Protocol Security Engineer

Team and Responsibilities:

We are looking for an applied cryptographer or a cybersecurity professional with love for applied cryptography, and with experience in auditing and breaking cryptographic protocols to join our security team. The goal of the team is to secure a large codebase including:

• proving system backend library [Barretenberg]
• Zero Knowledge Proofs DSL [Noir]
• our [node software]
• our [Private Execution Environment] and much more

You will need to find potential security issues, write novel tooling and apply existing mechanisms to detect bugs, assist internal software teams and external contractors with audits.

Qualifications:

• Security experience in a software eng context (≥ 3 years)
• Industry (or large-project academic) programming experience in a low-level language (e.g., Rust or C++)
• Familiarity with applied cryptography and discrete mathematics (fields, elliptic curves)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills on technical topics
• Participation in CTFs in a cryptography role a plus
• Compiler development experience a huge plus
• Web Security experience a huge plus

What we offer:

• Flexible and remote work environment
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays annually
• Additional benefits include health insurance, retirement plans, and opportunities for professional development.
• Quarterly offsite travel for collaboration
• Events and conference budget
• An opportunity to work at the cutting edge of blockchain and FinTech with a world class cryptography and engineering team