Senior Software Engineer - JTX

Senior Software Engineer - JTX

Employment type: 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. They are now building JTX, a next-generation trading app focused on speed, reliability, and a trader-first experience. This role helps define the product and infrastructure that bring advanced on-chain trading to serious users.

• 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
• 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

• 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)
• Track record building reliable, low-latency systems in production
• Security-first mindset (attack surfaces, key management, failure modes)
• Familiarity with Solana’s runtime, transaction lifecycle, and market microstructure is a strong plus
• Comfortable operating with high