Quantitative Developer - Risk

Ellipsis Labs develops decentralized financial applications and blockchain infrastructure on Solana.

Maintainer signals as of 8/23/2026

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About Ellipsis Labs

Ellipsis Labs develops decentralized financial applications and blockchain infrastructure. The company creates trading platforms, Layer 2 solutions, and developer tools for the Solana ecosystem. Ellipsis Labs focuses on building core financial infrastructure while contributing to open-source blockchain development.

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About the Role

You will manage platform risk by maintaining the on-chain margin engine and offchain risk services. You will own risk parameters, support new asset listings, design frameworks for emerging asset classes, and build scalable tooling. You will also scope and drive ambiguous projects from specification through production.

Requirements

  • Strong quantitative foundation in mathematics statistics physics engineering computer science or a related field
  • Demonstrated quantitative interest and aptitude
  • Experience building and shipping production software
  • Ability to make independent decisions and drive projects to completion
  • Track record of high agency and willingness to learn unfamiliar areas
  • Team-first attitude
  • Passion for decentralized finance
  • 3+ years of relevant experience preferred
  • Blockchain experience especially Solana preferred
  • Quantitative or proprietary trading background preferred
  • Derivatives perpetual futures or options experience preferred
  • Familiarity with pre-IPO or private market funding structures preferred
  • Rust proficiency preferred

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and improve the core on-chain margin engine and offchain risk services
  • Own risk parameters across supported assets
  • Support the end-to-end process of listing new assets
  • Design and build risk frameworks for emerging asset classes
  • Build scalable risk management tooling and infrastructure
  • Scope and drive large projects from specification through production

Benefits

  • Equity