Senior Backend Engineer
Ellipsis Labs develops decentralized financial applications and blockchain infrastructure on Solana.
Projects
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.
Skills
About the Role
In this role, you will build and maintain scalable production services. We currently support thousands of QPS, and future systems will need to handle at least another order of magnitude. You will implement systems to monitor performance at the micro- and nano-second level. You will also drive ambitious engineering initiatives (for example, realtime data indexing at scale) from inception to completion: specification, architecture, implementation, testing, monitoring, and maintenance.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience building and maintaining production-grade software systems (preferably in Rust, C++, C, or Golang), with high-quality and well-documented production code
- 3+ years of experience with Unix systems
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS
- Ability to make informed engineering decisions based on relevant business context
- 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
- Experience working with blockchain technology, specifically Solana
- Experience in quant trading or fintech
- Proficiency in Rust
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain scalable production services.
- Implement systems to monitor performance at the micro- and nano-second level.
- Drive ambitious engineering initiatives (for example, realtime data indexing at scale) from inception to completion: specification, architecture, implementation, testing, monitoring, and maintenance.
Benefits
- Equity
