Staff Engineer (Solana)

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lightcone.trade

Software Engineering · Full-time

Remote

USD 225k-250k / year

Posted on Apr 20, 2026

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.

lightcone.trade is an equal opportunity employer.

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