Software Engineer - 2027 New Grads
Ellipsis Labs builds applications and infrastructure to create a sustainable foundation for finance. Their products include Phoenix, a fully on-chain limit orderbook decentralized exchange on Solana, and Atlas, a blockchain for verifiable finance.
Projects
About Ellipsis Labs
Ellipsis Labs is a company focused on building applications and infrastructure for a sustainable financial foundation, particularly in the crypto and DeFi space. Their products include Phoenix, a fully on-chain limit orderbook decentralized exchange on the Solana blockchain, which combines traditional finance's capital-efficient orderbook model with the verifiability of DeFi. They are also developing Atlas, a blockchain designed for verifiable finance, aiming for a financial world where transparency, security, and performance coexist. Additionally, Ellipsis Labs actively contributes to the open-source ecosystem through research contributions to Umbra Research and tools like the Verifiable Build CLI, which helps developers verify that public source code matches on-chain deployments.
Skills
About the Role
You will build real product features and platform components across the stack, whether that's front end, back end, infra, or on-chain, depending on your skills and interests. You'll own scoped projects end-to-end, from problem definition and design through implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring. You'll collaborate closely with design and engineering teammates to deliver fast, reliable, and secure experiences. You'll also instrument and improve performance, reliability, and observability, while writing clear tests and documentation.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience building software (courses, personal projects, research, or internships) in one or more languages such as TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, Rust, Java, C/C++
- Write clear, tested code
- Solid CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, systems thinking)
- Familiarity with Git and basic debugging
- Ability to make informed trade-offs with business context
- Curiosity about DeFi/crypto (prior domain experience not required)
- Experience in full-stack web (React/Javascript), backend APIs/services, infrastructure/DevOps (Docker, CI/CD, cloud), or on-chain/low-level systems (preferred)
- Familiarity with blockchain technology, Solana a plus (preferred)
- Interest or experience in fintech/trading (preferred)
- Rust or TypeScript proficiency (preferred)
Responsibilities
- Build product features and platform components across the stack, front end, back end, infra, or on-chain
- Own scoped projects end-to-end from problem definition to design implementation testing deployment and monitoring
- Collaborate with design and engineering to deliver fast reliable and secure experiences
- Instrument and improve performance reliability and observability
- Write clear tests and documentation
Benefits
- Equity