Staff Cryptography Engineer, Post-Quantum Ready

SoFi; Cottonwood Heights (UT); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

SoFi is seeking a Staff Cryptography Engineer to drive post-quantum cryptography readiness and long-term cryptographic resilience across the enterprise. You will oversee cryptographic inventories, key management programs, and secure implementations while partnering with security, engineering, and product teams.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, architectural judgment, and the ability to translate complex crypto concepts into actionable roadmaps for technical and non-technical

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in security engineering or related discipline.
• Experience with post-quantum cryptography, crypto-agility, or cryptographic migration planning.
• Hands-on cryptography expertise with algorithms, protocols, and enterprise-grade implementations like PKI programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts to assess and improve enterprise cryptographic posture, focusing on post-quantum preparedness and crypto-agility.
• Build and maintain an inventory of cryptographic assets, including keys, certificates, algorithms, protocols, libraries, and services.
• Partner with product, engineering, infrastructure, cloud, and security teams to identify cryptographic dependencies and prioritize remediation or migration needs.
• Provide deep technical guidance on SSL/TLS, PKI, certificates, key management, encryption, and secure protocol usage.
• Define and document cryptographic standards, design patterns, review gates, and implementation guidance for teams.
• Evaluate cryptographic risks, including quantum-resistant migration, algorithm deprecation, and certificate lifecycle management.

Skills

Post-quantum crypto

Crypto-agility

Applied cryptography

SSL/TLS, mTLS, PKI

HSMs, KMS, secrets management

Cloud security

Security architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, mathematics, or related field

Tools

HSMs

KMS

PKI programs

Job description

SoFi is seeking a Staff Cryptography Engineer to drive post-quantum cryptography readiness and long-term cryptographic resilience across the enterprise. You will oversee cryptographic inventories, key management programs, and secure implementations while partnering with security, engineering, and product teams.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, architectural judgment, and the ability to translate complex crypto concepts into actionable roadmaps for technical and non-technical