Backend Engineer (Contract) - Remote

Overview

Nexus is innovating at the intersection of artificial intelligence, blockchain, and zero-knowledge cryptography to build a Layer 1 for the AI era. Our team of world-leading experts is developing the Nexus Layer 1 blockchain, Nexus zkVM, and other breakthrough products with the goal of creating a verifiable financial world.

In Short

• We’re expanding our backend engineering team in Latin America.
• Design and deliver the infrastructure behind Nexus’s Layer 1 and its native DEX.
• Build systems for verifiable trading, settlement, and financial data.
• Collaborate with protocol, product, and frontend teams remotely.
• Contract position for 12 months with potential for extension.
• Work with Node.js and Rust.
• Develop APIs and data pipelines.
• Optimize performance across distributed systems.
• Write clean, well-tested code.
• Excellent communication skills in Business English required.

Requirements

• Strong experience developing backend systems in Node.js, Rust, or similar languages.
• Proficiency with PostgreSQL, Prisma, or equivalent data stores.
• Understanding of API design and performance optimization.
• Experience with distributed systems or blockchain.
• Excellent communication skills in Business English.

Benefits

• Build backend systems for the Layer 1 for Verifiable Finance.
• Collaborate with experts across blockchain, AI, and financial infrastructure.
• Shape a verifiable, transparent, global trading system.
• Thrive in a fast-moving, high-impact engineering environment.