Raiku is reengineering blockchain infrastructure to enhance global digital markets, focusing on precision and reliability.
The company is built on Solana, providing deterministic execution, guaranteed inclusion, and low-latency performance.
The role of Research Engineer (Solana/Rust) involves driving protocol-level innovation on Solana.
Responsibilities include leading technical discovery initiatives, conducting performance modeling, and addressing complex transaction handling edge cases.
The engineer will collaborate with the CEO, CTO, protocol architects, and Solana ecosystem contributors to improve validator economics and transaction lifecycle guarantees.
Key responsibilities include analyzing Solana’s core architecture, leading research on validator economics, designing pricing models, prototyping system-level experiments, developing proofs-of-concept, researching global account models, contributing to protocol-level mechanisms, authoring technical documents, and collaborating with external researchers.
Requirements:
Candidates should have 3+ years of experience working with Rust in production, preferably in core systems or blockchain contexts.
A deep familiarity with Solana’s source code and protocol-level architecture is essential.
Applicants must demonstrate the ability to reason through complex distributed systems and model performance bottlenecks in real-world validators.
The ability to read protocol proposals and convert them into actionable items is required.
A strong design philosophy focused on deterministic execution and reliable system behavior is necessary.
Strong communication skills and clarity in technical writing are essential.
Preferred qualifications include a technical background with system-level experience, contributions to major blockchain or distributed systems repositories, involvement in protocol research, experience designing proofs-of-concept, familiarity with zero-knowledge proof systems, and an active presence in relevant research circles.
Benefits:
The position offers a chance to join a pioneering protocol team at the forefront of Solana infrastructure.
Employees will receive token upside and play a key role in shaping Raiku’s ecosystem.
The company promotes a remote-first work environment with asynchronous workflows and a high ownership culture.
Competitive salary, token allocation, and performance-based bonuses are provided.
There is a budget for travel, ecosystem events, and home office setup.
