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 power on-chain markets. Their products (Jito Block Engine, BAM, JitoSOL) are market leaders, and they’re now building JTX, a next-generation trading app focused on speed, execution quality, and trader workflows.

Responsibilities:

- Design and build core systems for the new trading 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
- Work closely 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 work on distributed systems
- Strong systems programming skills — Rust preferred; deep experience in C/C++, Go, or similar is acceptable
- 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 on a 0-to-1 product

Nice to have:

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

Stack:

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

Benefits:

- Competitive compensation ($200,000–$250,000/year)
- Significant equity
- Opportunity to work on a high-impact 0-to-1 product with strong product-market fit
- High ownership, fast execution, and a technically excellent team

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