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# Propose Your Dream Job at Jito Foundation

- **Company:** Jito Foundation
- **Location:** Remote
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2025-01-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/jito/569d8044-ec9c-464c-875c-c64bb4b93cf2

## Job description

## About Jito Foundation

The Jito Foundation is an organization with the broad mandate to promote the adoption of Jito Network products, including JitoSOL, the largest DeFi protocol on Solana. We are both extremely lean and relentlessly effective, and pride ourselves on having built a flat culture that prioritizes empowering multi-talented self starters to develop and pursue their own strategic vision.

## About the Role

The Jito Foundation invites ambitious and forward-thinking individuals to propose and apply for their dream job.

Instead of applying for a predefined JD, you will outline a position that drives value for the Jito ecosystem and explain why you’re suited to fill this role. Whether you envision yourself leading a groundbreaking initiative, combining disciplines to tackle unmet challenges, or spearheading innovation in an emerging domain, we are eager to hear your ideas.

Put differently please tell us the following: What could we be doing better? What is your plan for fixing it? And why are you uniquely qualified to execute this plan?

Regardless of the details of the role, you will be given the mandate to develop strategies and pursue deals that you believe could best service the Foundation’s vision. You will be critical to  our success as we strive to push the boundaries of high performance infrastructure on Solana. You will have all the responsibility and autonomy that you have the ambition to seize and the competency to keep. We seek and appreciate zealots.

## Who You Are

- Eager to make a high-impact contribution to Solana and Jito’s growth.
- Excited innovate, iterate, and adapt to emerging challenges.
- Deep familiarity with Solana or demonstrated ability to develop chain-nativity.
- Superb communicator and strategist, capable of defining a clear vision.
- Has that dog.

## What We’re Looking For

- Ambition. The drive to chart a new path within Jito’s ecosystem.
- Initiative. The ability to propose and execute a transformative role.
- Creativity. A unique perspective on how to contribute to the Foundation’s mission.
- A steward of the Jito Network. Someone passionate about advancing Jito’s ideals.

## Compensation

Competitive

How to Apply Outline the proposed role and other details as mentioned in the description page.

## About Jito Foundation

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Jito Foundation promotes the adoption of Jito Network products, including JitoSOL (Solana’s leading liquid staking protocol) and the MEV infrastructure suite used by top Solana validators.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funded by a16z crypto; $50M total funding as of November 2025)
- **Headquarters**: Arlington, Virginia, United States
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (the Foundation was established by Jito Labs; individual founder names not disclosed in public sources)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Liquid Staking, Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) infrastructure, Solana blockchain ecosystem
- **Target customers**: B2B (Solana validators, DeFi protocols, institutional stakers) and B2C (individual SOL stakers seeking liquidity and yield)
- **Mission**: To facilitate the growth of the Jito Network through decentralized governance by JTO token holders, ensuring transparent MEV distribution and efficient staking infrastructure for the Solana ecosystem.

## Products & Services
- **JitoSOL**: A non-custodial liquid staking token that allows users to stake any amount of SOL and receive auto-compounded rewards amplified by MEV, while maintaining liquidity.
- **Jito MEV Infrastructure**: A suite of tools (including the Jito Block Engine) that enables validators to capture MEV in a transparent, permissionless manner, maximizing rewards and improving network efficiency.
- **Jito Network Governance**: A DAO governed by JTO token holders, with the ability to adjust protocol parameters, manage treasury grants, and approve Jito Improvement Proposals (JIPs). A Security Council provides emergency oversight.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$50M** (led by a16z crypto, November 2025) – the protocol manages billions in staked assets
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: a16z crypto (lead investor), plus a broad network of Solana validators and DeFi protocols
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew **128.6% YoY** (LinkedIn reports 10 employees; trulyremotework.com reports ~30 employees – conflicting figures). The JitoSOL protocol is the largest DeFi protocol on Solana by total value staked.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Critical Solana infrastructure**: JitoSOL and the MEV engine are deeply integrated into Solana’s validator ecosystem, creating high switching costs.
- **Liquid staking + MEV yield**: Unique combination of liquid staking with MEV rewards, offering superior yields for stakers.
- **Governance token (JTO)**: Empowers token holders to steer protocol evolution, fostering community ownership and alignment.
- **Flat, autonomous culture**: Small team with high ownership, enabling rapid execution and deep ecosystem ties.

## Strategic Focus
- Improve Solana validator decentralization and MEV distribution.
- Expand from staking and MEV into restaking and other DeFi primitives.
- Maintain transparent, open-source MEV infrastructure.
- Strengthen governance through the DAO and Security Council.

## Why Work Here
- **Work environment**: Fully remote, worldwide with no country restrictions. Must be willing to attend regular EST meetings. High autonomy – team members own their domain end-to-end.
- **Culture**: Flat, lean, and relentlessly effective. Emphasis on empowering multi-talented self-starters. The “Propose Your Dream Job” hiring approach invites candidates to define their own role to drive value for the ecosystem.
- **Compensation**: Competitive USD salary plus JTO token compensation.
- **Tech stack**: Rust, Solana, TypeScript, Python, Go, gRPC, Kubernetes, AWS, Prometheus, Grafana, PostgreSQL, Anchor.
- **Impact**: Work on Solana’s leading liquid staking protocol with direct influence on ecosystem growth and validator performance.

## Sources
1. [lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/jito)
2. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/jito-foundation)
3. [jito.network](https://www.jito.network/docs/governance/constitution-of-the-jito-foundation/)
4. [trulyremotework.com](https://trulyremotework.com/companies/jito-foundation)

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