--- title: 'Growth Manager - Asia at Ellipsis Labs' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/growth-manager-asia-ellipsis-labs-asia-sw61m3j9nxf8' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-15' --- # Growth Manager - Asia at Ellipsis Labs - **Company:** Ellipsis Labs - **Location:** Asia - **Employment:** full-time - **Posted:** 2026-04-16 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-15 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ellipsislabs/ad7d62ed-7587-4ec5-b236-d4df64b223bc ## 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. Ellipsis Labs is seeking a Growth Manager to build and activate our presence across Asian crypto markets. Our go-to-market today is largely driven by social media, and we need boots on the ground to develop the local relationships, market intelligence, and trust that a remote presence can't replicate. This is an early and high-ownership role: you will be the company's primary bridge to one of the most important trading ecosystems in the world. In this role, you will: - Map the Asian crypto trading landscape, including understanding who the key retail traders, whale accounts, and market makers are, where they're active, and what they care about - Build and cultivate relationships with high-value traders and ecosystem participants across Asia - Develop and execute a strategy for winning a meaningful segment of Asian traders onto Phoenix, with a focus on retail-whale accounts - Represent Ellipsis Labs at industry events and in direct community settings, including with KOLs and key trading communities - Surface market intelligence back to the team: competitive dynamics, trader preferences, emerging platforms, and shifts in sentiment - Work closely with the broader team to refine our regional strategy over time ## Qualifications Required - Deep roots in crypto, with experience that spans multiple market cycles - Strong existing network in the Asian trading ecosystem, with relationships you can activate immediately - Background at or alongside a centralized exchange, trading firm, or DeFi protocol: you understand how exchanges work and have credibility with the people who use them - Fluency in Mandarin and/or Cantonese, and strong English communication skills - High agency and sound judgment. This role operates with significant independence and limited supervision ## Preferred - Existing relationships with whale traders, market makers, or institutional accounts in the region - Experience with on-chain trading products, perpetuals, or DeFi protocols - Comfort traveling within the region and to the US 8 weeks/year to work alongside the team in person ## About Ellipsis Labs ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Ellipsis Labs builds applications and infrastructure to create a transparent, high-performance foundation for decentralized finance, including the leading orderbook spot exchange on Solana. - **Entity Type**: Private (Venture-backed – Series A+; total funding $44.3M) - **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States - **Founded**: 2023 (first funding round) - **Founders**: Jarry Xiao (Co-Founder); also noted as a key executive (other co-founders not publicly named) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Decentralized Finance (DeFi) / Financial Services / Blockchain Infrastructure - **Target customers**: Institutional and retail traders, DeFi protocols, developers building on Solana and Ethereum - **Mission or purpose**: "To rebuild the foundation of modern finance" – making finance transparent and performant by combining the verifiability of DeFi with the speed of traditional finance. ## Products & Services - **Phoenix**: A fully on-chain limit orderbook spot exchange on Solana. Capital-efficient and verifiable, it has processed over $70B in unincentivized trading volume. - **Phoenix Perps**: Professional-grade perpetual futures on Solana with low latency, low fees, and consistent performance. - **Atlas**: A Layer 2 blockchain that brings Solana-level performance to Ethereum scale, designed for high-performance DeFi applications. - **Open Source Contributions**: Includes "Verifiable Build CLI" (trustless verification of on-chain deployments) and research contributions via Umbra Research. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding raised – $44.3M (as of October 2024) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Electric Capital (led seed), Paradigm (led Series A), Haun Ventures (led latest $21M venture round); also supported by Anatoly Yakovenko - **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 60% YoY to 21 employees; Phoenix achieved $70B+ in unincentivized trading volume; expanding product lines (Atlas L2, Perps) and active hiring across engineering, design, and marketing. ## Competitive Advantages - **Fully on-chain orderbook**: Unlike many DEXs, Phoenix uses a traditional limit orderbook model (like Nasdaq) but entirely on-chain, offering capital efficiency and transparency. - **Performance**: Leverages Solana’s low-latency environment (400ms block times) while adding L2 scaling via Atlas for Ethereum compatibility. - **Verifiability**: All products are auditable and trustless, bridging the gap between TradFi and DeFi. ## Strategic Focus - **Scaling verifiable finance**: Expanding Atlas as a blockchain for verifiable financial applications. - **Product expansion**: Growing perpetual futures (Phoenix Perps) and continuing to improve the spot exchange. - **Ecosystem contribution**: Increasing publicly available DeFi research and developer tools (Verifiable Build CLI) to strengthen ecosystem trust. - **Talent growth**: Hiring aggressively for senior roles and new grad/intern positions to scale the team. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: In-person, collaborative, and mission-driven. Office in New York (Civic Center). Team is described as “work hard, build fast” with regular team offsites and social activities. - **Compensation**: Above-market salaries (e.g., $150K–$250K base for engineers), generous equity, performance bonuses, and 401(k) matching. - **Benefits**: Full health/dental/vision coverage (90% of premiums for you and family), unlimited PTO, daily lunch/dinner at office, commuter benefits, FSAs, and conference travel stipends. - **Engineering focus**: High autonomy, low process—results matter. Interview process is transparent: recruiter call → live coding → take-home project → full-day onsite (coding, system design, bug squash, culture fit). - **Growth opportunity**: Joining early-stage team with strong funding and clear product-market fit; chance to shape DeFi infrastructure from the ground up. ## Sources 1. [Ellipsis Labs Website](https://www.ellipsislabs.xyz/) 2. [Ellipsis Labs Careers](https://www.ellipsislabs.xyz/careers) 3. [Ellipsis Labs LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ellipsis-labs) 4. [Ellipsis Labs on Welcome to the Jungle](https://app.welcometothejungle.com/companies/Ellipsis-Labs) 5. [FinSMEs: Ellipsis Labs Raises $21M](https://www.finsmes.com/2024/11/ellipsis-labs-raises-21m-led-by-haun-ventures.html) 6. 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