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Jito Labs

Sr. Software Engineer -- Low-Latency Systems

CompanyJito Labs
RoleSr. Software Engineer -- Low-Latency Systems
Typefull-time
Role taxonomySoftware EngineeringSenior
SpecialtiesSoftware Engineering
LocationRemote (US)
Salary$200–240k/yr (“$200-$240k”)
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Hiring notes
TechRust
RegionsUS
Posted byjitolabs
PostedApr 1, 2024
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Original posting

Jito Labs | Sr. Software Engineer -- Low-Latency Systems | Remote (US) | Full-time | www.jito.wtf | $200-$240k approx Jito Labs is seeking a senior engineer to build the future of MEV and block building on Solana. We are looking for a creative and motivated engineer that can effectively wrangle problems with large design spaces and come up with simple and elegant solutions. Responsibilities: - Dive deep into the world of MEV and on-chain trading, understanding the end-to-end flow of transactions through the Solana network - Collaborate with the team and customers to build higher performance, cutting edge features - Comfortably deep dive into performance bottlenecks and debug problems across the entire stack Qualifications: - 5+ years of systems programming experience writing code in Rust, C, or C++ - Familiar with low latency, high performance and high reliability programming - Excited to dive into tricky problems and using tools like valgrind and gdb to debug software problems - Ability to balance the engineering-time tradeoff between perfect and good enough - Worked at a <50 person startup, have an entrepreneurial mindset Nice to have: - Familiar with running blockchain infrastructure - Experience building or running MEV bots or trading bots on EVM, SVM, or CEXs - HFT experience