Ellipsis Labs is a profitable, venture-backed New York-based startup building sustainable and efficient DeFi protocols on high-throughput decentralized infrastructure. Our long-term goal is to build a better financial system.
Our flagship product, Phoenix Perpetuals, brings professional-grade perpetual futures to Solana. Building on our experience developing efficient markets, Ellipsis Labs also operates SolFi, a proprietary automated market maker that provides efficient liquidity for key trading pairs. Our foundational product, Phoenix Legacy, is a limit order book on the Solana blockchain that established our expertise in operating high-performance markets. Combined, these products have facilitated over $285B in trading volume across Solana markets.
All roles are in the Ellipsis Labs office in New York City.
The OpportunityEllipsis Labs is seeking our first full-time Infrastructure engineer to join the team. (We've had a part-time advisor and helper on this so far!) The ideal candidate would consider themselves an infrastructure or systems generalist, excited to tackle sensitive and high-performance financial technology that needs 5+ 9's of reliability.
In this role, you will:
Set foundational infrastructure best practices and architecture
Develop and own the team's DevOps processes
Ensure the security and monitoring of critical production systems
3+ years of experience building and maintaining production-grade software systems (ideally in Rust, C++, C, or Golang), with high-quality and well-documented production code
3+ years of experience with Unix systems and DevOps
Experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS
A demonstrated track record of high agency, willingness to dive into unfamiliar technical and non-technical areas, and a team-first attitude
Passion for decentralized finance
Experience working with blockchain technology, preferably Solana
Experience in quant trading or fintech
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What We Do
Ellipsis Labs is a venture-backed New York based startup building differentiated products in decentralized finance. Phoenix, our flagship protocol, is the leading orderbook spot exchange on the Solana blockchain.
Our commitment to creating sustainable solutions reflects our company's long-term approach and values. We take pride in our strong, in-person culture defined by our hard-working, mission-driven team.
