BlockFi is hiring a

Senior Engineer, Cryptographic Systems

BlockFi is looking for a Senior Engineer, Cryptographic Systems to join our growing team!

About Your Team

At BlockFi, our Security Team works across the entire spectrum of technologies and products that power our business, protecting over ~$10B in value.

This is a unique role that reports into the entire Security Team and will be focused on solving complex, in-house problems, often where off the shelf solutions do not exist. The Security Team is largely remote, working across timezones and prides itself on being solutions-focused. While facing incredibly complex threats in an ever-change security landscape, BlockFi has continued to thrive and needs the right tools built by passionate and energetic people.

Your Mission

As a Senior Engineer on the Security Team, you’ll be a part of a team that directly impacts work across our core functions: security operations and incident response, threat intelligence, red team, and fraud and risk. Much of what we need needs to be built and much of what we have needs to be refined. The Special Projects team is the go-to team that serves as the primary technical execution arm for the Chief Security Officer for the firm’s most sensitive projects. Navigating complex technical problems and providing insight, technical direction, and technical execution will be your day-to-day. The ability to build a solid working relationship with our core product engineering team and others including compliance and legal is a must.

Responsibilities:

• Design, architect and build back-end and underlying cryptographic protocols to secure digital assets
• Lead a team of engineers in successfully developing cryptographic systems for the safekeeping of client assets
• Work at the intersection of cryptographers and engineers to help implement cryptographic concepts into production systems
• Implement quality and performance modules
• Develop and test proprietary software with a Security focus
• Focus on security, high availability, performance, and compliance

Your Expertise

• Possess knowledge of cryptography concepts relevant to crypto assets as well as those leveraged to custody crypto assets
• Possess knowledge of programming languages used for blockchain development and experience in cryptography
• Knowledge of cryptography and blockchain protocols
• Knowledge of best practices and blockchain data management and protection
• B.S. degree in CS or related area, MS preferred
• Applied development experience in custody, crypto assets, and/or blockchain
• Experience working across production environments at any scale
• Applied cryptography experience
• Experience with Openssl/TLS API; threading and socket programming in Linux, HSMs, and PKCS #11
• Strong knowledge of object oriented programming
• Experience in back-end development, algorithms, and data structures
• Experience with multi-party computation (MPC) & HSMs
• Solid understanding of Linux OS with strong knowledge of object oriented programming; specifically high-level languages such as python, Go, and node.js, C, C++, Rust and Bash

Bonus Points for:

• Applied experience in developing production grade MPC libraries
• Applied experience in developing custody solutions for digital assets
• PhD with research topic focused on MPC or other related area

Your Perks:

We benefit from the great work our employees do each day. That is why we are committed to providing a variety of awesome benefits to help them live their best lives.

• Competitive salary because we value your experience and expertise
• Unlimited vacation / sick days because everyone deserves time for R&R
• Employer contribution towards health coverage (including vision & dental) because your physical health and well-being is important to us
• Various fringe benefits such as 401k, Parental Leave, FSA/HSA, and Employee Assistance Programs because health coverage is more than just choosing your yearly plan
• Flexible work environment because we are a geographically dispersed team and we believe in balance
• Pet insurance because all of your beloved family members should have coverage too
• Weekly lunch stipend because there is such a thing as a free lunch!
• A close-knit team of enthusiastic, collegial and driven people to work alongside in a highly meritocratic environment because teamwork makes the dreamwork

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