**About Us**
Axiom is using zero knowledge proofs to scale smart contract applications in a
new way. [Our recent V2 release on mainnet
](https://blog.axiom.xyz/v2-mainnet/)allows smart contracts to compute over
the entire history of Ethereum in a fully trustless way. This is critical
infrastructure to help blockchain applications scale and will empower
developers to build novel decentralized applications with the power of ZK.
We are a small but incredibly strong team backed by the [best investors in
crypto](https://blog.axiom.xyz/funding/). We’re looking for exceptional people
who are excited to work on challenging and impactful problems in a fast-paced
environment. Our office is in NYC and working in person in NY is our strong
preference, but we're open to remote candidates as well.
**The Role**
We are looking for a **senior backend engineer** to join a startup using zero-
knowledge proofs to scale smart contract applications. You will be responsible
for building Rust-based rollup nodes and sequencers to deliver zero-knowledge
proof based products on-chain. Your work will require designing secure and
efficient systems and making design choices to enable rapid development
without sacrificing security.
We are looking for someone with strong engineering design skills, a security
mindset, and the ability to design and implement blockchain protocols. We also
value the ability to make pragmatic technology choices which empower our small
team.
**Who you are**
* You are fluent in Rust, C++, or a similarly performant backend language. We work primarily in Rust.
* You have experience deploying and monitoring high uptime applications to production in the cloud using orchestration and containerization (Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes).
* You have experience working within a large production codebase.
* You are extremely detail oriented and have a security mindset.
* You’re a clear communicator and value collaboration.
* You have a bias towards action and extremely strong work ethic.
**Bonuses**
* You have experience working with blockchain nodes like Geth, Reth, or similar.
* You have experience with low-level details of Ethereum.
* You have experience working in an adversarial or security critical environment.
**Why work with us**
* You’ll be working on groundbreaking tech that has the potential to be a key piece of infrastructure for the crypto industry
* You’ll receive a competitive salary with equity
* You will work with and receive mentorship from an exceptional team
**Our Team**
Our founders Yi Sun and Jonathan Wang met while studying math at Harvard and
have been working on ZK since early 2022. Together, they wrote some of the
most performant ZK circuits for elliptic curve cryptography and Ethereum data
reads before starting Axiom.
Before Axiom, Yi researched probability and machine learning as a professor at
UChicago Statistics and did a math PhD at MIT. He was an advisor for Gauntlet
and Scroll and worked at an HFT startup from inception to profitable trading.
Jonathan published number theory research in top math journals and did a math
PhD at UChicago.
The rest of our small but incredibly strong team includes alums of Coinbase,
Snap, Neon, Kernel, and Google and IMO and IPhO winners. We look forward to
working with you!
