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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Solana Company
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Algorithmic Trading, C++ (Programming Language), Distributed Systems, Key Management, Software Engineering, System Programming, Backend, Low Latency, Software Coding
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-software-engineer-jtx-jito-labs-7903499

## About the Role

* 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, * Trading systems or exchange infrastructure
 * DeFi protocol engineering
 * Fintech backend systems (payments, custody, execution)
 * High-frequency or low-latency systems
 * Security engineering

## Description

* 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


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