Description

The AWS Post-Quantum Cryptography team is seeking an experienced software development engineer knowledgeable in cryptography, algorithmic optimizations, and software development lifecycle to help design and implement next-generation cryptographic libraries for use by AWS and our customers. The PQC team performs fundamental research and development of quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms. You should be someone motivated by optimizing cryptographic schemes and want to help build massively scalable security systems.

Key job responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Design and implement post-quantum cryptography for both internal and external customers.

• Create simple APIs to access our cryptographic algorithms.

• Work with a team of talented Software Development Engineers and Applied Scientists.

• Be a committed technical leader who develops and mentors junior engineers.

About the team

AWS Cryptography builds the services and tools to keep all of our customers' data secure. We develop critical software used by AWS service teams and customers including the open source projects AWS-LC, s2n-tls, and Amazon Corretto Crypto Provider (ACCP).

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

• Knowledge of and/or experience developing post-quantum cryptographic algorithms

• Experience implementing cryptographic standards

• Experience developing assembly-level optimizations

• Experience developing for software libraries

• Experience developing open-source software

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