Job Description
We're seeking a passionate Research Engineer to drive protocol-level innovation on Solana. As the ideal candidate, you'll combine deep technical expertise with scientific curiosity to:
• Lead technical discovery initiatives focused on Solana's runtime, consensus, scheduler, and networking layers
• Conduct performance modeling and develop validator-centric architecture solutions
• Identify and address complex edge cases in transaction handling across production environments
• Translate research findings into actionable protocol design improvements.
You'll collaborate directly with our CEO, CTO (your manager), protocol architects, and key Solana ecosystem contributors to shape validator economics and transaction lifecycle guarantees across the Raiku stack.
About Raiku
Raiku is reengineering blockchain infrastructure from first principles to make global digital markets as precise and dependable as physical systems.