Ellipsis Labs
Senior Backend Engineer
$170K–$250K
New York, New York · Senior · Full-time · Posted Feb 20, 2024
- Experience
- 3+ years building and maintaining production-grade software systems; 3+ years with Unix systems.
About the job
Build and maintain scalable backend services and performance-monitoring systems for DeFi products, and lead engineering initiatives from specification through ongoing maintenance.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain production services designed to scale beyond current throughput.
- Implement monitoring of performance at micro- and nanosecond levels.
- Lead engineering initiatives through specification, architecture, implementation, testing, monitoring, and maintenance.
What they ask for
- 3+ years building and maintaining production-grade software systems; preferably using Rust, C++, C, or Golang.
- 3+ years of experience with Unix systems.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure; AWS preferred.
- Ability to make informed engineering decisions using business context, plus demonstrated high agency, a team-first attitude, and passion for decentralized finance.
Nice to have
- Experience with blockchain technology, specifically Solana.
- Experience in quant trading or fintech; proficiency in Rust.
Pay
$170K – $250K (base salary)
Tools
Rust, C++, C, Golang, Unix, AWS, Solana
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