Andalusia Labs is powered by a nimble and impactful team with deep expertise in building massively scalable software systems, AI, fintech, and blockchain products at Coinbase, Google, AWS, Microsoft, Twitter, Social Capital, Goldman Sachs, and High-Frequency Trading Firms.

Andalusia Labs is backed by Coinbase, Mubadala (Abu Dhabi Sovereign Wealth Fund), Lightspeed, Bain Capital, Pantera Capital, Framework Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Proof Group, Nima Capital, Naval Ravikant, Arthur Hayes, as well as founders, general partners, and executives from globally leading organizations like Founders Fund, Google, and Coinbase, among many others.

Overview
We are looking for a talented and driven Applied Cryptographer who is passionate about cryptographic protocols and their application to blockchains. As an Applied Cryptographer, you will research, implement, and improve critical components of the blockchain. You will work closely with the founders, engineers, and other cross-functional partners to bring new products and business lines to market. This is an amazing opportunity offering you the ability to learn new technical skills in blockchain and work with an amazing team of engineers.

Responsibilities

Define cryptography principles and best practices within the Karak blockchain and ecosystem
Establish cryptographic standards by writing Karak Improvement Protocols (KIPs)
Evaluate cryptographic libraries for their safety and performance.
Design, implement, maintain, and audit cryptographic schemes, such as signature schemes, authenticated data structures, secret sharing, distributed pseudo-random functions, and zero-knowledge proofs
Participate in discussions from the initial product ideas to launch
Understand, build, and help optimize financial algorithms

Requirements

MA/MS or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
5+ years of systems programming experience working with at least one of these languages (Rust, Solidity, Python, C++)
Deep understanding of modern cryptography primitives, such as signature schemes, authenticated data structures, secret sharing, distributed pseudo-random functions, and zero-knowledge proofs
Deep understanding of distributed systems, data structures, algorithms, and software design
Excellent ability to write easily digestible technical documentation and specifications
Highly autonomous, ability to design and develop software with minimal guidance
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and across the product engineering stack
Clear written and verbal communication

Nice To Have

Experience working on open-source projects
Experience building on EVM, Solana, or Cosmos
Experience in algorithmic trading or understanding of traditional finance primitives
Founded a company
Experience working with startups