Implementation Roadmap (Solo Developer)
Implementation Roadmap (Solo Developer)
Overview
This document outlines a phased approach to building the production Solana trading system as a solo developer project, prioritizing core functionality and MVP delivery while iteratively adding advanced features. The roadmap is designed to be realistic and achievable for one developer working part-time or full-time.
Phase 0: Foundation Setup (Week 1-2)
Goals
- Repository structure finalized
- Development environment configured
- Local infrastructure setup
- Reference code organized
Deliverables
1. Repository Structure
solana-trading-system/
├── services/
│ ├── scanners/ # TypeScript
│ ├── planners/ # TypeScript
│ ├── executors/ # TypeScript
│ ├── quote-service/ # Go
│ ├── rpc-proxy/ # Rust
│ └── tx-builder/ # Rust
├── libs/
│ ├── shared-types/ # TypeScript types
│ ├── rpc-client/ # Shared RPC utilities
│ └── event-schemas/ # NATS event definitions
├── infrastructure/
│ ├── k8s/ # Kubernetes manifests
│ ├── terraform/ # IaC for cloud resources
│ └── docker-compose/ # Local development
├── monitoring/
│ ├── grafana/
│ ├── prometheus/
│ └── jaeger/
└── scripts/
├── setup/
└── deploy/
2. Development Environment
- Docker Compose stack for local development
- NATS JetStream
- Redis Cluster
- PostgreSQL
- Grafana stack
- Mock RPC endpoints for testing
3. CI/CD Pipeline
- GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
- Automated testing (unit, integration)
- Container image building
- Staging deployment
- Production deployment gates
4. Infrastructure Deployment
- Kubernetes cluster setup (AWS EKS, GCP GKE, or Azure AKS)
- Managed NATS service or self-hosted
- Managed Redis (ElastiCache, Redis Cloud)
- Managed PostgreSQL (RDS, Cloud SQL)
- Grafana Cloud or self-hosted
Success Criteria
- Local development environment running (Docker Compose)
- Basic CI/CD pipeline configured (GitHub Actions)
- Infrastructure health checks passing locally
- Core documentation reviewed and understood
Phase 1: Core Infrastructure (Week 3-4)
Goals
- Event bus operational
- Database schemas defined
- Monitoring stack functional
- RPC proxy deployed
Deliverables
1. NATS JetStream Setup
Technology: NATS Server Location: infrastructure/nats/
Streams to Create:
market.events - Market data from scanners (7-day retention)
trade.opportunities - Trading opportunities from planners (1-day retention)
execution.orders - Execution requests and results (30-day retention)
system.metrics - Internal metrics (7-day retention)
Configuration:
- Persistence enabled
- Replicas: 3 (production)
- Max message size: 1MB
- Acknowledgment timeout: 30s
2. PostgreSQL Schema
Location: infrastructure/database/migrations/
Tables:
-- Wallet management
wallets (id, type, address, expected_balance, actual_balance, last_sync)
wallet_transactions (id, wallet_id, signature, amount, token, timestamp)
-- Trading history
trades (id, strategy, wallet_id, signature, profit, status, timestamp)
trade_routes (id, trade_id, step, protocol, pool, input_amount, output_amount)
-- Strategy state
strategy_configs (id, strategy_type, parameters, enabled, last_run)
grid_orders (id, strategy_id, price_level, amount, filled, status)
-- System metrics
scanner_metrics (timestamp, scanner_id, events_processed, latency_p99)
planner_metrics (timestamp, planner_id, opportunities_found, avg_profit)
executor_metrics (timestamp, executor_id, tx_submitted, success_rate)
3. Redis Key Structure
Location: libs/redis-client/schemas.ts
Key Patterns:
// Hot data (5-min TTL)
price:{token}:{dex} → {price, timestamp}
quote:{input}:{output}:{amount} → {quote_response}
// Warm data (12-hour TTL)
volume:{token}:24h → {volume, avg_trade_size}
route_template:{hash} → {route_template}
// State (persistent)
wallet:balance:{address}:{token} → {expected, actual, last_sync}
strategy:state:{strategy_id} → {state_json}
