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Lead Software Engineer
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Hybrid · Netherlands · Spain · Belgium
Experience
Lead / principal · 10+ years
Job description
Lead Software Engineer to lead a cryptographic software IP team, overseeing the software development lifecycle and managing a team of software engineers. The role involves technical leadership, line management, and coordinating application and embedded software IP design projects from conception to customer delivery.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid · Netherlands · Spain · Belgium
- Languages
- English
What you'll do
- Working with other engineering leaders and project managers to plan and allocate work, ensuring delivery on the product roadmap
- Take on a technical leadership role, coordinating and delivering application and embedded software IP design projects from conception to customer delivery
- Line management of a software engineering team: identifying hiring needs, conducting interviews, and selecting suitable candidates
- Orienting new colleagues, providing necessary training, and ensuring they have the tools and knowledge to succeed
- Setting clear expectations, providing regular feedback, conducting performance reviews, and recognising and rewarding achievements
- Identifying training and development opportunities to help colleagues grow their skills and advance their careers
- Addressing under-performance, providing coaching and support, and taking disciplinary action when necessary
- Fostering positive relationships with team members, resolving conflicts, and promoting a positive work environment
- Ensuring the software engineering team has all of the tooling and infrastructure it needs to function well
- Mentoring other colleagues, and being a point of contact for software design expertise within the company
- Working with verification engineers to review verification and test plans
- Define architectural definitions for complex algorithmic and/or system level solutions
- Providing feedback to colleagues on feasibility of implementation and specification quality
- Working closely with other teams and project stakeholders, acting as an enabler for their development work, e.g. coordinating with hardware engineers or the product vulnerability team
- Engaging with customers, including helping with integration questions, or answering questions during technical sales calls
- Ensuring clean lint and implementation reports for IP blocks and subsystems
What we're looking for
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Confidence in planning out a project development cycle and coordinating with project managers as development progresses
- A commitment to high quality engineering in all areas of their work, including advocating for the best long-term solutions over the easiest or quickest
- Self-starter with the ability to work with and inspire a team
- Experience building software IP blocks from scratch, and owning the process from initial specification through to customer delivery
- Expert level C experience in an embedded environment
- Able to apply knowledge effectively in unfamiliar situations and actively maintains own knowledge and shares with others
- Rapidly absorbs and critically assesses new information and applies it effectively
- Specifies architectural solutions to technical challenges across multiple technical domains
- Understanding of cryptographic algorithms, protocols, and key management systems
- Degree in Electronic Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience
- At least 10 years in software design and/or verification
Nice to have
- Familiarity with PQC standards and protocols (e.g., NIST PQC)
- Familiarity with Rust in an Embedded environment
- Previous experience with software/hardware co-designs
- Arm & RISC-V experience
- Knowledge of side-channel security countermeasures
- Confidence using Gitlab CI, or otherwise principles of continuous integration and testing
- Confidence with the Python programming language
- Previous experience managing a cross-functional software team successfully
- Knowledge of cryptographic engineering and side-channel attack resistance
Your team
cryptographic software IP team
Benefits
- Unparalleled opportunities to learn and accelerated career development
- A collaborative, team environment with people who truly love what they do
- Competitive salary and share option scheme
- Flexible and hybrid working, and a working from home budget
- Private health insurance for yourself and your family
- 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and two wellness weeks)
- 50% gym membership discount
- The chance to work with a spirited, smart, and friendly team
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About PQShield
A well-funded deep tech startup founded in 2018 with proven technology and a clear path to market, working in Post-Quantum Cryptography and RISC-V within the semiconductor industry.
Key facts
- 2018
- Post-Quantum Cryptography and semiconductor
- Founded in 2018
- Well-funded deep tech startup with proven technology and a clear path to market
- Works in Post-Quantum Cryptography and RISC-V