Zero Knowledge Researcher

Our client is building an end-to-end privacy protocol for digital assets which can be deployed in a compliant way on any public blockchain. They have ambitious plans to provide financial privacy and give economic freedom to people and institutions, in a compliant way.

They are looking to expand our team with extraordinary individuals who share their core values in financial privacy and freedom. Successful applicants will join an experienced and dynamic international team with a cumulative experience of 46 years in the Blockchain industry, 66 years in Finance, and 40+ years in Cryptography.

They are recruiting an experienced Zero Knowledge Research Engineer to join its team of experienced developers. You should have a passion for blockchain technology and fundamentally believe in the importance of bringing privacy into the blockchain space, with a drive to join a solution-oriented team.

Responsibilities

• Perform research and engineering on cryptographic protocols in the privacy space
• Working with a team of cryptographers and practitioners on a blockchain-based privacy protocol which interacts with the DeFi space and also provides elements of compliance with financial regulations
• Focus on zero knowledge schemes which provide privacy and compliance

Role will consist of approximately 75% research and 25% engineering

Requirements

• Masters or Ph.D. in cryptography or a closely related field
• Be able to prototype protocols/schemes/algorithms in one or more relevant programming languages
• Be familiar with the blockchain and DeFi space
• 3+ years of software engineering experience
• General understanding of full-stack system architecture
• Have a thorough approach and be committed to high quality output
• Have prior research/code already published in the space
• Experienced with remote collaboration (video conferencing, collaborative design and coding etc.)
• Be comfortable working both independently and as part of a larger team on a fast-paced project
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• A proactive, self-driven approach and entrepreneurial, problem-solving mindset
• Able to proactively identify which activities can benefit the project the most in the shortest period of time, communicate, and execute on their ideas without needing to be micromanaged