Informal Systems is hiring a
Blockchain Security Architect

Summary

The job is for a Blockchain Security Architect at Cosmos, a remote-first company with a presence in North America and Europe. The role involves leading security audits, conducting comprehensive security assessments of blockchain systems, providing expert advice to clients, and staying updated with the latest blockchain security threats. The company offers benefits such as paid vacation, remote work, flexible hours, home-office stipend, annual company retreats, and parental leave.

Requirements

• Educational and research background in distributed computing, information security, formal verification, or comparable. Ideally you hold a PhD or equivalent experience in one of these domains
• Software engineering experience related to complex distributed systems, either on the design, implementation or the testing side
• Experience with app-chain blockchain frameworks, in particular for Cosmos
• Strong programming skills; experience with Golang, Rust or Solidity is a plus
• Ability to lead audit projects from a technical and management perspective
• Passionate about correctness
• Familiarity with modern infrastructure tools and testing approaches
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen eye for detail
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, to clearly convey complex security concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement security audits for clients by leading a team of auditors through the audit, defining an audit strategy, conducting a threat analysis and ensuring the coverage of the audit
• Lead comprehensive security assessments of blockchain systems, including reviewing architecture, code, and configuration to identify potential vulnerabilities and security risks
• Serve as an expert consultant to development teams to provide security recommendations and assist in implementing best practices for secure blockchain systems
• Stay up to date with the latest blockchain security threats, vulnerabilities, and industry trends to ensure our clients' systems are protected against emerging risks
• Participate in security incident response activities, conducting investigations, and providing remediation recommendations when necessary
• Lead the development and enhancement of internal security tools and methodologies for blockchain security assessments and audits

Benefits

• A unique, caring and friendly culture
• 25 days (5 weeks) of paid vacation annually, plus 3 Spiritual Days
• Company closure from December 25th to January 1
• Annual Lifestyle benefits (reimbursements for gym memberships, fitness equipment, etc)
• A remote-first, flexible work environment
• A home-office stipend to set you up for success
• Annual company retreats
• Paid parental leave