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Design and implement core Web3 protocol features and secure smart contracts. Develop and deploy Solidity-based contracts, ensure scalability and performance, review code, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate across teams to integrate blockchain and DeFi solutions.

Lead protocol and backend engineering for a high-performance Solana-based DEX. Architect and implement low-latency trading infrastructure in Rust, develop core exchange primitives (margin, liquidation, liquidity models), audit latency-critical code paths, and mentor teams to maintain rigorous engineering standards and reliability.

Audit ZK-circuits and cryptographic primitives to ensure security and efficiency, perform code reviews, evaluate protocols, collaborate across teams, and track advances in ZK technology.

Design and implement high-throughput Solana smart contracts and core exchange logic in Rust. Build AMMs and hybrid liquidity models, implement funding rate mechanisms, architect margin systems and liquidation engines, perform rigorous audits, translate research/economic models into production, and optimize protocol execution for the Solana Virtual Machine for security and performance.