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 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

Requirements

Must-haves

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

Nice-to-haves

Experience working with blockchain technology, preferably Solana
Experience in quant trading or fintech

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rustgolangaws

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