Helius
Helius is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to own and shape one of its core infrastructure systems, such as Gatekeeper, Data Streaming, Historical APIs, or Account Index. The role involves designing high‑performance, production‑grade services, optimizing latency and throughput, and guiding architectural decisions while mentoring junior engineers.
Helius is Solana's leading RPC and API platform, providing high-performance infrastructure for developers and teams building on Solana. Its offerings include low-latency RPC nodes, gRPC streaming (LaserStream), transaction landing services (Sender), webhooks, and digital asset APIs. Founded in 2022 and backed by Founders Fund and Haun Ventures, Helius powers major crypto teams such as Phantom, Jupiter, Coinbase, and Bitwise, processing billions of daily requests with 99.99% uptime.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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Helius didn’t post a salary, so this is our estimate from similar listings.
7% above the average for this role