system:health:{service} → {status, last_heartbeat}
// Locks (30-sec TTL)
lock:executor:{wallet_id} → {transaction_id}
4. RPC Proxy Service (Rust)
Location: services/rpc-proxy/ Technology: Rust + Tokio + Axum
Features:
- HTTP and WebSocket proxying
- Connection pooling (100 connections per endpoint)
- Round-robin load balancing
- Health checks every 30s
- Request/response metrics
Configuration:
struct RpcProxyConfig {
endpoints: Vec<String>,
max_connections_per_endpoint: usize,
health_check_interval: Duration,
request_timeout: Duration,
retry_count: usize,
}
Endpoints:
GET /rpc/health - Proxy health check
POST /rpc - RPC request proxy
WS /rpc/ws - WebSocket subscription proxy
GET /rpc/metrics - Prometheus metrics
Success Criteria
- NATS streams created and accepting messages
- PostgreSQL schema migrated
- Redis accessible with example keys
- RPC proxy routing requests successfully
- All services emitting metrics to Prometheus
Phase 2: Quote Service & Basic Scanner (Week 5-6)
Goals
- Quote service operational (Go port of SolRoute)
- Basic market scanner running
- Price feed scanner active
Deliverables
1. Quote Service (Go)
Location: services/quote-service/ Based on: Existing go/ codebase
Enhancements:
- Add REST API with OpenAPI spec
- Add gRPC endpoint for low latency
- Implement batch quote endpoint
- Add caching layer (Redis)
- Health monitoring endpoint
- Prometheus metrics
API Endpoints:
POST /v1/quote - Single quote
POST /v1/quote/batch - Batch quotes (up to 100)
GET /v1/pools - List supported pools
GET /v1/pools/{mint} - Pools for token
GET /v1/health - Health check
GET /v1/metrics - Prometheus metrics
Performance Target:
- Single quote: < 10ms (p99)
- Batch quote: < 50ms for 100 quotes (p99)
- Throughput: 1000 quotes/second
2. Market Event Scanner
Location: services/scanners/market-events/ Technology: TypeScript
Features:
- Shredstream integration (primary)
- WebSocket fallback
- Client-side filtering by account
- Event deduplication (Redis)
- NATS publishing
Configuration:
interface ScannerConfig {
mode: "shredstream" | "websocket" | "rpc-polling";
accounts: Address[];
bufferSize: number;
dedupWindowMs: number;
natsStream: string;
}
Event Schema:
interface MarketEvent {
type: "pool_update" | "large_swap" | "liquidity_change";
protocol: string;
poolAddress: Address;
tokenA: Address;
tokenB: Address;
timestamp: number;
slot: number;
data: Record<string, any>;
}
3. Price Feed Scanner
Location: services/scanners/price-feed/ Technology: Go
Features:
- Concurrent DEX pool queries
- Oracle price fetching (Pyth, Switchboard)
- Price aggregation and spread calculation
- Redis caching (5-min TTL)
- NATS publishing
Price Event Schema:
interface PriceUpdate {
token: Address;
sources: {
dex: string;
price: number;
liquidity: number;
volume24h: number;
}[];
bestBid: number;
bestAsk: number;
spread: number;
timestamp: number;
}
Success Criteria
- Quote service responding in < 10ms (p99)
- Market scanner detecting pool updates within 200ms
- Price feed updating every 5 seconds
- All data flowing to NATS
- No data loss (NATS acknowledgments working)
Phase 3: Arbitrage Planner & Executor (Week 7-9)
Goals
- First complete trading loop operational
- Arbitrage strategy implemented
- Jito executor functional
Deliverables
1. Arbitrage Planner
Location: services/planners/arbitrage/ Technology: TypeScript
Features:
- Subscribe to price updates (NATS)
- Hybrid quote generation (Go service + Jupiter fallback)
- Profit calculation with fees
- Route template caching
- Opportunity ranking and filtering
Logic:
class ArbitragePlanner {
async analyzePriceUpdate(priceUpdate: PriceUpdate) {
const pairs = generateTradingPairs(priceUpdate.token);
for (const pair of pairs) {
const quote1 = await this.quoteService.getQuote({
input: pair.tokenA,
output: pair.tokenB,
amount: pair.testAmount
});
const quote2 = await this.quoteService.getQuote({
input: pair.tokenB,
output: pair.tokenA,
