International Association for Cryptologic Research

International Association
for Cryptologic Research

IACR News item: 23 June 2014

Software Security Engineer
CloudFlare Inc.
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CloudFlare is looking for a talented software engineer to join our security team. We are working on a number of ambitious projects to secure the web and protect our customers from threats of all sorts. The role of security engineer at CloudFlare is more that of a builder than a breaker. You will have to approach problems with creativity and flexibility and be able to identify and use the best tools for the job or build better ones from scratch. At CloudFlare, we are serious about protecting our customers and advancing the state of the art in computer security.


We are looking for experienced engineers (5+ years of experience preferred) with practical expertise in the areas of:

  • Web Security (web application firewall, authentication, anti-crawler technology, penetration testing)

  • Security Intelligence (IP reputation, machine learning techniques using security data)

  • Systems Security and Trusted Computing (application sandboxing, secure boot, remote attestation, TPMs)

  • Secure Computation and Storage (encrypted databases, data anonymization, secure multi-party computation)

  • Network Security Protocols (DNSSEC, SSL/TLS, SPDY, QUIC, etc.)

  • Applied Cryptography (white-box cryptography, side-channel attacks)


    Requirements:

  • Proficiency in C, Go and/or Lua or willingness to learn

  • Experience working on large scale distributed systems and performance-critical applications

  • Desire to create well-crafted software


    • Bonus Points:

  • Contributions to the open source community

  • Understanding of Linux internals

  • Familiarity with compilers or code generation tools

  • Healthy sense of paranoia
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