Enjoy thinking about complex problems from scratch
• Are a markets nerd

About Lightcone

Lightcone is building impact markets infrastructure that bridges prediction markets and traditional finance. We're pre-product, seed stage, and creating something genuinely new. Our market structure connects these two worlds in ways that haven't been done before.

Read more here.