About the company
The Nexus Project is a scientific and engineering effort bringing truth to the field of computation. We’re enabling a new form of compute: verifiable computation, powered by open science and open-source software so it can benefit everyone. Our work aims to bring to life decades of advancements in zero-knowledge cryptography, achieved by many scientists, engineers, and mathematicians, into a single software system. Nexus raised $25M in Series A funding, co-led by Lightspeed and Pantera, with participation from Dragonfly, SV Angel, and more. Our team consists of some of the world's top cryptographers, mathematicians, and engineers, all working together with one goal: to unite the world's computers and prove humanity's computations.
Job Summary
Responsibilities
📍Architect and implement low-latency, high-throughput financial infrastructure for Nexus’s Layer 1 and DEX. 📍Own major roadmap milestones: public testnet → mainnet → institutional-grade performance. 📍Optimize consensus and transaction pipelines for speed, determinism, and security. 📍Collaborate with cryptography and protocol teams to integrate cutting-edge zero-knowledge proofs into production systems. 📍Mentor mid-level engineers and establish engineering best practices for reliability, security, and observability. 📍Ensure high availability and fault tolerance for mission-critical financial systems.
What Success Looks Like
đź“ŤMainnet launch with enterprise-grade reliability and sub-second transaction finality. đź“ŤDEX achieves low-latency trade execution comparable to centralized systems while maintaining decentralization. đź“ŤEngineering systems and tooling enable <10 min developer onboarding to first transaction. đź“ŤHigh-frequency trading performance benchmarks met or exceeded. đź“ŤEngineering team scaled while maintaining high velocity and code quality.
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