amount: quote1.outputAmount
});
const profit = this.calculateProfit(
pair.testAmount,
quote2.outputAmount,
quote1.fee + quote2.fee
);
if (profit > this.threshold) {
await this.publishOpportunity({
strategy: "arbitrage",
routes: [quote1, quote2],
expectedProfit: profit,
priority: this.calculatePriority(profit)
});
}
}
}
calculateProfit(inAmount, outAmount, totalFees): number {
const flashLoanFee = inAmount * 0.0005; // Kamino 0.05%
const jitoTip = 5000 + Math.random() * 1000; // 5000-6000 lamports
return outAmount - inAmount - totalFees - flashLoanFee - jitoTip;
}
}
2. Transaction Coordinator
Location: services/executors/coordinator/ Technology: TypeScript
Features:
- Subscribe to opportunities (NATS)
- Select appropriate wallet
- Select appropriate executor (Jito vs TPU)
- Manage concurrency limits
- Track pending transactions
Routing Logic:
class TransactionCoordinator {
async route(opportunity: TradeOpportunity) {
// Select wallet
const wallet = await this.walletManager.selectWallet({
requiredBalance: opportunity.requiredAmount,
preferredTier: "worker"
});
// Select executor
const executor = this.selectExecutor(opportunity);
// Check concurrency
await this.semaphore.acquire();
try {
// Execute
const result = await executor.execute({
opportunity,
wallet,
timeout: 30000
});
await this.publishResult(result);
} finally {
this.semaphore.release();
}
}
selectExecutor(opp: TradeOpportunity): Executor {
if (opp.expectedProfit > 0.1 * LAMPORTS_PER_SOL) {
return this.jitoExecutor; // High value = MEV protection
}
if (opp.strategy === "arbitrage") {
return this.jitoExecutor; // Time-sensitive
}
return this.tpuExecutor; // Lower cost
}
}
3. Jito Bundle Executor
Location: services/executors/jito/ Technology: TypeScript + Jito SDK
Features:
- Transaction building with flash loans
- Address lookup table compression
- Bundle submission to Jito
- Confirmation monitoring
- Error handling and retries
Implementation:
class JitoExecutor {
async execute(request: ExecutionRequest): Promise<ExecutionResult> {
// Build transaction
const tx = await this.buildTransaction({
wallet: request.wallet,
routes: request.opportunity.routes,
useFlashLoan: true
});
// Sign
const signedTx = await this.signTransaction(tx, request.wallet);
// Get tip account
const tipAccount = await this.jitoClient.getRandomTipAccount();
// Submit bundle
const bundleId = await this.jitoClient.sendBundle({
transactions: [signedTx],
skipPreflightValidation: false
});
// Monitor
const status = await this.monitorBundle(bundleId, 30000);
// Parse results
return this.parseExecutionResult(status, request.opportunity);
}
}
Success Criteria
- Arbitrage opportunities detected correctly
- Transactions building without errors
- Jito bundles submitting successfully
- At least 1 profitable trade executed
- End-to-end latency < 5 seconds (detection → execution)
Phase 4: Wallet Management & Preparers (Week 10-11)
Goals
- Multi-tier wallet system operational
- Automatic balance management
- Initialization automation
Deliverables
1. Wallet Manager Service
Location: services/preparers/wallet-manager/ Technology: TypeScript
Features:
- Wallet tier management (Treasure, Controller, Proxy, Worker)
- Expected vs actual balance tracking
- Automatic rebalancing
- Mask transfer for anonymity
- ATA creation
Wallet Tiers:
enum WalletTier {
TREASURE = "treasure", // Hot wallet, funding source
CONTROLLER = "controller", // Management operations
PROXY = "proxy", // External-facing, anonymity
WORKER = "worker" // Trading execution
}
interface Wallet {
id: string;
tier: WalletTier;
address: Address;
privateKey: string; // Encrypted at rest
expectedBalance: Record<string, bigint>; // token → amount
actualBalance: Record<string, bigint>;
lastSync: Date;
enabled: boolean;
}
Auto-Rebalancing:
async checkAndRebalance() {
for (const wallet of this.workerWallets) {
const balance = await this.getBalance(wallet, SOL_MINT);
