Protocol Security Engineer, Aztec Protocol
Privacy layer for Web3
Open for applications
Privacy layer for Web3
21-100 employees
Open for applications
21-100 employees
Company mission
Aztec's mission is to unleash the full potential of decentralized technologies by building an open, privacy-first network with no compromises.
Role
Who you are
- Security experience in a software eng context (≥ 3 years)
- Industry (or large-project academic) programming experience in a low-level language (e.g., Rust or C++)
- Familiarity with applied cryptography and discrete mathematics (fields, elliptic curves)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills on technical topics
- Participation in CTFs in a cryptography role a plus
- Compiler development experience a huge plus
- Web Security experience a huge plus
What the job involves
- We are looking for an applied cryptographer or a cybersecurity professional with love for applied cryptography, and with experience in auditing and breaking cryptographic protocols to join our security team
- You will need to find potential security issues, write novel tooling and apply existing mechanisms to detect bugs, assist internal software teams and external contractors with audits
- The goal of the team is to secure a large codebase including:
- Proving system backend library [Barretenberg]
- Zero Knowledge Proofs DSL [Noir]
- Our [node software]
- Our [Private Execution Environment] and much more
Our take
Aztec is on a mission to bring consumer privacy to DeFi, which it executes by using Ethereum based data compressing zero-knowledge rollups. Leveraging Aztec, users can use popular DeFi apps with total privacy.
There’s been a lot of discussion about Crypto privacy of late. Supporters deem it essential, while sceptics suggest that malicious actors might abuse their privacy. Indeed, Aztec has had to recently overcome some difficulty when popular exchange FTX blocked accounts that were linked to the protocol.
However, if cryptocurrencies are to become mainstream – and maintain their safety – it seems that better privacy will be required, which puts Aztec in a good position to become an important player in the industry. Its $100 million December 2022 funding will go some way to achieving its lofty aims.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2022
$100m
SERIES B
Dec 2021
$17m
SERIES A
Total funding: $119.1m
Company benefits
- Flexible and remote work environment
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays annually
- An opportunity to work at the cutting edge of blockchain and FinTech with a world class cryptography and engineering team
Company values
- Private.: The only true zero-knowledge rollup, built with a privacy-first UTXO architecture to allow developers to build privacy preserving programable applications
- Accessible.: Proving transaction validity via recursively aggregation of zero-knowledge proofs, significantly reduces transaction costs
- Compliant: The programmable nature of Aztec smart contracts, enables dApp developers to code privacy-preserving audit and compliance checks into apps, while fully preserving a credible neutral protocol layer
Company HQ
Clerkenwell, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Joe Andrews
(CEO (Engineering), Head of Product)CreditMint Product Lead, co-founding CTO of Silicon Valley food tech startup Radish (acquired by Tovala). Co-founded and was Lead Developer at meal plan startup Chefler.
Zachary Williamson
(CEO (Crypto))Doctorate in Particle Physics from University of Oxford. Former physicist at CERN and T2K Japan. Former Software Developer at Carallon Ltd.
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