JPMorganChase · 19 hours ago
Principal Cybersecurity Architect - Blockchain
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$204K/yr - $285K/yr
5+ years expJPMorganChase is one of the oldest financial institutions, offering innovative financial solutions to a wide range of clients. They are seeking a Blockchain security specialist to lead efforts in their Digital Asset Security Group, focusing on threat identification, vulnerability assessment, and collaboration with cryptographers to enhance security in blockchain environments.
Asset ManagementBankingFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Proactively hunt for threats across blockchain networks, smart contract ecosystems, and infrastructure components in collaboration with our intelligence team
Perform ongoing threat intelligence, attack surface mapping, and exploit simulation on Ethereum, Bitcoin, Solana etc
Design and execute proof-of-concepts and demonstrations for both discovered vulnerabilities and proposed mitigations
Identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in smart contracts, wallets, bridges, and node infrastructure
Conduct security assessments and code reviews across Solidity, Rust and off-chain components
Partner with engineering and DevOps to secure CI/CD pipelines, API gateways and validator nodes
Collaborate with cryptographers to help evaluate readiness for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) transitions
Advise on secure deployment patterns, product launches, and security-by-design principles
Qualification
Required
5 to 10 years of experience in cybersecurity or blockchain security
Strong understanding of Ethereum, Solana and Bitcoin ecosystems (execution, consensus, infrastructure)
Proven experience in smart contract auditing (Solidity, Rust, Anchor framework)
Hands-on expertise in vulnerability research, exploits development, or PoC prototyping
Familiarity with threat hunting, attack simulation, and adversary emulation in blockchain environments
Preferred
Familiarity with MEV threats, bridge exploits, flash loan attacks and cross-chain vulnerabilities
Experience with security tooling (Mythril, Slither, Echidna, Foundry, Halmos etc.)
Knowledge of zk-SNARKS / zk-STARKs, MPC and threshold cryptography
Benefits
Comprehensive health care coverage
On-site health and wellness centers
A retirement savings plan
Backup childcare
Tuition reimbursement
Mental health support
Financial coaching
Company
JPMorganChase
With a history tracing its roots to 1799 in New York City, JPMorganChase is one of the world's oldest, largest, and best-known financial institutions—carrying forth the innovative spirit of our heritage firms in global operations across 100 markets.
10001+ employees
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Leadership Team
Allison Beer
CEO of Card Services and Connected Commerce
Dan Mendelson
CEO, Morgan Health
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