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Ellipsis Labs

Senior Smart Contract Engineer (SVM)

New York, United States

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Location
New York, United States
Work
Not stated
Employment
Full-time
Level
Senior
Function
Engineering
Pay
$170K – $250K a year
Posted
34 months ago

Pay and the market here

The top of this role’s range, $250K a year, is 9% above the median of $230K for senior engineering jobs in New York (middle half $200K – $250K, 1,001 jobs that state pay).

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About the role

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 an SVM Smart Contract Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will:

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

Qualifications

Required

  • Experience building, deploying, and maintaining SVM smart contracts in production, with and without Anchor
  • Experience working with auditors
  • Deep understanding of Solana and low-level SVM 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 in quant trading or DeFi

Source

Posted by Ellipsis Labs on their own hiring page, jobs.ashbyhq.com. OptiTalent shows it as published, read 07 Nov 2026 11:46 UTC; the original is the reference.

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