Explore. Build. Learn. Repeat.
Teams are tiny, ownership is real, and your work shows up in P&L.
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Life at Nascent
We invest in our people by providing the autonomy to build, coupled with accountability and honest feedback to help learn, grow, perform, and win.
What to expect
Where we work
Nascent benefits
Application Process
What to expect
Day-0 keys to models, data, and compute
2-pizza squads with end-to-end ownership
Agents/evals in the loop across research, ops, and risk
Decision SLA <24 hours; default-yesbias
Environments
As a distributed team, we are hyper focused on culture and heavily invest in creating the environments and conditions we need to win.
Perks
More than perks: fuel for performance, balance, and growth.
Freedom & Flexibility
- Flexible Vacation: Take time off on your schedule, as much as needed, with support to keep your role fluid.
- Home Office Setup & Monthly Stipend: A one-time $1,000 setup for desks, chairs, and equipment, with no laptop spending cap. Monthly $200 stipend for internet and phone, or full coworking space coverage.
- Work from Anywhere: Flexibility to work whenever and wherever, encouraging productivity on each team member's terms.
- Health & Wellness Stipend: Up to $2,000 annually for gym memberships, personal training, massages, telehealth subscriptions, and more.
Foundations
- Paid Family Leave: Up to 16 weeks fully paid for all parents, with flexible return options.
- 3 days of childcare support provided each quarter.
- Comprehensive employer sponsored Health & Dental Plans in all regions we operate.
- Retirement Savings Plans: 401(k) matching in the US, Canadian retirement plans, and pension options globally via Papaya.
- Performance Bonus: Annual performance-based bonus considering individual, strategy, and organizational results.
Competition + Curiosity
- Build, explore, and compete with some of the most talented minds in the industry. We have a heavy focus on games, and run an internal prediction market and some sort of game at pretty much every all team event.
- Upskill on Us: No cap on learning and development expenses, supporting courses, conferences, and skill-building to spark innovation.
- Travel & Company Retreats: Yearly team retreats, with additional support for in-person collaboration or conference attendance.
Application Process
Our recruitment process is designed to help us attract and select the most competitive and curious minds. We do our best to balance gathering all of the information we need while respecting your time, energy and efforts.
Think of the application questions as an extension of your resume – we genuinely review each one! For some roles, we may ask you to meet with an AI interview assistant in lieu of cover letter and application questions.
These interviews are generally a bit more technical in nature, but generally do not involve any specific preparation.
This is generally a series of interviews with 1-2 team members. The team will ask you a combination of interest and motivation as well as technical questions.
You'll meet with someone on our People Team, to help us better understand your interests and skills in relation to the role. We'll answer any questions you have about the team, life at Nascent and the next steps.
Our assessments mirror real-world challenges you'll face at Nascent. We know this can be a big ask, and do our best to keep it reasonable and try to make them a little fun as well.
The last step in our process is the offer. Prior to offer we'll ask for 2-3 references and complete them. We complete background checks for all team members. Your recruiter will have prepared you for the offer and shared details on compensation and benefits earlier in the process.
Interviewing
A fast, human-backed interview loop that gets the signal we need while respecting your time and energy.
Preparing for Alex.ai
Conversational. Technical. Human-backed.
A video-first conversational interviewer that scales follow-ups to your expertise so you’re never capped by an interviewer. Explain, reason, or prototype out loud while Alex probes — sessions are recorded and reviewed by our team and used only for hiring.
What candidates can expect
- 25 min video session with role-aligned prompts and adaptive follow-ups.
- Dynamic assessment of reasoning, communication, and role-relevant criteria.
- Human review of responses and live team interviews in subsequent rounds.
Games & Cognitive Assessments
Small tests. Big signal.
Short, time-boxed exercises that surface the core cognitive skills that predict fast learning and repeatable judgment: numerical agility, pattern recognition, probabilistic thinking, and decision speed. Scores are one input among many and only used where predictive for the role.
What candidates can expect
- 15 min quantitative and logical exercises.
- Transparent scoring and role-relevance guidance.
Behavioral Interviewing
Show, don’t tell — real examples that matter.
As a high-performance org, we hire for ownership, fast feedback, and measurable impact — and these conversations are a two-way chance to confirm fit.
What candidates can expect
- 30–45 min conversations built around concrete examples (impact, trade-offs, outcomes).
- Questions designed to surface decision-making, learning, and collaboration style.
- Time for you to probe role specifics, cultural fit, and team expectations
Current Openings
Frontend Application Engineer
Data Engineer, Quantitative Data Acquisition
Software Engineer, Trading and Portfolio Analytics
We are an equal opportunity employer and celebrate diversity and differences of perspectives. We do not discriminate on the basis of any status, inclusive of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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