Jobs Companies Ellipsis Labs Senior Smart Contract Engineer (SVM)

About this Senior Smart Contract Engineer (SVM) role at Ellipsis Labs

Ellipsis Labs · Onsite · New York, New York

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 an SVM Smart Contract Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will:

  • Develop and maintain critical smart contracts for the SVM, along with the appropriate monitoring systems

Qualifications

Required

  • Experience building, deploying, and maintaining SVM smart contracts in production, with and without Anchor

  • Experience working with auditors

  • Deep understanding of Solana and low-level SVM concepts

  • 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 with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS

  • Experience in quant trading or DeFi

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