Compensation

Competitive

Remote within

Timezones

GMT (-5/+4 hours)

Contract type

Full time

Remote working

Technologies & frameworks

Cryptography
C++
Applied Cryptography
encryption
Blockchain
Rust
homomorphic encryption
cryptographic validation
C/C++

Benefits & perks

Paid sick days
Pension
Performance bonus
Promote from within
Committed to a diverse team
Paid time off
100% remote working
Tokens
Learning & development
Health insurance - us employees
Healthcare stipend - uk & ireland employees
No call fridays
Company meetups

Be an engineer, an architect, an applied cryptographer, and a leader for a Special Project (under N.D.A.)

Role overview

As a Principal Architect in Applied Cryptography at IOG, you must be an engineer, an architect, an applied cryptographer, and a leader - it’s a multifaceted role. You have the exciting challenge of working with bleeding-edge research and technology, always with a focus on the market's needs. You will be a leader of an exceptional team, working on everything from Post-Quantum prototypes to hand-optimization of existing primitives to completely new products. To support you on this challenge, we have software architects, product managers, project managers, formal methods specialists, and QA test engineers, with whom you must have high bandwidth communications.

Your mission

Champion the applied cryptography team
Captain end-to-end development and delivery of new products
Spearhead prototyping of cryptographic products
Translate research into rigorous engineering specifications and implementations
Meticulously review cryptographic protocols and proposed primitives
Contribute to industry standards and operational best practices
Identify where the business needs to be next and get it there.

Requirements

Your expertise

A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Applied Mathematics is desirable but not essential
A minimum of 4-5 years development experience (professional or otherwise) in the required language (C, Rust, Scala)
Experience working with Git and version control
Knowledge of functional and object-oriented programming paradigms
Expert knowledge of applied cryptographic engineering & best practices
Expert knowledge of both asymmetric and symmetric primitives with cryptographic signing systems
Expert knowledge of Elliptic Curve crypto-systems
Expert knowledge of ZK protocols, Multi-Party Computation (MPC)
Familiarity with blockchain cryptography and constructions
Practical experience with implementation of cryptographic primitives
Expert in terms of secure design (constant time, operational security, management of key material)
Security sensibility related to cryptographic implementation
Good theoretical cryptography and mathematical knowledge
Ability to read cryptographic papers, explain them, and manage delivery of their implementation
Ability to create and deliver public presentations about our solutions
Knowledge of pairing-based cryptography is a bonus.

Benefits

Location

IOG is a fully distributed organization and therefore this is a remote position. Due to team distribution we are ideally searching for someone in an EST or GMT time zone for this role.

All Colleagues

Flexible schedule
Remote work - ability to work anywhere
Laptop reimbursement
New starter package to buy hardware essentials (headphones, monitor, etc)
Learning & Development Opportunities
Competitive PTO and Sick Leave plan

US Employees

Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits coverage through Anthem with 100% premium cost covered by IO Global for the employee and dependents
Health Savings Account
Life Insurance

UK Employees

Monthly Health Stipend to use towards any wellness or medical coverage/service
Pension

IOHK

250+
Singapore

Founded in 2015, IO Global is one of the world’s pre-eminent blockchain research and engineering companies, best known for the Cardano blockchain platform. We are a fully decentralized, remote-working organization committed to the highest principles of academic rigour and evidence-based software development. The company builds high-assurance blockchain products for public and private sector clients. Our goal is simple – to fuel our drive to be best in class by giving you the opportunity, resources and support to deliver your finest work to date. You’ll work with some exceptionally talented and friendly individuals who are always open to new ideas and ways of working. IO Global is an advocate of decentralized remote working, with more than 700 people working in more than 60 countries. Everyone has a different skill set, a different culture, and is at a different stage in their life. We aim to make collaboration between diverse people fun, exciting, and always rewarding. Many companies say they ‘think outside the box’ – for IO Global it’s more, ‘we think outside the geography’.