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. Their products (Jito Block Engine, BAM, and JitoSOL) are market leaders in Solana’s economy. They are building JTX, a next-generation trading app designed 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 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 accepted)
- Track record building reliable, low-latency systems in production
- Security-first mindset: consider attack surfaces, key management, and failure modes
- Familiarity with Solana runtime, transaction lifecycle, and market microstructure (MEV, block building, execution quality) is a strong plus
- Comfortable operating with high autonomy and incomplete information (0-to-1 product)

Nice to have:

- Trading systems or exchange infrastructure experience
- 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, DeFi, MEV

Benefits:

- Competitive compensation ($200K – $250K a year)
- Significant equity
- High ownership, fast execution, and opportunity to shape product roadmap

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