Cryptography Engineer
European Tech RecruitAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Type
Full-time
Work setup
On-site
Experience
Mid
Posted
6 days ago
What engineering roles in crypto pay
209 salaries · our own dataMost engineering roles in crypto pay between $145k and $255k, with a median of $202k.
As a Cryptography Engineer at a fast-scaling semiconductor company, you will design, analyse and implement robust cryptographic solutions for next-generation hardware and software products. You join an engineering team where deep cryptographic expertise directly protects the security of cutting-edge systems.
What you'll do
- Design, develop and implement advanced cryptographic algorithms and protocols
- Identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in existing and proposed cryptographic algorithms and protocols
- Perform formal verification and develop formal security proofs for cryptographic algorithms and protocols
- Work closely with hardware and software engineering teams to integrate cryptographic solutions into system architectures
- Conduct rigorous security audits, code reviews and security analysis to support compliance with leading security assurance certifications
- Stay up to date with the latest cryptographic research, attacks and industry best practices, evaluating their potential impact on products
- Create and maintain detailed documentation covering cryptographic designs, specifications and security analyses
- Provide regular project updates, track progress against key milestones and identify potential risks at an early stage
What you bring
- A Master's or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Computer Engineering or a related discipline, with a focus on cryptography
- Strong expertise in cryptography, covering both classical and modern algorithms and protocols, including symmetric, asymmetric and post-quantum cryptography
- Proven experience implementing and maintaining cryptographic libraries
- Demonstrable experience with formal methods, formal verification and/or developing formal security proofs
- Strong mathematical foundations in Number theory, Complexity theory, Information theory, Probability theory, Abstract algebra and Formal analysis
