• Define Solana Staking Strategy: Own and drive Coinbase's multi-year technical strategy for Solana staking across validator performance, protocol participation, and product integration.\n• Maximize Validator Performance: Lead the engineering effort to achieve industry-leading APY through validator optimization.\n• Own Protocol Expertise: Serve as Coinbase's foremost authority on the Solana runtime, consensus mechanism, staking economics, and validator client landscape.\n• Drive Cross-Product Integration: Partner with Retail Staking and Institutional Staking product and engineering teams to architect scalable staking integrations.\n• Build External Presence & Influence: Represent Coinbase in the Solana ecosystem. Speak at major conferences and contribute to protocol governance.\n• Lead Technical Execution: Write production code. Design and build critical infrastructure for validator operations.\n• Expand Beyond Staking: Serve as a technical advisor on non-staking Solana initiatives where deep protocol knowledge is required.\n• Mentor and Scale the Team: Elevate a team of strong engineers through mentorship and raising the bar on Solana-specific domain expertise.