Senior Visual Designer at Ellipsis Labs (New York, NY)
Ellipsis Labs· New York, NY· $170k–$225k·
Role details
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 Senior Designer to define and elevate the visual language of our exchange and brand across high-density, real-time trading interfaces. You’ll partner with engineering and leadership to craft a cohesive, trustworthy look and feel - from component libraries to data visualization, motion, and launch assets. In this role, you will:
- Own the visual system for Phoenix and future products: typography, color, spacing, iconography, design tokens, and component theming
- Turn complex trading mechanics and data into clear, scannable visual hierarchies and data visualizations that perform under real-time constraints
- Build and maintain a Figma library/design system, ensuring consistency and speed of implementation; provide developer-ready specs and assets
- Drive visual polish on critical surfaces (order entry, positions, charts, risk states), including loading/empty/error states and micro-interactions/motion
- Partner closely with engineers to ensure visual fidelity in production and pragmatic choices under technical constraints
- Own the company and product brand expression across product surfaces and key moments
- Incorporate feedback, user signals, and metrics to iterate quickly without sacrificing craft
Qualifications
Required
- 2+ years designing visual systems for complex digital products, ideally high-density or data-heavy (trading/finance, analytics, dev tools, etc.).
- Portfolio demonstrating strong visual craft (type, color, layout), system thinking (tokens/components), and clear data presentation.
- Fluency in Figma (components/variants, auto-layout) and handoff practices; attention to detail across states and edge cases.
- Comfort collaborating with engineers; ability to balance visual quality with performance and feasibility.
- High ownership and bias to ship; you sweat the details and move quickly.
Preferred
- Familiarity with crypto/Web3 design patterns and user behaviors
- Exposure to Solana or similar blockchain ecosystems
Why work at Ellipsis Labs
- 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.