const expected = wallet.expectedBalance[SOL_MINT];
if (balance < expected * 0.5) { // Below 50%
const needed = expected - balance;
await this.transferFromTreasure(wallet, needed);
}
if (balance > expected * 1.5) { // Above 150%
const excess = balance - expected;
await this.transferToTreasure(wallet, excess);
}
}
}
2. Market Data Initializer
Location: services/preparers/market-data-init/ Technology: Go
Features:
- Fetch all DEX pools
- Cache in Redis with proper TTL
- Load Kamino lending markets
- Initialize Jupiter route templates
Startup Sequence:
func Initialize(ctx context.Context) error {
// 1. Fetch all pools
pools, err := fetchAllPools(ctx, protocols)
if err != nil {
return err
}
// 2. Cache pools
for _, pool := range pools {
cachePool(ctx, pool, 5*time.Minute)
}
// 3. Load Kamino markets
markets, err := loadKaminoMarkets(ctx)
if err != nil {
return err
}
// 4. Warm up quote service
warmupQuotes(ctx, commonPairs)
return nil
}
3. Config Validator
Location: services/preparers/config-validator/ Technology: TypeScript + Zod
Features:
- Validate environment variables
- Test connections (RPC, Redis, PostgreSQL, NATS)
- Verify wallet keypairs
- Generate missing configs
Validation Schema:
const ConfigSchema = z.object({
// RPC
rpcEndpoints: z.array(z.string().url()).min(3),
rpcTimeout: z.number().min(5000),
// NATS
natsUrl: z.string().url(),
natsToken: z.string().optional(),
// Redis
redisUrl: z.string().url(),
redisPassword: z.string().optional(),
// PostgreSQL
databaseUrl: z.string().url(),
// Wallets
treasureWallet: z.string().length(88),
workerWallets: z.array(z.string().length(88)).min(5),
// Trading
minProfitThreshold: z.number().positive(),
maxConcurrentTrades: z.number().int().min(1).max(50),
// Jito
jitoUrl: z.string().url(),
jitoUuid: z.string().uuid(),
jitoTipBase: z.number().int().positive(),
});
Success Criteria
- Wallets rebalancing automatically
- Expected balance tracking accurate within 1%
- Market data initialization completing in < 30s
- Config validation catching misconfigurations
Phase 5: Grid Trading & Advanced Strategies (Week 12-14)
Goals
- Grid trading planner operational
- Order book management system
- DCA planner implemented
Deliverables
1. Grid Trading Planner
Location: services/planners/grid-trading/ Technology: TypeScript
Features:
- Generate grid levels
- Monitor price vs grid
- Trigger buy/sell orders
- P&L tracking
- Grid rebalancing
Implementation:
class GridTradingPlanner {
async initialize(config: GridConfig) {
const levels = this.generateGridLevels({
basePrice: config.basePrice,
gridCount: config.gridCount,
spacing: config.spacingPercent / 100
});
// Create initial orders
for (const level of levels) {
await this.createOrder({
type: "buy",
price: level.buyPrice,
amount: level.amount,
ttl: config.orderTTL
});
await this.createOrder({
type: "sell",
price: level.sellPrice,
amount: level.amount,
ttl: config.orderTTL
});
}
this.saveState(levels);
}
async onPriceUpdate(price: number) {
const levels = this.getState();
for (const level of levels) {
if (price <= level.buyPrice && !level.buyFilled) {
await this.triggerBuyOrder(level);
}
if (price >= level.sellPrice && !level.sellFilled) {
await this.triggerSellOrder(level);
}
}
}
}
2. Order Book Manager
Location: services/planners/order-book/ Technology: TypeScript + Redis queues
Features:
- Queue-based order management
- Order TTL enforcement
- Split orders for large sizes
- Jupiter limit order integration
Order Schema:
interface GridOrder {
id: string;
strategyId: string;
type: "buy" | "sell";
token: Address;
price: number;
amount: bigint;
filled: bigint;
status: "pending" | "partial" | "filled" | "cancelled" | "expired";
createdAt: Date;
expiresAt: Date;
}
3. DCA Planner
Location: services/planners/dca/ Technology: TypeScript
Features:
- Time-based order scheduling
- Price limit orders
- Position tracking
- Stop-loss / take-profit
