Helius
Staff Backend Engineer, Data Streaming
North America · Staff+
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 127 days ago
RustFull-Stack DevelopmentPostgreSQLLinuxKafkaLeadershipCommunicationWriting
About the role
- This is a role for someone who has operated in low-latency, high-uptime environments where reliability is the product - trading systems, financial infrastructure, or similar - and who brings that same obsession to customer-facing systems at scale.
- Latency, reliability, and throughput aren't just engineering concerns here - they're the product.
Responsibilities
- Architect and build high-throughput, low-latency streaming systems from the ground up - not just optimize what exists
- Drive the technical roadmap for streaming, including filtered streams, next-generation webhooks, and new capabilities that expand what developers can build on Solana
- Lead system design discussions and make architectural decisions across the full stack: software, hardware, and networking
- Mentor and elevate engineers on the team, and drive technical consensus across engineering, product, and leadership
- 8+ years of backend engineering with a strong track record building large-scale, production systems - including greenfield work, not just incremental optimization
- Hands-on experience building or operating streaming systems such as Kafka, NATS, Flink, or Kinesis
- Build fast, reliable systems and user experiences across distributed infra, high-throughput backends, and modern frontend stacks.
Requirements
- Deep proficiency in Rust or an equivalent systems programming language
- Experience in low-latency, high-uptime environments: trading systems, financial infrastructure, or similar customer-facing platforms where downtime has real consequences
- Proficiency operating databases in production (Postgres, ClickHouse, RocksDB, or similar)
Compensation
- Competitive comp & perks: Market-leading salary, meaningful equity, generous vacation, wellness budgets, and support for learning and travel.
Benefits
- Market-leading salary, meaningful equity, generous vacation, wellness budgets, and support for learning and travel.
Company info
- The Data Streaming team builds and operates products like Laserstream https://www.helius.dev/laserstream that deliver real-time Solana state changes to thousands of developers and institutions around the world.
- The team moves fast, owns a large surface area, and sits in the critical path of the company's growth.
- Lead critical initiatives, influence architecture and product direction, and take on more responsibility as the company scales.
- Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Support, and adjacent infrastructure teams to ensure streaming products meet the needs of customers at scale
This listing is sourced directly from Helius's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.