Jito Labs Jobs

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 enables us to focus on long-term impact.

We have exceptional engineers building mission-critical infrastructure for Solana. As we've grown, we've reached the inflection point where we need to level up our engineering operations to match the caliber of our team and the scale of our ambitions.

We're looking for a Director of Engineering to build the operational foundation that will let us scale efficiently while maintaining the speed and quality our users expect.

Set engineering standards: Define and implement standards for code quality, documentation, testing coverage, and architectural review

Create clarity and alignment: Establish sprint planning, roadmap processes, and priority-setting frameworks so the team operates with clear direction

Own the release process: Design deployment procedures with proper testing, monitoring, and incident response protocols

Enable leadership focus: Take ownership of day-to-day technical decision-making and engineering operations, allowing company leadership to focus on strategic initiatives

Mentor engineers and help them grow their skills and impact

Build team culture and rituals that support high performance

Foster collaboration between product, operations, and engineering

Eventually recruit and hire as we scale beyond our current team

Proven operator: You've built and run engineering teams of 10-50+ people at high-growth startups or infrastructure companies.

First principles thinker: You adapt best practices from previous roles rather than copy-paste them. You understand the "why" behind processes and tailor solutions to our stage, team size, and needs - not implement a FAANG engineering playbook at a 20-person startup.

Process builder: You've shipped processes for software development from scratch—CI/CD, testing frameworks, deployment pipelines, on-call rotations, metrics, and more.

Technical credibility: You can review code, debug production issues, and earn respect from strong engineers. You've written production code in the last 3-5 years and are not afraid to dive into challenge issues.

Startup velocity: You move fast, prioritize ruthlessly, and aren't afraid to get your hands dirty.

Low ego: You're here to solve problems, not collect a title. You'll write code, fix bugs, and do whatever it takes.

Experience with Rust, distributed systems, or high-performance infrastructure

Background in crypto/blockchain infrastructure

Previously scaled engineering from chaos to order at a fast-growing startup

Operated in extremely high-stakes environments where downtime costs millions

Benefits

• Above market compensation and multiple forms of equity
• All-expenses-paid team retreats and conferences 
• Unlimited PTO
• Weekly meal voucher
• Salary based on experience

$225,000 - $275,000 a year