Software Engineer - 2027 Interns
Ellipsis Labs6 months ago
New York, NY, USAIntern
Responsibilities
- Build real product features and platform components across the frontend, backend, infrastructure, or on-chain systems based on skills and interests.
- Own scoped projects end to end, including problem definition, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
- Collaborate with design and engineering to deliver fast, reliable, and secure experiences.
- Instrument and improve performance, reliability, and observability, and write clear tests and documentation.
Requirements
- Hands-on software development experience through courses, personal projects, research, or internships in one or more languages such as TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Rust, Java, C, or C++.
- Clear, tested coding ability and solid computer science fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and systems thinking.
- Familiarity with Git and basic debugging.
- Ability to make informed trade-offs with business context, demonstrate high agency, and work effectively on a team.
- Curiosity about DeFi and crypto; prior domain experience is not required.
- Preferred experience with full-stack web development using React or JavaScript, backend APIs and services, infrastructure or DevOps, Docker, cloud systems, or on-chain and low-level systems.
- Preferred familiarity with blockchain technology, especially Solana, and interest or experience in fintech or trading.
- Rust or TypeScript proficiency is preferred.
Benefits
- Summer internship in 2027 at an early-stage, profitable startup based in New York.
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About Ellipsis Labs
Ellipsis Labs builds and operates decentralized trading protocols on Solana for crypto traders and liquidity providers, including Phoenix Perpetuals (perpetual futures), Phoenix Legacy (an orderbook spot exchange), and the SolFi automated market maker. The New York–based, privately held company is venture-backed and raised a Series A in 2024. Its platforms generate revenue from protocol and trading fees and proprietary liquidity provision, and have facilitated more than $285B in cumulative trading volume across Solana markets.