Backend Engineer (Contract, Mexico City)

About Nexus

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.

Nexus has raised $25M in Series A funding from Lightspeed, Pantera, Dragonfly, SV Angel, and more.

• Location: Remote (commutable distance to Mexico City)
• Type: Contract

Duration: 12 months with potential for extension

The Role

We’re expanding our backend engineering team in Latin America to design and deliver the infrastructure behind Nexus’s Layer 1 and its native DEX. As a Backend Engineer, you’ll build the systems and services that make verifiable trading, settlement, and financial data possible — ensuring reliability, speed, and transparency at scale.

You’ll collaborate with protocol, product, and frontend teams in San Francisco while contributing remotely from Argentina or Mexico.

What You’Ll Do

• Design and build backend services in Node.js and Rust for Nexus’s Layer 1 and DEX.
• Develop APIs and data pipelines for trading, liquidity, and on-chain verification.
• Build and maintain blockchain infrastructure components (RPC endpoints, explorers, dev tools).
• Optimize performance and scalability across distributed systems.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers to define data contracts and API interfaces.
• Write clean, well-tested code that supports verifiable financial applications.

What We’Re Looking For

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

Bonus Points For

• Experience building or scaling financial systems (exchanges, payments, clearing).
• Familiarity with blockchain architectures, smart contracts, or consensus protocols.
• Exposure to DevOps tooling (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS).
• Experience in high-performance or low-latency system design.

Why Join Us

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