Senior Software Engineer in Confidential Computing

At decentriq we change how the world accesses data. We are a Swiss tech startup that focuses on confidential computing - that is computing on data while provably keeping the data confidential from all parties, including us. We leverage the latest advances in cryptography and privacy tech to build a cloud platform that enables companies to run analytics on unseen sensitive data in a privacy-preserving way. We define a new category of collaboration.

Would you like to build a revolutionizing platform, to be central to our future success, and to be a part of a team fueled by positive energy, enthusiasm and supportive teammates?

We are looking for a senior software engineer (>=80%, starting as soon as possible) to join our mission. The work location can be fully remote (+/- 4h CET) or in the Zurich office.

Tasks

Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing and building a secure system where confidentiality and integrity of all components is key
• Researching elegant designs to work around current enclave limitations (e.g. very strict memory limitations of 128MB) in order to enable large-scale data processing
• Owning new features end-to-end: from design, over development to deployment
• Delivering high-quality code which is ready for production

You will collaborate in a team of approx 5 developers, with backgrounds in areas of cryptography and low-level system design. You will be working with technologies such as Rust, nix/NixOS, Python, TypeScript, gRPC, Nomad, Consul, Docker, Jenkins, .

Requirements

• Master/Bachelor Degree or PhD in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
• Experience in computer architecture and operating systems
• Experience in systems programming in C, C++ or Rust (We Rust)
• Experience in systems security and implementation best practices.
• Good understanding and experience in using cryptographic protocols
• Plus: Experience deploying production systems that run 24/7 and building the monitoring and alarming.
• Plus: Experience in backend and frontend Javascript
• Willingness to dig into low-level architectural detail

Benefits

• Work on making the world a better place by keeping personal data private.
• Being able to create, shape, and benefit from a young company.
• An amazing and fun team which is distributed over entire Europe
• Competitive salary.
• A lot of opportunities for self-development.
• TGI(F and/or T) drinks.