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Staff Infrastructure Engineer

Ellipsis Labs
New York City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 21 Feb 2025
💰 $250,000/yr($200,000/yr – $250,000/yr)

About the role

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

The company developed Phoenix, the leading order book spot exchange on the Solana blockchain, and a top 10 DEX (decentralized exchange) with >$50B in volume since inception in 2023.

Ellipsis Labs is building Atlas, a blockchain for verifiable finance. Verifiable finance enables financial applications to combine the performance of traditional finance with DeFi's transparency.

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

The Opportunity

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

Qualifications

Required

  • 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

Preferred

  • Experience working with blockchain technology, preferably Solana

  • Experience in quant trading or fintech

Benefits

  • Above-market salary and equity compensation

  • Unlimited and encouraged PTO

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their dependents

  • Lunch and dinner provided at the office

  • Optional, company-paid travel to events and conferences

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