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. You’ll help build JTX, a next‑generation trading app focused on speed, execution quality, and a trader‑first experience.

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 infrastructure
- Implement security across transaction signing and user data protection
- Collaborate with product and infrastructure teams to ship fast and iterate from real user feedback
- Make significant architectural decisions as an early team member

Requirements:

- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with meaningful work 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: attention to attack surfaces, key management, and failure modes
- Familiarity with Solana runtime, transaction lifecycle, and market microstructure is a strong plus
- Comfortable operating with high autonomy in a 0‑to‑1 product environment

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 background
- Security engineering experience

Stack:

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

Benefits:

- Competitive compensation and significant equity
- Opportunity to work on high‑impact product and market infrastructure
- High ownership, fast execution, and a technically excellent team culture
- Compensation: $200,000 - $250,000 a year

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