Aptos Labs is hiring a
Software Engineer

Summary

Join our team as a cryptography researcher and engineer to help solve complex problems involving mathematics, establish standards and guidelines for safe use of cryptographic code, advance the state of cryptography within and outside Aptos. Define cryptography principles and best practices, establish cryptographic standards, evaluate libraries, design and implement cryptographic schemes, publish research work, and contribute across the Rust Blockchain code stack.

Requirements

• Prior experience in cryptography or security
• Experience programming in Rust, TypeScript (JavaScript), or Python
• Familiarity with smart contracts
• Ability to write technical documentation and specifications
• Fluent in English

Responsibilities

• Define cryptography principles and best practices within the Aptos blockchain and ecosystem
• Establish cryptographic standards by writing Aptos Improvement Protocols (AIPs)
• Evaluate cryptographic libraries for their safety and performance
• Design, implement, maintain and audit cryptographic schemes, such as signature schemes, authenticated data structures, secret sharing, distributed pseudo-random functions, and zero-knowledge proofs
• Publish research work to top conferences
• Contribute across the Rust Blockchain code stack, the Move framework, and many of the SDKs (e.g., Typescript, Python, Rust)
• Work closely with engineering and partner teams

Benefits

• 100% insurance premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents (US Employees)
• We will never ask you for payment of any kind during the application or onboarding process
• We will always communicate with you using our official company email domain
• We will never request your personal financial information, such as your social security number or bank account details, during the initial application stages or via email or a video/voice call when onboarding