Cryptography Engineer

The Valory Mission

Valory is building a network platform for developers to build novel decentralised applications which have radically different and superior off-chain components to facilitate uniquely autonomous services.

Crypto has hit a stumbling block in its march towards a decentralised and superior digital economy for the mainstream. Applications are either built as overly simplistic smart contract-based apps or as fully web2-based. This is because developers lack the substrate for building more dynamic, robust, and open applications.

That’s where we come in. We’re a team of world-class experts across multiple fields (including software engineers, researchers, and product), looking for talented individuals to help push crypto/blockchain services into the next frontier using agent-based systems. We’re robustly investment-backed, exiting stealth mode & keen to build a great community of builders and creators to turbocharge our trajectory.

Role

You are a talented cryptographer with a strong mathematical background who will implement, test, and audit the consensus and privacy portions of our agent-based off-chain systems. You will have the chance to work with some of the top scientists in this field on a unique stack with ambitious plans. You will:

• Assist in the design of cryptographic protocols, e.g. multi-sigs or privacy-preserving computation
• Write high quality, well-tested code
• Author detailed technical specifications
• Perform and participate in code reviews
• Keep up with new research in the space

Requirements

• Strong background in math / cryptography / information security with cryptography experience. (Although our current crypto team hold PhDs in their areas of expertise, we do not strictly require a formal academic degree. However, we do expect you to be able to conduct research and analyze scientific papers independently.)
• You find large challenges exciting and enjoy discovering problems as much as solving them
• Strong communication skills and ability to take an active role in technical discussions
• Experience with systems languages such as Golang, C/C++ or Rust
• Experience building software that is reusable, extensible, and modular
• Shared enthusiasm for our vision of blockchain technology and what multi-agent systems can bring to it
• Bonus: You have implemented a cryptographic protocol in a production setting
• Bonus: Experience with threshold cryptography
• Bonus: Deep understanding for blockchain technology
• Bonus: Knowledge of L2 scaling solutions
• Strong preference for time zone between Western Europe and India (UTC -2 to +6)

The Opportunity

• Generous salary ($95K - $150K) and equity compensation
• Remote (Valory is a fully distributed team from day one)
• Be a part of a unique and novel project which will push crypto forward and travel into whichever domains crypto goes – finance, media, data, identity, etc.
• You will be given an extra buffer on top of your salary which you can use for whichever benefits you need.
• You will work on a unique software stack and product with a team of world-class experts across multiple fields (multi-agent systems, cryptography, and economics).
• You will collaborate with teams across DeFi and our community of agent developers.
• You will redefine how developers build off-chain services in DeFi and long into crypto’s future.

Equal opportunity

We are an equal opportunity workplace. We value all people, regardless of their gender, ethnicity, age, ability, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to promoting equality of opportunity.

We respect the wishes of individuals to protect their anonymity online and encourage individuals who operate under pseudonyms to apply.

Contact

You can reach us at [email protected].