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Senior Backend Engineer

Ellipsis Labs logoEllipsis Labs
TypeFull-time
SenioritySenior
Salary$170,000–$250,000
LocationNew York, NY
Posted2/20/2024

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Ellipsis Labs

Ellipsis Labs is a startup building differentiated products in decentralized finance, from first principles.

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.

Private companyProfitable
HQNew York City, United States
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Ellipsis Labs is a profitable, venture-backed New York startup building performant DeFi protocols on high-throughput decentralized infrastructure. Our long-term mission is to build a more efficient, transparent, and fair financial system.

Our flagship product, Phoenix Perpetuals, brings professional-grade perpetual futures to Solana. Phoenix has processed over $4 billion in trading volume and is growing 20% month over month, adding to the more than $300 billion our products have facilitated to date. Behind Phoenix is a lean, high-caliber team with experience at top trading firms, blockchain companies, and tech companies.

Ellipsis Labs is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team. As an early-stage startup, we appreciate bright generalists who can iterate and ship quickly. In this role, you will:

  • Build and maintain scalable production services. We currently support thousands of QPS, and future systems will need to handle at least another order of magnitude.

  • Implement systems to monitor performance at the micro- and nano-second level

  • Drive ambitious engineering initiatives (for example, realtime data indexing at scale) from inception to completion: specification, architecture, implementation, testing, monitoring, and maintenance

Qualifications

Required

  • 3+ years of experience building and maintaining production-grade software systems (preferably in Rust, C++, C, or Golang), with high-quality and well-documented production code

  • 3+ years of experience with Unix systems

  • Experience working with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS

  • Ability to make informed engineering decisions based on relevant business context

  • 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

Preferred

  • Experience working with blockchain technology, specifically Solana

  • Experience in quant trading or fintech

  • Proficiency in Rust

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2-10 employees
IndustryFinancial Services
Latest fundingOct 31, 2024
Investors
Haun Ventures

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