Senior Software Engineer - JTX

Full-time/Company: Jito Labs

Jito builds the Market Layer of Solana, developing execution systems, capital markets, and incentive mechanisms that process billions in daily transaction value. They are now building JTX, a next-generation trading app to bring Solana’s market infrastructure to serious on-chain traders.

Responsibilities:

- Design and build core systems for the new product from scratch
- Build low-latency, high-reliability services that interact directly with Solana’s transaction and block building pipeline
- Own critical infrastructure: 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 based 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 spent on distributed systems
- Strong systems programming skills (Rust preferred; C/C++, Go, or similar acceptable)
- Proven track record building reliable, low-latency systems in production
- Security-first mindset (attack surfaces, key management, failure modes)
- Comfortable operating with high autonomy and incomplete information (0-to-1 product work)

Nice to have:

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

Stack:

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

Benefits:

- Competitive compensation
- Significant equity
- High ownership and ability to shape product roadmap
- Fast execution and rapid iteration
- Technical challenges and opportunity to work on impactful problems
- Sustainable growth backed by strong financials

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