About Us

A 100% Canadian innovator in the quantum-secure communications space, Quantropi is destined to be the standard for next-generation cybersecurity – forever unbreakable, no matter what. Powered by quantum mechanics expressed as linear algebra, only Quantropi’s patented “TrUE” technologies are capable of all three prerequisites for end-to-end cryptographic quantum security: Trust, Uncertainty, and Entropy. Quantropi’s TrUE technologies are available through its flagship QiSpace™ platform. Quantropi is scaling up its Engineering team and is seeking an experienced Product Security Engineer to join us on this revolutionary and pioneering journey.

This role is a REMOTE position open to candidates within Canada. Must be a Canadian Citizen or legally entitled to work in Canada full-time.

About the Role

As Product Security Engineer, you will analyze our product software, development environment and production implementations from a security perspective to identify and remediate security flaws and vulnerabilities. Your duties will include the appropriate security analysis and mitigation strategy at each phase of the software development lifecycle٫ resulting in a robust, reliable, hardened product.

Must be a Canadian Citizen, or legally entitled to work in Canada in a Full-Time capacity
This is an Ottawa, Ontario-based position, with some work-from-home flexibility

Responsibilities

Work directly with Product Engineering, QA, and Operations to implement secure-coding standards and best-practices integrated into our Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC)
Review current and ongoing agile methods and tools to ensure secure practices and procedures are being followed at Quantropi across all stages of the SSDLC
Develop ongoing security designs of Quantropi products, including Application Software, Software Development Kit (SDK), Product Infrastructure, Cloud Environments etc.
Perform code-reviews of all software and system elements to identify and remediate technical and procedural security flaws
Work with external security audits / penetration testers to execute 3rd party analysis and review and present action items as a prioritized list to product teams
Establish and manage monitoring of security threats and events
Establish and manage vulnerabilities within 1st party code and systems and 3rd party code
Perform threat-modelling, implement security controls, and establish secure coding practices
Review and address the ongoing external product security requirements for Quantropi services
Manage the backlog of Security enhancements as part of ongoing Product development sprints
Participates in on-call rotation during incident response and analysis
Participates in Quantropi product development including creation of CI/CD and production deployment scripts, cloud security deployment, API testing, etc..

Qualifications

Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
Minimum 5 year’s experience in product and software security
Experience working as a Security practitioner as part of a commercial software platform engineering team and implementing secure development practices
Strong working knowledge of Cryptographic standards, Key Management and Password Management systems
Proven leadership skills, allowing you to develop and mentor others as well as build credibility with the Quantropi team while executing broader security strategies.
Familiarity working with senior stakeholders across the organization, both technical and non-technical, to develop roadmaps, integrate with larger company initiatives and deliver business and security value.
Knowledge and experience with core technologies/tools such as:
Versioning technologies
CI/CD tools (Github, Jira, Elastic)
Linux OS (primary OS, Ubuntu RedHat etc.)
Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android (secondary OSs)
Secure Programming across C (primary), Node.JS (primary), Python, etc
Micro-service development and framework (e.. Kubernetes, docker-compose)
Code security analysis tools eg. SNYK
Public Cloud: AWS (Primary), Azure, Google, IBM
Secure Containerization - Docker & Kubernetes
Micro-services and API Security
Build automation with Github
Vulnerability assessment tools eg. Rapid7, Qualys, etc
Internet infrastructure (eg. Routers, Firewalls, Load Balancers, Nginx , etc)
Key Management Systems (KMS) and HSM (Hardware Security Module) on-prem and cloud-based
PKI software and certificate management
Cryptographic standards and implementations (RSA, AES, ECC, etc)

What We Offer

Competitive compensation and equity sharing plan
Paid vacation and health spending account
Professional development and career growth opportunities
Hybrid work arrangements including remote work, flexible hours, and an emphasis on work-life balance
Dynamic start-up environment with direct impact on business success
State-of-the-art infrastructure with best-in-class tools
Modern office environment featuring digital illustrations, art murals, as well as well as an apparel line designed by Quantropi’s Creative Emissary and renowned digital artist EEPMON
Great teammates and a fun, engaging culture!

Quantropi Inc.

New Jobs

Security Engineer