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