Staff Software Engineer San Francisco Seattle Anywhere on earth September 20, 2023 1:43 PM

Sunscreen; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a backend engineer to shape the engineering vision and build core cryptographic systems. This remote-first role offers competitive compensation, unlimited PTO, and opportunities for professional development at conferences. Candidates should have proficiency in C or Rust and a passion for cryptography.

Benefits

Unlimited PTO

Annual health and wellness budget

Medical/dental/vision insurance

1:1 charity donation match

Opportunity for travel to conferences

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a backend engineer; proficiency in C or Rust.
• Experience building products in tradfi or DeFi is a plus.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and leadership in engineering.

Responsibilities

• Define the engineering vision and design the core infrastructure.
• Contribute to a cryptographic system and zero-knowledge proof libraries.
• Mentor and develop other engineers while presenting work at conferences.

Skills

Backend engineering

Proficiency in systems programming languages

Experience in cryptography

Experience in tradfi or DeFi

Linear algebra

Discrete math

Job description

We believe private computation is the future. We're bringing private computation to all by making advanced cryptography (i.e. fully homomorphic encryption ) easy to use.

What you'll accomplish your 1st year here

You'll help define the engineering vision of our team

You'll contribute to the design and building of the core infrastructure of a new cryptographic system (such as working on a compiler and zero-knowledge proof library)

You'll become familiar wit h the latest advances in cryptography (and start contributing yourself!)

You'll have opportunities to present your work at conferences

You...

Believe everyone has the right to privacy

Think technology should be frictionless (documentation is important to you!)

Are comfortable with ambiguity and taking on a leadership role in engineering

Have significant experience as a backend engineer and/or proficiency in a systems programming language (such as C or Rust)

Have experience building products in tradfi (specifically with trading) or in DeFi

May be a bit rusty in linear algebra and discrete math but enjoyed these subjects when you studied them

Are excited to get your hands dirty learning new math and cryptography (with help of course!) ️

Look forward to collaborating with others

Are excited to develop and mentor other engineers

We offer...

A highly flexible, remote-first working environment

Unlimited PTO (we encourage you to take off at least 3 weeks/year)

Homecomings where we gather in one spot to meet each other and work together

Annual health and wellness budget ️

Medical/dental/vision insurance

1:1 charity donation match

Opportunity to travel to and present at conferences if desired (we hope you do!) ️

About Us

We're currently a team of 5.

We like exploring new parks (one of us has a golden retriever ), grabbing a coffee to read with a good book (preferably non-fiction), playing tennis, and volunteering in our free time!

How to Apply

Send an email over to [e-mail] to get the conversation started!