Applied AI Engineer

Jito's engineering team has already rebuilt how it works around AI, and the gain in output is real. Everywhere else in the company, that same gain sits uncaptured. This role exists to go get it, with a company-wide mandate from day one. Jito builds the market layer of Solana. We run the validator client behind a majority of the network's stake, JitoSOL, BAM, and JTX. About 40 people. Ops, legal, finance, marketing, business development, and product each have well-understood, expensive workflow problems that a strong engineer could solve in a week, and today those problems sit unowned or get picked up as side work. You would be the first dedicated AI engineer at Jito Labs. We're a small team with product-market fit. That means: High ownership: every team member drives significant technical decisions and shapes our roadmap. Fast execution: we ship rapidly and iterate based on real-world feedback. Progress, not motion. High quality bar: the details are the product. We don't trade them for speed.