Configuration:
interface DCAConfig {
token: Address;
quoteCurrency: Address;
intervalMinutes: number;
amountPerOrder: bigint;
maxPrice?: number; // Don't buy above this
minPrice?: number; // Don't sell below this
stopLoss?: number; // Exit if price drops below
takeProfit?: number; // Exit if price rises above
maxPosition: bigint; // Total accumulation limit
}
Success Criteria
- Grid trading executing orders at correct levels
- Order book managing 100+ simultaneous orders
- DCA orders executing on schedule
- All strategies tracking P&L accurately
Phase 6: AI Analysis & Advanced Features (Week 15-17)
Goals
- ChatGPT integration operational
- Advanced monitoring dashboards
- Performance optimizations
Deliverables
1. AI Analysis Planner
Location: services/planners/ai-analysis/ Technology: TypeScript + OpenAI API
Features:
- TradingView chart generation
- ChatGPT analysis
- Signal generation
- Multi-language support
Implementation:
class AIAnalysisPlanner {
async analyzeChart(token: Address): Promise<TradingSignal> {
// Generate chart URL
const chartUrl = await this.tradingView.generateChart({
token,
timeframe: "1h",
indicators: ["RSI", "MACD", "Volume"]
});
// Request analysis
const analysis = await this.openai.chat.completions.create({
model: "gpt-4-vision-preview",
messages: [{
role: "user",
content: [
{ type: "text", text: this.prompt },
{ type: "image_url", image_url: { url: chartUrl } }
]
}]
});
// Parse response
return this.parseSignal(analysis.choices[0].message.content);
}
}
2. Advanced Dashboards
Location: monitoring/grafana/dashboards/
Dashboards to Create:
- Trading Performance (P&L, ROI, win rate)
- Strategy Comparison (arbitrage vs grid vs DCA)
- Wallet Health (balances, rebalancing events)
- System Performance (latency, throughput, errors)
- RPC Health (endpoint status, latency, error rate)
3. Performance Optimizations
Tasks:
- Profile all services for bottlenecks
- Optimize hot paths (quote generation, transaction building)
- Implement connection pooling everywhere
- Add read replicas for PostgreSQL
- Enable Redis cluster mode
- Optimize NATS message sizes
Success Criteria
- AI analysis generating valid signals
- Dashboards showing real-time data
- End-to-end latency < 3 seconds (p99)
- System handling 100+ trades/hour
- Zero downtime deployments working
Phase 7: Production Hardening (Week 18-20)
Goals
- System resilient to failures
- Security hardened
- Documentation complete
- Performance validated
Deliverables
1. Fault Tolerance
- All services have health checks
- Automatic restarts on crashes
- Circuit breakers on external APIs
- Graceful degradation (SolRoute → Jupiter)
- Dead letter queues for failed messages
- Transaction replay on network errors
2. Security
- Private keys in Vault / Secrets Manager
- TLS for all inter-service communication
- API authentication (JWT tokens)
- Rate limiting on public endpoints
- Audit logging for sensitive operations
- Secret rotation automation
3. Testing
- Unit tests (80%+ coverage)
- Integration tests (all services)
- End-to-end tests (full trading loop)
- Load tests (1000 trades/hour)
- Chaos engineering (kill services randomly)
- Disaster recovery drills
4. Documentation
- Architecture documentation (complete)
- API documentation (OpenAPI specs)
- Runbooks for operations (incidents, deployments)
- Development setup guide
- Monitoring and alerting guide
5. Performance Validation
Target SLAs:
- Scanner latency: < 200ms (p99)
- Planner latency: < 1s (p99)
- Executor latency: < 5s (p99)
- Quote service: < 10ms (p99)
- System availability: 99.9%
- Trade success rate: > 95%
Success Criteria
- All tests passing
- Security audit complete
- Load tests passing
- Documentation reviewed
- SLAs validated in production
Phase 8: Production Launch (Week 21+)
Pre-Launch Checklist
Infrastructure
- Kubernetes cluster production-ready (multi-AZ)
- Managed services configured (NATS, Redis, PostgreSQL)
