Senior Performance 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
You will monitor, benchmark, and optimize systems where performance is critical. You will analyze low-level systems to identify performance bottlenecks and conceptualize systems at different levels of abstraction. You will dive into unfamiliar technical and non-technical areas, take ownership of performance work, and collaborate with colleagues to deliver measurable improvements.
Requirements
- 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
- Demonstrated high agency and willingness to dive into unfamiliar technical and non-technical areas
- Team-first attitude
- Passion for decentralized finance
- Experience working with blockchain technology, preferably Solana
Responsibilities
- Monitor systems where performance is critical
- Benchmark system performance
- Optimize systems for performance
- Identify performance bottlenecks by conceptualizing systems at different abstraction levels
- Dive into unfamiliar technical and non-technical areas
- Take ownership of performance work and collaborate with team members
Benefits
- Equity
