Quantitative Developer - Risk

The role

You will manage risk across the platform by setting parameters and building infrastructure. You will maintain the core on-chain margin engine and offchain risk services.

What you will do

• Maintain and improve the core on-chain margin engine and offchain risk services
• Own and maintain risk parameters across supported assets
• Support the end-to-end process of listing new assets
• Design and build the risk framework for emerging asset classes
• Build tooling and infrastructure that make risk management scalable
• Independently scope and drive large, ambiguous projects from specification through production

Required qualifications

• Strong quantitative foundation in math, statistics, physics, engineering, computer science, or a related field
• Demonstrated quant interest and aptitude, e.g., economic or financial modeling
• Experience building and shipping production software
• Ability to make informed decisions independently and drive projects to completion with minimal oversight
• Demonstrated track record of high agency
• Willingness to dive into unfamiliar technical and non-technical areas
• Team-first attitude
• Passion for decentralized finance

Nice to have

• 3+ years of relevant experience in quant trading, quantitative research, risk management, or software engineering with a strong quant bend
• Exceptional new graduates from top-tier programs
• Experience working with blockchain technology, specifically Solana
• Background in quantitative or prop trading, particularly with derivatives, perpetual futures, or options
• Familiarity with pre-IPO or private market funding structures
• Proficiency in Rust

About the company

Ellipsis Labs is a profitable, venture-backed New York startup building performant DeFi protocols on high-throughput decentralized infrastructure. Their flagship product, Phoenix Perpetuals, brings professional-grade perpetual futures to Solana.