Engineering specialist - Self Sovereign Identity

Req ID:  20264 Posted on:  24-Mar-2021 Location: 

Prilly_Floris (CH01), Switzerland

Department:  Research & Development (50000104) Job Family:  Information Technology

To explore and build the next generation of nation-state digital identity systems, as part of our fast-growing Digital Lab team we are looking for a purpose-driven, experienced: 

 

ENGINEERING SPECIALIST- SELF SOVEREIGN IDENTITY 

 

 

Our ideal candidate is a hands-on builder with a demonstrated track-record in the field of self-sovereign identity, delivering working code. Besides being an experienced engineer that can effectively write high quality, scalable code that powers novel solutions, you have proven hands-on experience with all relevant concepts of the decentralized identity stack. You know your way around the different code-bases (eg Aries) and standards (W3C, OIDC, etc) and can evaluate their pros and cons. 

WHAT YOU WILL DO 

 

• Develop high-performing components for our digital ID solutions


• Be hands-on and involved with early stage product shaping


• Develop pluggable, versioned protocols defined through a community specification process, including contributing to the specification and providing implementation experience feedback


• Design and review software architecture


• Design and build APIs to expose a useful abstraction for client business services, enabling suitable control while hiding complexity


• Write extensive unit tests for your code to ensure ongoing coverage of the codebase (currently with > 98% coverage)


• Contribute to standards and best practice for software engineering


• Actively contribute to the development of key building blocks, PoCs and MVP development on a technical level


• Contribute to refining our technology stack across multiple streams (Identity, Currency, Value chains)


• Contribute to and be a steward of good design practices in development of decentralized identity solutions

 

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience


• Good understanding  and knowledge in apply security and data protection mechanisms


• Experience in developing scalable, could-native deployment applications; specifically, containers, orchestration platforms (Docker/Kubernetes/Helm), APIs (eg gRPC/REST) and systems based on messaging architecture (eg Kafka)


• Development skills in Python and at least one other language of interest (ie: typescript, kotlin)


• SSI specialist, hands-on experience with all aspects of the SSI stack (DIDs, Credentials, etc)


• Working experience with Aries and/or DIDComm is a strong advantage


• Entrepreneurial attitude, builder and fast learner


• Self-starter that can develop and contribute to a technical vision throughout the team


• Likes to prototype/experiment, comfortable with ambiguity


• Fluent in English (French is an asset).

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JOIN US !

 

We offer an exciting and challenging role, with great potential for personal development within a unique organization in a fascinating and fast-growing industry. Your file will be handled with upmost confidentiality and discretion.