About this role
Cryptography Engineer
Meet Yubico
Yubico is a global leader in identity security and creator of the YubiKey, the original hardware-backed passkey. We are publicly traded on Nasdaq Stockholm; our global footprint includes headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, Silicon Valley, California; and Singapore.
Why Join Our Mission?
At Yubico, we are guided by a shared belief that your work matters. We operate under a cultural philosophy of Speed with Integrity, pushing the boundaries of technology to secure the AI frontier—protecting both human and agentic AI interactions—and leading the transition to post-quantum cryptography. In everything we do, we live by our core values:
- Battle Friction: We constantly look for new ways to simplify our products, our work, and the user experience.
- Inspire Higher: We think big, champion the open internet, and strive to do the right thing even when it is difficult.
- One Team: We are open, responsive, and collaborative, overcoming challenges and celebrating our successes together.
Aligned with our commitment to open standards, we foster a thriving builder ecosystem through the Yubico Developer Program, offering free open-source repositories, libraries, and SDKs to help developers rapidly integrate strong hardware authentication into any application. Through close collaborations with technical partners like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, as well as newer frontiers like OpenAI, we continue to shape a safer digital world while donating security keys to protect vulnerable communities, journalists, and humanitarian groups worldwide through our Secure it Forward program.
Tasks & Responsibilities:
- Implement, maintain and optimize cryptographic algorithms and primitives (e.g. encryption, hashing, digital signatures, key exchanges) that run on YubiKeys and YubiHSMs
- Follow research about classical algorithms (RSA, ECC, etc.), as well as Post Quantum Cryptography algorithms (ML-DSA, ML-KEM, etc.)
Basic Qualifications:
- Ability to follow research in cryptography
- Good understanding of classical (a)symmetric cryptography and PQC
- Knowledge of side-channel attacks (EM, power and timing analysis etc.) and mitigations against them
- Disciplined approach in writing correct and highly efficient code
Preferred Qualifications:
- Low level programming experience (C and Assembly)
- Experience with embedded architectures
- Ability to adapt and tune algorithms on resource constrained environments
- Knowledge around fault injection attacks
- Hands-on experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and similar
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We are an equal opportunity employer, we value diversity and uphold an inclusive environment where all people feel that they are equally respected and valued. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. We'd love to learn about what you can add to our diverse team. We are an E-Verify Participating Employer.