Infrastructure Engineer
US$200,000 – US$250,000 / yr base salary
Posted 11 Jan 2024
Advertised as “Staff Infrastructure Engineer”
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- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Contract
- Full-time
| Base salary | US$200,000 – US$250,000 / yr |
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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:
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Set foundational infrastructure best practices and architecture
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Develop and own the team's DevOps processes
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Ensure the security and monitoring of critical production systems
Qualifications
Required
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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
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3+ years of experience with Unix systems and DevOps
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Experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS
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A demonstrated track record of high agency, willingness to dive into unfamiliar technical and non-technical areas, and a team-first attitude
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Passion for decentralized finance
Preferred
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Experience working with blockchain technology, preferably Solana
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Experience in quant trading or fintech