Senior Smart Contract Engineer (SVM)

Ellipsis Labs

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New York, New York Until 8/22/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted March 20, 2025 Last posted March 20, 2025
Job description

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 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

Compensation (from employer):
$170K – $250K • Offers Equity

About this role

Summary

Develop and maintain smart contracts for DeFi SVM protocols on Solana

Job title

Senior Smart Contract Engineer (SVM)

Experience level

not specified

Industry

software

Location requirements

New York, NY; on-site preferred

Salary

$170K – $250K

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

smart contract developmentdeploymentmaintenanceSVMAnchorauditorssolanalow-level SVM

Preferred skills

cloud infrastructureAWSquant tradingDeFi

Specializations

DeFismart contractsblockchainsolana
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

New York, NY, USA

On-site City