
Senior Software Engineer – Special Projects
Jito Labs
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $200,000 - $250,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Design and build core systems for our 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 the 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, but deep experience in C/C++, Go, or similar is fine
- Track record building reliable, low-latency systems in production
- Security-first mindset. You think about attack surfaces, key management, and failure modes before writing code
- Familiarity with Solana's runtime, transaction lifecycle, and market microstructure (MEV, block building, execution quality) is a strong plus
- Comfortable operating with high autonomy and incomplete information. This is a 0-to-1 product, not a mature codebase
Benefits
- Above-market total compensation and multiple forms of equity
- 100% employer-paid health benefits
- All-expenses-paid team retreats and conferences
- Weekly meal voucher and other benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
RustCC++Godistributed systemssystems programminglow-latency systemssecurity implementationtransaction signingreal-time market data
Soft Skills
autonomyproblem-solvingcollaborationadaptabilitycritical thinkingdecision makinguser feedback iterationarchitectural decision makingsecurity-first mindsetcommunication