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Senior Identity Engineer (Verifiable Credentials & Wallet Integrations)

Zürich, Switzerland

Are you passionate about data ownership and privacy? Do you want to be at the forefront of designing and implementing the next-gen infrastructure for verifiable credentials and interoperable identity wallets?

DFINITY is seeking a Senior Identity Engineer to join its Zurich headquarters and help build the next generation of decentralized identity. As a member of the Identity team, you will be working on Internet Identity (id.ai), designing and integrating privacy-preserving VC protocols for powering a growing ecosystem of applications on the Internet Computer and beyond.

Your Responsibilities

  • Design and integrate VC protocols for Internet Identity (II) platform with a strong focus on privacy, interoperability, and usability.
  • Work with stakeholders to gather requirements, evaluate tradeoffs, and shape technical solutions.
  • Rapidly prototype and iterate on proof-of-concept implementations.
  • Collaborating closely with cross-disciplinary teams including engineers, designers, researchers, and product managers.

You Bring

  • Experience integrating with VC issuers and building them (e.g., VC-DM, JWT-VC, SD-JWT VC, OpenID4VCI, OpenID4VP, SIOPv2, AnonCreds).
  • Extensive knowledge of web authentication protocols (e.g., OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SAML, WebAuthn, etc).
  • Strong experience with modern frameworks such as React; experience with Svelte is a plus.
  • Working knowledge of at least one systems programming language, such as Rust.
  • A degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience. While the unique challenges at DFINITY have attracted many engineers with advanced degrees, your practical experience is more important to us than your educational background.

Who We're Looking For

  • Engineers motivated by building the next generation of products and platforms, and comfortable navigating tradeoffs between UX, privacy, and security.
  • Collaborative team players who enjoy working with highly capable peers and believe the best solutions emerge through thoughtful, team-driven problem solving.

* Please note that this role requires in-office work from our amazing office in Zurich 3+ days per week.

About DFINITY and the Internet Computer:

DFINITY is a leading contributor to the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP), with a mission to bring the world's compute onto the secure ICP network. Built on its unique third-generation blockchain technology, ICP enables the development and operation of a new generation of unstoppable, tamper-proof, fully decentralized web applications. Its powerful technology can run entire AI models within smart contracts, representing a major advancement for secure AI. Through seamless integration with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other networks, ICP facilitates multi-chain operations for digital assets and web3.

Join our team of over 250 talented individuals, including world-renowned cryptographers, distributed systems engineers, programming language experts, and industry leaders, who are shaping the future of the internet and web3.
 
DFINITY was founded in 2016 by entrepreneur and crypto theoretician, Dominic Williams.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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