Cryptography Engineer (Netherlands)

In today's world, where data spreads across various clouds and devices, traditional security measures aren't enough. Businesses need a dynamic approach to defend against constant cyber threats and ensure agile data security. Fortanix leads the way in data-centric cybersecurity for hybrid multicloud environments, using advanced cryptography, encryption, and confidential AI solutions.

As data breaches become more frequent and traditional defenses fall short, we focus on data exposure management to keep your information safe. Our unified data security platform addresses vulnerabilities in hybrid multicloud environments, defends against threats, and makes it easier to discover, assess, and fix data exposure risks. Whether implementing a Zero Trust model or preparing for the post-quantum computing era, we help businesses worldwide protect their most sensitive data, wherever it is.

Our commitment to solving the world’s toughest data security challenges has earned Fortanix multiple Cybersecurity Excellence and Innovation Awards, as well as recognition from industry giants such as NVIDIA, Microsoft, Intel, ServiceNow, and Snowflake.

Our team includes industry leaders and cryptography experts, creating a culture of trust, innovation and collaboration where every voice is valued. Recognized as a Great Place to Work, we're looking for passionate individuals to help us shape the future of data security and work towards a safer digital future.

Fortanix is looking for a Cryptography Software Engineer based in Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands with at least 3+ years of experience in Cryptography. The ideal person will have experience developing in Rust, C/C++,and/or Golang with a track record of delivering quality software.

What you’ll do (Duties and Responsibilities): 

• Contribute to a friendly and helpful company culture

• Exhibit uncompromising integrity

• Pay attention to detail, understand and make well-reasoned design decisions and tradeoffs

• Think critically about complex technical challenges

• Implement and integrate new algorithms and maintain production-ready cryptography code in Rust, C/C++, Golang with secure cryptography APIs

• Analyze state-of-the-art attacks and implement side-channel mitigations

• Participate in peer code reviews

• Research, document and educate on new/existing cryptographic algorithms

• Help deploy, monitor, and tune the performance of our software

• Analyze existing designs

Requirements:
What you’ll need (Basic Qualifications)

• At least 3+ years of professional experience as a backend software engineer with contributions to cryptography

• Hands on programming experience in Rust, C/C++ and/or Golang

• Hands on experience working in Linux environment

• A Masters in Cryptography or a related field, or equivalent training or work experience

• You currently reside in the EU and have a valid EU work permit

Preferred Technical And Professional Expertise

• Have Security experience (Crypto, Key Management, PKI)

• Familiarity with git, containers, orchestration tools, NoSQL databases

Benefits:
• We offer a competitive salary and equity package
• Pension with company contribution
• Quarterly recharge days
• 40 hours of Volunteer Time Off/year
• The opportunity to redefine cloud computing in a friendly, collaborative work environment.

Fortanix is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace with equal opportunity for all applicants and teammates. Our goal is to recruit the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool regardless of race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other status. If you’re interested in working in a fast growing, exciting working environment – we encourage you to apply!