Cryptography Analyst

August 6, 2020

Cryptography Analyst

Join our Cryptography Services team!

Our assurance team reviews exclusively low-level, high-assurance software in the finance, tech, defense, and blockchain industries.
Our evaluations allow our clients to make informed decisions about risk to their systems, and what security-relevant modifications may be necessary for a secure deployment.
Using our custom tools and unique expertise, we serve as a knowledgeable, dedicated adversary to identify the vulnerabilities that otherwise go undetected.
In addition to providing recommendations that improve resistance to attack, we seek to deliver application-specific and industry-leading security engineering tools that embody the results of our assessments.

Role Description

As a cryptography analyst, you will be a part of a small, dynamic team that both engineers and reviews mission-critical cryptographic code.
On any given day, you may be helping a client ensure their implementation of a novel cryptographic scheme is air-tight, collaborating with academics to bring their cutting edge ideas into reality, or developing new cryptanalysis tools.
Since our team is small, you will own everything you do, and play a key role in conceiving of new projects.
If you discover a gap in the open-source cryptography community, we will help secure funding to develop it through our close relationships with academics and government research agencies.
We are language agnostic, though we currently are using C++, Python, and Haskell.

Requirements

Experienced with applied cryptography and cryptanalysis
Sufficient math background to read relevant academic research
Familiar with the Git (and Github) workflow for development
Proficient in one or more programming languages. In order of preference: C++, C, Rust, Go, or Python. Bonus points if you have Haskell experience.
Clear communicator and quick to participate in deep technical discussions
Highly self-motivated and able to drive new projects
Attracted to learning new technologies
Able to communicate complex technical material to clients and funding agencies
Adept at writing. We highly encourage all engineers to get regular face-time with customers, to write company blog posts about their accomplishments, and to deliver presentations to the technical community.

Benefits

Our workforce is 50% remote. Many employees choose to work from home. As long as you keep delivering good work, we keep our hands off your personal style and let you manage your work day as you work best.
Liberal expense policy for acquiring the equipment and software that help you do your job. If we need hardware, we buy it. Everyone has rack space and corporate cards.
We can tell you exactly what projects you’ll work on and the people you’ll work with. If it’s not what you want, no need to initiate a lateral transfer, we can shift your work without an issue.
Every year, we pay for the best in conference training, technical training, and managerial classes for our team. Everyone is encouraged to identify additional opportunities for personal professional growth.
We routinely highlight the work our employees are specifically paid to do via our blog, product offerings, and conference talks. We talk about more than just side projects.
We’re at the forefront of a number of markets and have the internal expertise and the ambition to capitalize on those opportunities. See your work in use and valued by many others.

Benefits for Eligible US Employees

Multiple generous health, vision, and dental insurance plans including no-monthly-premium options supporting individuals and families through JustWorks
Ancillary benefits including life and disability insurance, pre-tax commuter benefits, free Citi Bike membership, access to a HealthAdvocate, a healthcare Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and a free One Medical membership
3-4 months paid leave for new mothers and fathers
401k with 5% company matching through Betterment
Moving expenses: $5k one-time
Charitable donation matching up to $1,000
Bonuses for recruiting, public speaking, tool releases, blog posts, academic posters, proposals, and whitepapers, and end-of-year bonuses based on company, team, and personal performance
14 company holidays and four weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO)

Benefits for Eligible Canadian Employees

Premium health, vision, and dental insurance plans
Life/AD&D Insurance options, as well as short- and long-term disability insurance plans
RRSP plan with 5% company matching
Charitable donation matching up to USD$1000
Bonuses for recruiting, public speaking, tool releases, blog posts, academic posters, proposals, and whitepapers, and end-of-year bonuses based on company, team, and personal performance
14 company holidays including provincial statutory holidays and select US holidays
2 weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO) and 2 weeks of sick time per year