Systems Engineer
Nexus operates an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain built for programmable and verifiable finance. Its live mainnet supports developers, applications, and financial infrastructure, with a focus on high-performance execution and cryptographic verification.
Maintainer signals as of 8/29/2026
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About Nexus
Nexus is a blockchain platform for programmable finance and verifiable computation. Its stack includes NexusEVM, NexusCore financial execution engines, NexusBFT consensus, and a distributed Compute Network that proves execution. Nexus also operates the Nexus Exchange, a spot and perpetual-futures venue live on testnet and in development toward production, alongside the planned USDX native settlement currency. Its primary users include smart-contract developers, traders, financial applications, and autonomous agents.
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About the Role
You will design and implement performance-critical components for a decentralized exchange engine and protocol runtime using Rust C++ or Go. You will build low-latency pipelines for order execution event propagation and state updates while optimizing concurrency scheduling memory layout and I/O paths. You will investigate bottlenecks through profiling tracing and benchmarking and help establish standards for reliable correct and high-assurance distributed execution. Depending on your experience you may also influence system architecture and mentor other engineers.
Requirements
- Strong experience with Rust C++ Go or another systems programming language
- Understanding of high-performance or distributed systems
- Ability to reason about execution flows concurrency models resource lifecycles and system invariants
- Practical experience profiling CPU memory and synchronization overhead
- Comfort working with critical performance determinism and resilience constraints
- Excellent spoken and written Business English
Responsibilities
- Design and implement high-performance components in Rust C++ or Go
- Build low-latency pipelines for order execution event propagation and state updates
- Optimize concurrency scheduling memory layout and I/O paths
- Contribute to execution abstractions that may become protocol primitives
- Ensure safety composability and consensus compatibility
- Investigate performance bottlenecks using profiling tracing and benchmarking
- Define standards for reliability correctness and high-assurance distributed execution
- Drive system design decisions and mentor engineers as a senior or principal candidate
Benefits
- Remote work