Staff Infrastructure Engineer

Ellipsis Labs is a profitable, venture-backed New York-based startup building differentiated products and infrastructure in decentralized finance.

The company is the developer of Phoenix, the leading order book spot exchange on the Solana blockchain, and a top 10 DEX (decentralized exchange) with >$70B in volume since inception in 2023. Additionally, we are one of the most active and prominent on-chain market makers in crypto.

All roles are in the Ellipsis Labs office in New York City.

Ellipsis 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