We’re looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated engineer to help us build the verifiable Internet. As a core team member, you will gain ownership over our web products, as well as the ability to influence the creation, design, and execution of future products.
You will be responsible for ensuring a consistent, high-quality user experience across prover and protocol interfaces, data-heavy analytics pages, and more.
The following information provides an overview of the skills, qualities, and qualifications needed for this role.
About Nexus
The Nexus Project is a scientific and engineering effort bringing truth to the field of computation. We’re enabling bringing to life a new form of compute : verifiable computation, powered by open science and open-source software so it can benefit everyone.
Our work aims to bring to life decades of advancements in zero-knowledge cryptography, achieved by many scientists, engineers, and mathematicians, into a single software system.
Nexus raised $25M in Series A funding, co-led by Lightspeed and Pantera, with participation from Dragonfly, SV Angel and more.
Our team consists of some of the world's top cryptographers, mathematicians, and engineers, all working together with one goal : to unite the world's computers and prove humanity's computations.
We are headquartered at the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, and this role will be in-person, with the rest of the Nexus team.
Responsibilities
- Rapidly implement functional UI elements from design mocks, with an eye toward performance and accessibility
- Know when to create abstractions vs. one-off features
- Ensure that components are functional, elegant, performant, and mobile-friendly
- Understand when and how to run UI tests
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- At least 3 years of experience with web application frameworks such as React or Flutter
- Experience developing web applications using strongly typed languages such as TypeScript or Dart
- A deep understanding of the architecture of modern client-side web applications
- Prior experience working with component libraries or design teams in user-facing applications
- A desire to keep up with modern best practices in web development
Nice to Have
- Prior experience creating a design system or component library
- Familiarity with NextJS and Vercel
- Familiarity with the web3 frontend stack (ethers.js, web3.js)
- Degree in computer science
- Love for science and computation : )
Benefits
- Competitive salary and generous equity compensation
- Health insurance for employees and their dependents
- Lunch and dinner provided at the office
- Company-paid travel to events and conferences
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