Red Hat

Senior Software Engineer in Crypto (Smart Cards)

Red Hat$118K — $195K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience focused on cryptography
  • C / Rust programming expertise
  • Knowledge of Linux operating systems and tools
  • Academic or engineering background in security engineering or cryptography
  • Familiarity with TLS/SSL, IPSec/IKE, or SSH protocols
  • Knowledge of PKCS#11 or PKIX technologies
  • Experience with crypto libraries like OpenSSL, GnuTLS, or NSS
  • Proven experience in cryptographic algorithm or protocol implementations

Responsibilities

  • Lead design and development of Smart Card software solutions, ensuring code quality
  • Engage in the entire software development cycle from requirements to verification
  • Design and implement new features in cryptographic back-ends
  • Enhance and simplify crypto library APIs to prevent misuse
  • Contribute to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux development
  • Collaborate with internal and external development teams
  • Influence technical direction and mentor junior engineers

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Flexible Spending Account for healthcare and dependent care
  • Health Savings Account for high deductible plans
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Generous paid time off and holidays
  • Paid parental leave for new parents
  • Disability and family medical leave benefits
  • Employee stock purchase plan and tuition reimbursement options
Full Job Description

About the Job

The Security Technologies crypto team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer who is a technical leader, creative and committed to delivering quality software. Our team is focused on cryptographic back-end components such as OpenSSL, GnuTLS and Network Security Services as well as cryptographic protocols like TLS, SSH and IPSEC. As a Senior Software Engineer, your main focus will be on designing, developing, testing and collaborating with other contributors over the world to bring features on existing components. This is an ideal position for engineers interested in contributing to open source projects, and developing cryptographic software to be used by millions of users and applications. This position is intended to be specially focused on the area around Smart Cards and their integration in the operating system. Smart cards are personal hardware (physical) cryptographic modules for storing cryptographic keys and for handling operations using them securely.  As a Senior Software Engineer, your main focus will be on assisting the design, development, testing to bring features on existing smart card drivers in OpenSC project as well as implementing and testing future generations of Post Quantum Cryptography capable Smart Cards. 

What you will do
  • Lead the design and development of software solutions for a Smart Cards subsystem, own the quality of their code and contribute to testing frameworks.

  • Participate in the whole development cycle from requirements gathering, scoping, source code development to testing and verification

  • Design and implement new features in cryptographic back-ends

  • Improve and simplify crypto libraries API to reduce misuse

  • Actively contribute to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux development

  • Communicate and collaborate with developers and teams inside and outside Red Hat

  • Influence the technical direction of their team and adjacent teams by building consensus in broader discussions with internal customers or through active participation in external communities

  • Mentor and coach other engineers, share expertise by producing comprehensive design documents, writing blog posts, and mentoring others on documentation and communication best practices


What you will have
  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a primary focus on cryptography

  • C / Rust programming experience; professional or academic experience is required

  • Knowledge of Linux operating system and its development tools; any distribution is OK

  • Academic or engineering background in security engineering or cryptography

  • Familiarity with TLS/SSL, IPSec/IKE or SSH protocol.

  • Knowledge of PKCS#11 or PKIX technologies

  • Familiarity with the use of crypto libraries like OpenSSL, GnuTLS or NSS

  • Knowledge and proven experience in crypto algorithm or protocol implementations

The following will be considered a plus:

  • Demonstrated ability to join open source projects and contribute

  • Knowledge of Python

  • Experience and passion in regards the AI-assisted development

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The salary range for this position is $118,600.00 - $195,680.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

Pay Transparency

Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat’s compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. 

Benefits
●    Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
●    Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
●    Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
●    Retirement 401(k) with employer match
●    Paid time off and holidays
●    Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
●    Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
●    Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more! 

Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States. 

About Red Hat

Red Hat, Inc. is a leading provider of open source software solutions, including Linux, Kubernetes, and Ansible. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Red Hat operates in over 100 countries and has more than 13,000 employees worldwide. The company is committed to open source innovation and has a strong community of developers and partners. Red Hat was acquired by IBM in 2019 and is now part of IBM's Hybrid Cloud division.
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