Helius · 1 month ago
Technical Lead (Manager), Historical APIs
North America
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
5+ years expHelius is building core infrastructure for Solana, enabling developers to create innovative crypto-powered applications. The role seeks a hands-on manager to lead a team responsible for architecting and optimizing high-performance systems while coaching engineers and delivering code.
BlockchainCryptocurrencyDeveloper ToolsSoftware
Responsibilities
Lead the team responsible for building high-scale pipelines, storage solutions, and low-latency APIs
Hold a high bar for system design, performance, and operational excellence
Partner with founders, product, and staff engineers to invent new use cases and products
Improve the engineering culture – speed, ownership, and high standards are the default here
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience engineering systems in large-scale, production environments
2+ years of engineering leadership experience
Strong hands-on skills in Rust (or equivalent)
Proven ability to optimize query performance and diagnose bottlenecks across storage and compute layers
Experience using profilers and performance analysis tools to identify and resolve latency or throughput issues
Track record of delivering complex systems end-to-end, from design through deployment and operations
Strong people leadership skills paired with deep curiosity and a bias for ownership
Ability to drive clarity and execution in ambiguous, high-pressure scenarios
Preferred
Exposure to Solana, blockchain, or web3 infrastructure
Experience with Postgres, ClickHouse, and/or RocksDB
Benefits
Competitive comp & perks
Market-leading salary
Meaningful equity
Generous vacation
Wellness budgets
Support for learning and travel
Company
Helius
Helius accelerates the adoption of crypto-powered software.
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$31.25MKey Investors
Foundation Capital
2024-09-19Series B· $21.75M
2024-02-22Series A· $9.5M
2022-08-01Seed
Leadership Team
Liam Vovk
Co-founder & CTO
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