Senior Smart Contract Engineer (EVM)

Company: Ellipsis Labs
Location: New York, New York
Type: full_time
Posted: Aug 18, 2026
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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.

The Opportunity

Ellipsis Labs is seeking an inaugural EVM Senior Smart Contract Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will:

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

  • Serve as in-house expert and mentor on the EVM

Qualifications

Required

  • Experience building, deploying, and maintaining EVM smart contracts in production

  • Experience working with auditors

  • Deep understanding of Ethereum and low-level EVM 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 with Rust or other statically typed languages

  • Experience in quant trading or DeFi

About the Company

Name: Ellipsis Labs
Location: New York

Ellipsis Labs is a profitable, venture-backed New York-based startup building differentiated products and infrastructure in decentralized finance.

The company developed Phoenix, the leading order book spot exchange on the Solana blockchain, and a top 10 DEX (decentralized exchange) with >$50B in volume since inception in 2023.

Ellipsis Labs is building Atlas, a blockchain for verifiable finance. Verifiable finance enables financial applications to combine the performance of traditional finance with DeFi’s transparency.

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