
Nexus is the World Supercomputer, powering the largest computation on Earth.
Product: Open-source zkVM and distributed prover network for verifiable computation
Headquarters: San Francisco
Latest disclosed round: Series A $25M (announced June 10, 2024)
Founded: 2022
Employees (approx.): 207
Verifiable computation, zero-knowledge proofs, blockchain / verifiable internet infrastructure
2022
Software Development
2000000
Seed round led by Dragonfly (approx. $2M as stated in company announcement)
25000000
Series A co-led by Lightspeed and Pantera with participation from Dragonfly, Faction, and Blockchain Builders Fund
“Series A co-led by established crypto and VC firms (Lightspeed, Pantera) with participation from specialized investors (Dragonfly, Faction, Blockchain Builders Fund)”
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About Nexus Nexus is building the foundation for verifiable finance, an economic system where every transaction, order, and settlement can be proven on-chain with cryptographic assurance. To do this we’re developing a DEX Layer 1 blockchain purpose-built for the AI economy, powered by idle compute from millions of people around the world, and verified with zero-knowledge proofs. This is finance rebuilt for the future: verifiable, scalable, and open to all.
Nexus has raised $25M in Series A funding from Lightspeed, Pantera, Dragonfly, SV Angel, and more.
Location: Remote (Argentina)
Type: Contract
12 months with potential for extension
The Role
We’re hiring Protocol Engineers in Latin America to work at the core of Nexus’s Layer 1 execution runtime — building and evolving the systems that define how the protocol executes transactions, processes orders, and computes state transitions.
This is not a typical backend role. You’ll work on performance-critical protocol execution paths where microseconds matter, designing and implementing systems that may be enshrined directly into the Nexus protocol.
Your work will influence the execution model, runtime abstractions, and performance guarantees of a next-generation Layer 1 blockchain and high-throughput DEX engine.
Whether you’re a strong mid-level engineer looking to grow into protocol ownership or a senior/principal engineer eager to architect execution-layer systems, this role offers the opportunity to shape how the protocol itself behaves under load.
You’ll collaborate closely with protocol, cryptography, and product teams in San Francisco while contributing remotely from Mexico or Argentina.
What You’ll Do
What We’re Looking For
Bonus Points
Why Join Us