Senior Security Engineer, Digital Assets

Purple Drive Technologies

$120K — $160K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience with an emphasis on security or cryptography.
  • Hands-on expertise in secure wallet technologies and key management systems, such as MPC or HSMs.
  • Deep understanding of cryptographic primitives and secure protocol design.
  • Experience in building systems that manage significant security risks.
  • Proven ability to collaborate across various teams including engineering, cybersecurity, and risk management.
  • Preferred experience with crypto custody platforms and blockchain infrastructure, including zk proofs and DeFi protocols.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to designing and implementing secure wallet solutions across various architectures and control models.
  • Implement distributed key generation and ensure secure management of key lifecycle events.
  • Design security-critical components using modern cryptographic protocols and blockchain interoperability patterns.
  • Evaluate and integrate advanced technologies like zero-knowledge proofs and decentralized identity frameworks.
  • Develop programmable custody policy engines with multi-approval workflows and access controls.
  • Collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, and compliance teams on security reviews and incident remediation.
  • Assess blockchain architectures and smart-contract frameworks for enterprise suitability.
  • Utilize GenAI tools to enhance threat modeling and cryptographic design reviews.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.
  • Flexible work arrangements supporting remote and hybrid options.
  • Collaborative work culture built on teamwork and innovation.
Full Job Description
Overview:

Role Summary

Design, build, and secure institutional-grade digital asset custody platforms. The posting frames this as a hands-on engineering role focused on crypto-native security capabilities and digital asset development, including secure wallet technologies, key management, cryptographic protocols, smart contract security, tokenization, custody policy enforcement, and advanced blockchain security solutions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the design and implementation of secure wallet solutions spanning MPC, HSMs, cold, warm, and hot wallet architectures, and custodial versus non-custodial control models.
  • Implement distributed key generation and signing workflows and ensure secure handling of key lifecycle events such as generation, storage, usage, rotation, and recovery.
  • Design and implement security-critical components using modern cryptographic protocols, DeFi application security principles, and cross-chain and blockchain interoperability patterns.
  • Evaluate and integrate advanced technologies such as zero-knowledge proofs, decentralized identity frameworks, and applicable CBDC architectures.
  • Build and configure programmable custody policy engines with multi-approval workflows, spending thresholds, velocity limits, role-based access controls, and segregation of duties.
  • Work with engineering, cybersecurity, risk, compliance, and audit stakeholders on security reviews, threat modeling, architecture assessments, and incident analysis and remediation.
  • Assess blockchain architectures, smart-contract frameworks, tokenization approaches, and secure bridge or interoperability models for enterprise suitability.
  • Leverage GenAI and agentic AI tools to accelerate threat modeling, cryptographic design reviews, documentation, and validation.


Source-Supported Qualification Themes

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on security or cryptography.
  • Hands-on experience with secure wallet technologies and key management systems such as MPC, HSMs, or equivalent.
  • Strong understanding of cryptographic primitives, secure protocol design, and distributed systems.
  • Experience building systems where security failures have material impact.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, security, and risk teams.
  • Strongly preferred: experience with crypto custody platforms, digital assets, or blockchain infrastructure; hands-on work with ZKPs, DID frameworks, DeFi protocols, or CBDC-related systems; and experience implementing policy-driven transaction controls in high-risk systems.

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