Staff Infrastructure Engineer
As of 2026-10-31, ChainJobs confirms Ellipsis Labs is hiring a Staff Infrastructure Engineer in New York, New York, paying $200k–250k (employer-published); posted 2024-01-11, apply on ellipsislabs.xyz.
Still open on Ellipsis Labs’s own careers page when we last checked, today (2026-10-31). We re-check every listing daily and remove roles the moment they disappear at the source — how this works.
Ellipsis Labs is a profitable, venture-backed New York startup building performant DeFi protocols on high-throughput decentralized infrastructure. Our long-term mission is to build a more efficient, transparent, and fair financial system.
Our flagship product, Phoenix Perpetuals, brings professional-grade perpetual futures to Solana. Phoenix has processed over $4 billion in trading volume and is growing 20% month over month, adding to the more than $300 billion our products have facilitated to date. Behind Phoenix is a lean, high-caliber team with experience at top trading firms, blockchain companies, and tech companies.
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
Sourced from Ellipsis Labs's official listing — full details and how to apply at the link above.
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