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BTQ · 2 months ago

Applied Cryptographer

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$150K/yr - $250K/yr

BTQ is developing cutting-edge post-quantum secure hardware and is seeking a talented applied cryptographer. The role involves implementing high-performance cryptographic primitives and collaborating with the hardware team to enhance security capabilities.

BlockchainInformation TechnologyQuantum ComputingSoftware

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Implementing high-performance cryptographic primitives in accelerator code

C routines that wrap them

Tooling to efficiently produce machine code for those primitives

Unit and functional tests of your code

Demonstrating correctness and robustness

Working closely with the hardware team to develop new hardware capabilities and use them in code

Following the development of side-channel attacks against hardware and implementing software mitigations against them

Qualification

Cryptographic algorithmsPythonCC++Hardware securityPost-quantum cryptographyCompilersAssemblersASICsFPGAs

Required

BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Familiarity with standard cryptographic algorithms and families, including RSA, ECC, AES, SHA-2, and SHA-3

Experience implementing at least one modern cryptographic algorithm, like RSA, ECC, AES, SHA-2, SHA-3, CRYSTALS-Kyber, CRYSTALS-Dilithium

Background in Python and C or C++

Understanding of hardware implementations of cryptography on ASICs or FPGAs

To conform to US Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State