Senior Software Engineer - Special Projects
About the Position
We're building a new application that brings the power of Solana's market infrastructure directly to users. This is a 0-to-1 effort backed by the team that built the leading infrastructure powering billions in daily transaction value on Solana.
We're looking for a senior engineer to join a small, scrappy team with full ownership over this product. You'll work alongside world-class designers and engineers who have built products used by millions. The work spans backend services, real-time data pipelines, and everything in between. You'll build systems that are fast, reliable, and secure from day one.
If you've spent time thinking about how markets actually work on Solana and want to build the product layer on top of that, this is 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
- 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
If you have experience in any of the following, you may be a good fit:
- Trading systems or exchange infrastructure
- DeFi protocol engineering
- Fintech backend systems (payments, custody, execution)
- High-frequency or low-latency systems
- Security engineering
- Salary based on experience
- 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
Jito builds the Market Layer of Solana, the infrastructure that powers real markets on-chain. We started by building foundational network infrastructure: execution systems, capital markets, and incentive mechanisms that process billions in daily transaction value. Our products (Jito Block Engine, BAM, and JitoSOL) are market leaders and core to how Solana's economy operates.
Now we're moving up the stack. We're building the consumer product that helps people access better financial services, backed by the same world-class team that built the infrastructure powering billions in daily transaction value.
We're a small, profitable company with product-market fit. That means:
- High ownership: Every team member drives significant technical decisions and shapes our product roadmap.
- Fast execution: We ship rapidly and iterate based on real-world feedback. Progress, not motion.
- Technical excellence: We tackle complex problems with elegant, scalable solutions.
- Sustainable growth: Strong financials and proven market fit enable us to focus on long-term impact.
We offer competitive compensation, significant equity, and the opportunity to work on problems that matter.
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