Cryptographic Software Engineer
You'll directly contribute to advanced research efforts in data security, generating and evaluating new data privacy solutions, supporting product teams with security expertise, and solving complex cryptography-related challenges. You'll conduct novel research in the field, combining intellectual curiosity with practical, results-driven work that builds on existing knowledge to produce actionable benefits for end users.
Responsibilities
- Develop an original research agenda and directions, and perform independent analysis of products using cryptographic mechanisms
- Contribute to ongoing projects
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team to ensure seamless integration and alignment of solutions with goals and best practices, and participate in implementation
- Design and implement cryptographic technologies and algorithms
- Communicate with subject matter experts and adopt innovations
- Stay at the forefront of emerging cryptography trends, technologies, and best practices, and apply this knowledge to enhance data protection strategies
- Provide expertise and guidance in cryptography, data security and privacy, encryption and adjacent areas for products
- Build resilient and scalable architecture, driving innovation and cost efficiency
Requirements
- Qualified software/cryptographic engineer with multi-year distributed ledger experience
- Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
- Well versed in data governance, quality, semantics, health data topics and related data transformation including methods of de-identification and privacy preserving analytics and computing
- In depth expertise in cryptographic design and analysis, cryptographic protocols, fully homomorphic encryption, encryption standards, secure computing, privacy-enhancing technologies
- Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating security risks and vulnerabilities
- Programming experience in Java, C/C++, or Python
- Knowledge of AWS, Azure, or GCP and Docker or Kubernetes
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
- Understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- 5+ years of experience with security, encryption, architecture, and design
- Experience with encryption and decryption within AI and LLM environments
- Experience with fully homomorphic encryption
- Masters/PhD or equivalent education and experience in Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field
Benefits
- Performance-dependent bonuses including commission from funding raised
- Vesting in the form of tokens
- Access to personal networks and prestigious memberships of the company, its advisors and the CEO
- Paid invitations to conferences or business events in global tech and finance hotspots