Senior Performance Engineer
- Location
- New York, NY
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Listed
- 30 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- high-performance computing
- low-level systems
- performance benchmarking
Also useful
- Solana
- blockchain
The Opportunity
Ellipsis Labs is seeking a Senior Performance Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will:
- Monitor, benchmark, and optimize systems where performance is critical
Qualifications
Required
- 3+ years of experience in high-performance computing
- Low-level systems experience
- Ability to conceptualize systems at different levels of abstraction to identify performance bottlenecks
- 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
About Ellipsis Labs
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.
From Ellipsis Labs's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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