- Monitoring stack deployed (Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger)
- Alerting configured (PagerDuty, Slack)
- Backups automated (database, Redis)
Application
- All services deployed to production
- Wallets funded appropriately
- Trading limits configured conservatively
- Circuit breakers enabled
- Rate limits configured
Operations
- On-call rotation established
- Incident response procedures documented
- Escalation paths defined
- Runbooks reviewed
- Communication channels set up (Slack, email)
Launch Strategy
Phase 8.1: Dark Launch (Week 21)
- Deploy to production but don’t execute trades
- Monitor for 7 days
- Validate data flows
- Test alerts
- Fix any issues
Phase 8.2: Limited Launch (Week 22)
- Enable arbitrage strategy only
- Small position sizes ($100-$500)
- 5 worker wallets
- Monitor for 7 days
- Validate profitability
Phase 8.3: Gradual Ramp (Week 23-24)
- Increase position sizes gradually
- Add more worker wallets
- Enable grid trading strategy
- Monitor performance
- Optimize parameters
Phase 8.4: Full Launch (Week 25+)
- All strategies enabled
- Full wallet allocation
- Optimal position sizing
- Continuous optimization
- Regular performance reviews
Post-Launch
Week 26+:
- Daily performance reviews
- Weekly strategy optimization
- Monthly infrastructure reviews
- Quarterly feature planning
- Continuous improvement
Resource Requirements
Team
- 2-3 Backend Engineers (TypeScript, Go, Rust)
- 1 DevOps Engineer (Kubernetes, Terraform)
- 1 QA Engineer (Testing, automation)
- 1 Product Manager (Strategy, requirements)
- 0.5 Security Engineer (Part-time audits)
Infrastructure Costs (Monthly Estimates)
- Kubernetes cluster: $500-$1000
- Managed NATS: $200-$400
- Managed Redis: $200-$400
- Managed PostgreSQL: $300-$600
- RPC endpoints (premium): $1000-$5000
- Monitoring (Grafana Cloud): $200-$500
- Secrets Manager: $50-$100
- Load balancer / ingress: $100-$200
- Total: $2,550-$8,200/month
Development Timeline
- Phase 0-1: 4 weeks (Foundation)
- Phase 2-3: 5 weeks (Core functionality)
- Phase 4-5: 5 weeks (Advanced features)
- Phase 6-7: 6 weeks (Production hardening)
- Phase 8: 5+ weeks (Launch)
- Total: 25 weeks (~6 months) to production
Risk Mitigation
Technical Risks
| Risk | Mitigation | |——|———–| | RPC rate limiting | 95+ endpoints, automatic failover | | Jito downtime | TPU fallback, Solayer backup | | Quote service failures | Jupiter API fallback | | Database bottleneck | Read replicas, caching, indexing | | NATS message loss | Persistence enabled, acknowledgments |
Operational Risks
| Risk | Mitigation | |——|———–| | Wallet compromise | Multi-tier segregation, limit exposure | | Unexpected losses | Position limits, stop-losses, circuit breakers | | Market volatility | Dynamic position sizing, pause mechanisms | | System downtime | Multi-AZ deployment, automatic failover | | Team unavailability | Runbooks, on-call rotation, documentation |
Business Risks
| Risk | Mitigation | |——|———–| | Unprofitable trades | Backtesting, gradual ramp, continuous optimization | | Competition | Multiple strategies, fast execution, unique insights | | Regulatory changes | Compliance review, legal consultation | | Market conditions | Adaptive strategies, multiple token pairs |
Success Metrics
Technical Metrics
- Scanner latency (p50, p99, p999)
- Planner opportunity detection rate
- Executor success rate
- Quote service latency
- System availability (uptime %)
- Transaction confirmation rate
Business Metrics
- Total P&L (daily, weekly, monthly)
- ROI %
- Win rate %
- Average profit per trade
- Sharpe ratio
- Max drawdown
Operational Metrics
- Mean time to recovery (MTTR)
- Incident count
- Deployment frequency
- Lead time for changes
- Change failure rate
Next Steps
- Review and approve this roadmap
- Assemble team
- Allocate budget
- Set up project tracking (Jira, Linear, etc.)
- Begin Phase 0
