Who We Are

Temporal is a Solana native Research & Development firm. We have been at the bottom of the Solana trenches for years working on open source code alongside core teams, developing on chain products, and running some of the highest performing validators. Our team has deep experience in high frequency trading and low latency systems.

The Role

Temporal is hiring a Solana Networking Engineer to work in our NYC office with deep expertise in Rust and high-performance distributed systems. In this role, you’ll work on critical infrastructure supporting and focusing on systems-level optimizations, monitoring, and resilience at scale to accelerate Solana forward.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain validators, RPC servers, and networking infrastructure in** Rust**

• Develop and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability systems for server health and network performance

• Collaborate with dev and infra teams to identify bottlenecks and increase system throughput

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in systems engineering, or infrastructure roles

• Proficient in Rust for high-performance applications

• Strong background in distributed systems design and benchmarking

• Experience with infrastructure as code tools and container orchestration

• Strong understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, QUIC)

• Deep familiarity with monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Open Telemetry, etc.)

• Super Bonus: HPC experience

Why Join Temporal?

We are a small, highly technical team that gravitates toward the hardest problems on Solana, with an emphasis on moving fast above all else.

Here you will own your work and directly contribute. There is no bureaucracy, only shipping.

Compensation: $200,000-$300,000+ a year, equity, and a discretionary bonus