Lead Kamino Market Infrastructure Software Engineer

Lead Kamino Market Infrastructure Software Engineer

Steakhouse Financial is the leading curator on DeFi Money Markets (Morpho, Kamino), building earn products for the future of the stablecoin economy. We operate at the intersection of real world assets, protocol design, and data-driven DeFi portfolio management.

Location: Remote (Europe preferred)

As the Lead Kamino Market Infrastructure Software Engineer
, you'll be a force behind the software infrastructure powering efficient DeFi markets. You'll not only develop and maintain critical systems, but also play a key role in shaping the future of Solana financial markets through your code.

Our current infrastructure already monitors and operates our Kamino and Morpho vaults across chains (#1 DeFi curator with >$1.5B TVL). We are looking for top talent to build the most robust, secure, and scalable infrastructure for vault curation as we expand with best in class partners on Solana.

Design, build and own the Python market infrastructure stack for Kamino

Develop a reallocation engine that consumes real-time on-chain and off-chain data to drive automated capital allocations making our Kamino vaults the most efficients

Build reliable automated transaction and instruction pipelines to interact efficiently with Solana programs

Identify data points to enhance risk monitoring and implement real-time mitigation logic directly into the infrastructure

Create reporting tooling to support both operators and user-facing interfaces.

Implement rigorous testing, monitoring, and security practices to ensure the reliability, performance, and resilience of the developed software tools and platforms against potential vulnerabilities and exploits

We’re looking for someone with:

5+ years of hands-on experience in Python including architecture, type system, testing and production lifecycle management

2+ years of experience developing and interacting with Solana programs

Proven experience building production-grade applications and infrastructure in Python and/or Type Script that operate on top of Solana programs

Deep understanding of the Solana transaction and instruction lifecycle, with the ability to design systems optimized for performance and reliability

Ability to write Rust programs is a plus.

Active tracking of the Solana DeFi ecosystem, including new protocols, infrastructure improvements, and evolving usage patterns

Entrepreneurial spirit and mindset, you are a self-starter, driven, and love building

Familiarity with economic modeling, financial mathematics, or quantitative analysis in the context of decentralized finance.

Not afraid of rolling up your sleeves and getting your hands dirty

Detail oriented and very rigorous

Proactive and autonomous

Excellent analytical, communication, and collaboration skills, with a proven ability to work cross-functionally and translate complex financial requirements into scalable technical solutions

Be part of an ecosystem that encourages transparency and alignment with open-source methodologies and principles.

Participate in shaping the next financial markets, your code will move hundreds of millions on day one

Contribute to high-impact projects that will drive the growth of decentralized finance

Competitive compensation including bonus and equity

$3,500 WFH stipend

Work within a remote and highly collaborative team consisting of diverse experts

Remote first culture with bases in New York City, Miami, and Central Europe with opportunities to travel to team events and conferences