Senior Backend Engineer
Ellipsis Labs · Not provided by source
MeritLog read this listing from Ellipsis Labs's Ashby job board and last checked it on September 11, 2026.
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Job details
- Work model
- Not provided by source
- Salary
- $170K - $250K
- Location
- New York, New York
Hiring context
How this role compares at Ellipsis Labs
Ellipsis Labs has 13 live roles in MeritLog’s catalog across 4 job families, and 10 of them are in engineering. 12 of those listings publish a pay range, a disclosure rate of 92%.
This role's posted range of $170K - $250K sits above 22% of the 9 other Ellipsis Labs roles quoted over the same currency and period.
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What the role asks for
What they're asking for
- 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 codeExperience
- 3+ years of experience with Unix systemsExperience
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWSSkill
- Ability to make informed engineering decisions based on relevant business contextSkill
- A demonstrated track record of high agency, willingness to dive into unfamiliar technical and non-technical areas, and a team-first attitudeSkill
- Passion for decentralized financeSkill
- Experience working with blockchain technology, specifically SolanaSkillPreferred
- Experience in quant trading or fintechSkillPreferred
- Proficiency in RustSkillPreferred
Parsed by MeritLog from the employer’s own posting. The full description follows below.
Job description
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. Ellipsis Labs is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team. As an early-stage startup, we appreciate bright generalists who can iterate and ship quickly. 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. - 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 QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED - 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 PREFERRED - Experience working with blockchain technology, specifically Solana - Experience in quant trading or fintech - Proficiency in Rust