Senior Performance Engineer
Ellipsis Labs· startup· Financial Services· Jan 11, 2024 · 34mo agoPosted 1,020 days ago
New York, New York
In office
Full-time
Senior
$170K–$250K
3+ years exp
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Job description
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.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Ellipsis Labs is seeking a Senior Performance Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will:
- Monitor, benchmark, and optimize systems where performance is critical
QUALIFICATIONS
REQUIRED
- 3+ years of experience in high-performance computing
- Low-level systems experience
- Ability to conceptualize systems at different levels of abstraction to identify performance bottlenecks
- 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
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