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.

All roles are in the Ellipsis Labs office in New York City.

The Opportunity

Ellipsis Labs is seeking an inaugural EVM Senior Smart Contract Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will:

• Develop and maintain critical smart contracts for the EVM, along with the appropriate monitoring systems

• Serve as in-house expert and mentor on the EVM

Qualifications

Required

• Experience building, deploying, and maintaining EVM smart contracts in production

• Experience working with auditors

• Deep understanding of Ethereum and low-level EVM concepts

• 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 with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS

• Experience with Rust or other statically typed languages

• Experience in quant trading or DeFi

Compensation Range: $170K - $250K