Data Engineer

Squads Labs is seeking a highly driven and technically exceptional Data Engineer to own and evolve our data infrastructure as we scale. This is a foundational role where your work will directly impact how we prioritize product development, optimize security and compliance, and understand our customer behavior.

You’ll be responsible for designing and maintaining the data architecture, building robust pipelines, and collaborating across teams to uncover meaningful insights. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy making sense of complex data, and are passionate about architecting solutions that drive decisions, this is your opportunity to have real impact at the core of a protocol-first company.

About Squads

Founded in 2021, we started with release of Squads Protocol, the autonomous finance layer built on Solana. Secured by Solana’s permissionless ledger, Squads Protocol enables programmable payments, 24/7 USD liquidity, competitive yields and security enforced by deterministic code, not corporate promises. We build on Squads Protocol to bring this stack to every developer, business, and individual.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, backend engineering, or a related technical role.
• Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and large-scale data processing.
• Experience with serialized data formats (e.g., Protobuf, Avro, JSON, MessagePack).
• Proficient in building pipelines using tools like Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pub/Sub.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and distributed systems.
• Hands-on with SQL and modern data warehouses (e.g., ClickHouse, Snowflake, BigQuery).
• Fluency in Python, with working knowledge of Scala, Rust (bonus), or JavaScript.
• Familiar with ETL tools like Talend, Hevo, or custom script automation.
• Comfortable with basic data visualization using Excel, Looker, Tableau, or Google Analytics.
• Knowledge of machine learning workflows and data science collaboration practices.
• Experience working with blockchain data, especially on Solana.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with smart contracts, consensus mechanisms, and cryptographic methods.
• Contributions to open source projects.
• Proficiency in Rust.

What we offer

• Remote work, flexible working hours.
• B2B or employment contract (depends on your location).
• Up to 180k USD/year, higher figures and other benefits are negotiable.