Senior Software Engineer - JTX

Full-time/Company: Jito Labs

Jito builds the Market Layer of Solana, providing execution systems, capital markets, and incentive mechanisms that process billions in daily transaction value. They are building JTX, a next-generation trading app focused on speed, trust, and product-market fit for serious on-chain traders.

Responsibilities:

- Design and build core systems for the new product from scratch
- Build low-latency, high-reliability services that interact with Solana’s transaction and block building pipeline
- Own order routing, execution, real-time market data, and position management
- Implement security at every layer, from transaction signing to user data protection
- Collaborate with product and infrastructure teams to ship fast and iterate on real user feedback
- Make significant architectural decisions as an early member of the team

Requirements:

- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with meaningful time on distributed systems
- Strong systems programming skills; Rust preferred (C/C++ or Go acceptable)
- Proven track record building reliable, low-latency systems in production
- Security-first mindset (attack surfaces, key management, failure modes)
- Familiarity with Solana’s runtime, transaction lifecycle, and market microstructure (MEV, block building) is a strong plus
- Comfortable operating with high autonomy and incomplete information (0-to-1 product)

Nice to have:

- Experience with trading systems or exchange infrastructure
- DeFi protocol engineering
- Fintech backend systems (payments, custody, execution)
- High-frequency or low-latency systems
- Security engineering

Stack:

Rust, Go, C/C++, Solana, MEV, block building

Benefits:

- Competitive compensation
- $200,000 - $250,000 per year
- Significant equity and opportunity to work on high-impact problems

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