Rust Internships - Nov 2024

THE WORK:

The Cryptography Research Intern will be joining the RippleX Research team.

RippleX operates on the belief that realizing the Internet of Value hinges on how easily new technology works for more people, and how effectively we can change the way the world operates today.

RippleX is helping more people participate in the digital economy through:

• Practical support and capabilities to develop applications that move digital value faster and more easily
• Empowering a community that’s democratizing the digital economy
• The expertise of a technology company that is known for vision and pragmatism
• Blockchain infrastructure that is supported by RippleX and owned by everyone

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Explore the next generation of cryptographic algorithms and protocols to support the latest advancements required to further the state-of-art of XRPL and more broadly the crypto ecosystem
• Collaborate with engineers and product teams to drive critical projects into a tangible roadmap
• Design and write technical specifications and academic papers for innovative projects and independently develop proof of concepts to validate your research
• Closely collaborate with the engineering team and be responsible for the implementation of your research
• Provide review and guidance to the leadership to ensure business and strategic alignment
• Set milestones for timely and on-budget completion of high-quality work
• Be a representative of Ripple research in the community via active participation in standards bodies, academic conferences, social media, organizing and participating in workshops, hackathons, etc.
• Work with the teams across the broader organization, including engineering, product, legal, compliance, finance, and business development to think beyond the technical design in delivering the best experience for our developers’ community

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

• Strong familiarity of the latest blockchain cryptography and security
• Deep understanding of elliptic curve and pairing based cryptography, Multi-party computation and threshold cryptography
• Familiarity with privacy enhancing technologies such as Homomorphic encryption, differential privacy, federated learning and zero-knowledge primitive
• Skilled in Python, C/C++, Rust or Go and familiarity with cryptographic libraries
• A passion for and knowledge of decentralized technologies
• An open-minded research approach and genuine intellectual curiosity with a mindset of continuous learning
• Strong communicator, well versed in communicating to varied audiences
• Attention to detail and a commitment to excellence
• Currently enrolled in PhD program (Cryptography, Computer Security, Computer Science, Mathematics).

A plus, but not required:

• Understanding of the XRPL
• Direct experience working in Crypto/Blockchain

Other common names for this role:

Blockchain Researcher, Cryptography Researcher