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Distributed Systems Engineer

Axiom - USA - original posting ->
Status
Open
Remote policy
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Employment type
Full-time
Salary
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Categories
Software Engineering
Tech
dockerkubernetesterraformcpprustsoftware
Source
jobicy-dev
First observed
2026-09-01 04:41 UTC
Last seen
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Source claims posted
2026-11-02 03:10 UTC
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What the posting says

About Us

Axiom is using zero-knowledge proofs to enable new types of verifiable and private software applications, starting with crypto and fintech. We are a small but incredibly strong team backed by the best investors in crypto. 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.

We recently released OpenVM, a performant and modular zkVM framework built for customization and extensibility. OpenVM allows developers to verify the correct execution of arbitrary computer programs in a flexible and performant way. We are building ZK-enabled products using OpenVM and supporting teams building on OpenVM.

The Role

We are looking for a distributed systems 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 2021. Together, they wrote some of the most performant ZK circuits for elliptic curve cryptography and Ethereum data reads before starting Axiom.

Before Axiom, Yi was a professor at UChicago Statistics and did a math PhD at MIT. He was previously an advisor for Gauntlet 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 Applied Intuition, Coinbase, Color, Neon, Google, and Perplexity as well as math / CS PhDs and IMO / IPhO / Codeforces winners. We look forward to working with you!

Quality

Completeness: 45%
Honesty: 70%

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