Senior Specialist - Applied Cryptography Engineer

Senior Specialist - Applied Cryptography Engineer


Applied Cryptography Engineer


Nasdaq's Crypto Team is seeking an Applied Cryptography Engineer to work on our new digital assets custody solution to bring institutional grade security, scalability, and compliance to the exciting cryptocurrency domain. You will be a founding member of the team and have a chance to shape our architecture, tech stack, and engineering culture. You will also gain first-hand experience building for Web3 and help realize our multi-year digital assets and decentralized finance (DeFi) strategy. We are looking for someone who is eager to learn, biased for action, and comfortable juggling multiple roles. So take the Red Pill and join us to create the next billion dollar opportunity for Nasdaq!


What You Will Do


Support and optimize our multi-party computation (MPC) protocol implementation
Support and optimize our threshold signing implementation
Build and optimize our crypto wallet application


What You Will Need to Succeed


Behaviors
Learn and be Curious - eager to learn new skills, be curious about new possibilities, and act to explore them
Biased for Action - move fast and take calculated risks
Take Ownership - never say "that's not my job"
Dive Deep - stay connected to the details and be skeptical when metrics and anecdote differ. No task is beneath you because the details impact the strategy
Low Ego - demonstrate the maturity to listen and empathize with opposing opinions. Focus on helping the team deliver on the mission
Skills
Familiar with Go
Familiar with elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC)
Familiar with Threshold Signature Schemes (TSS)
Familiar with Multi-party Computation (MPC)


Nice to Have Skills


Experience with building crypto wallet application for Bitcoin and/or Ethereum
Familiar with Elliptic Curve Signatures (ECDSA) and Secp256k1
Familiar with generating zero-knowledge proofs
Familiar with iOS Secure Enclave
Familiar with AWS KMS and CloudHSM


Come as You Are


Nasdaq is an equal opportunity employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, color, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.


We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.


Apply online: http://nasdaqinc.contacthr.com/109704022