Staff Infrastructure Engineer
Ellipsis Labs · On-site
MeritLog read this listing from Ellipsis Labs's Ashby job board and last checked it on September 12, 2026.
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Job details
- Work model
- On-site
- Salary
- $200K - $250K
- Location
- New York, New York
- Occupation
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects(O*NET 15-1299.08)
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 $200K - $250K sits above 100% of the 9 other Ellipsis Labs roles quoted over the same currency and period.
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What the role asks for
What you'd do
- Set foundational infrastructure best practices and architecture
- Develop and own the team's DevOps processes
- Ensure the security and monitoring of critical production systems
What they're asking for
- 3+ years of experience building and maintaining production-grade software systems (ideally in Rust, C++, C, or Golang), with high-quality and well-documented production codeExperiencePreferred
- 3+ years of experience with Unix systems and DevOpsExperience
- Experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWSSkill
- 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, preferably SolanaSkillPreferred
- Experience in quant trading or fintechSkillPreferred
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. THE OPPORTUNITY Ellipsis Labs is seeking our first full-time Infrastructure engineer to join the team. (We've had a part-time advisor and helper on this so far!) The ideal candidate would consider themselves an infrastructure or systems generalist, excited to tackle sensitive and high-performance financial technology that needs 5+ 9's of reliability. In this role, you will: - Set foundational infrastructure best practices and architecture - Develop and own the team's DevOps processes - Ensure the security and monitoring of critical production systems QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED - 3+ years of experience building and maintaining production-grade software systems (ideally in Rust, C++, C, or Golang), with high-quality and well-documented production code - 3+ years of experience with Unix systems and DevOps - Experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS - 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, preferably Solana - Experience in quant trading or fintech