Tech Lead Engineer
Nexus operates an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain built for programmable and verifiable finance.
Maintainer signals as of 9/2/2026
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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
Own and evolve technical architecture across Rust services, Go infrastructure, and Next.js/TypeScript surfaces on Google Cloud. Write production code, align system boundaries across pods, lead design reviews, improve engineering practices, mentor engineers, translate ambiguous goals into technical plans, and communicate through design docs, RFCs, and post-mortems.
Requirements
- 5+ years building production software.
- 2+ years in an engineering leadership capacity such as tech lead, staff engineer, or architect.
- Deep hands-on proficiency in Rust, Go, Next.js, TypeScript, and Google Cloud.
- Experience designing and operating high-throughput, low-latency systems.
- Track record designing distributed, performance-sensitive systems.
- Strong judgment around code quality, testing strategy, abstractions, correctness, latency, throughput, and operability.
- Experience influencing technical direction and mentoring senior engineers.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
- Based in Latin America and able to overlap meaningfully with US Pacific hours.
- Embrace AI as a core part of how you work.
- Bonus: experience with web3 trading venues, crypto, zero-knowledge systems, open source, large-scale products, CI/CD, observability, on-call, or early-stage startups.
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve the technical architecture across Rust, Go, Next.js, TypeScript, and Google Cloud.
- Write production code in critical services, shared libraries, integrations, and load-bearing systems.
- Align system boundaries, interfaces, data models, and non-functional requirements across engineering pods.
- Lead design reviews and unblock teams on difficult technical decisions.
- Improve code review, testing, observability, on-call, and incident response practices.
- Mentor engineers, calibrate seniority, and develop technical leadership.
- Translate product and research goals into clear technical plans and sequenced execution paths.
- Write design documents, RFCs, and post-mortems.