Job Information
Federal Reserve System Lead Software Engineer/Cryptography SME - Digital Currency in Boston, Massachusetts
Company
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
The Federal Reserve System serves as the central bank of the United States. Its fundamental mission is to foster the stability, integrity, and efficiency of the nation’s monetary, financial, and payments systems.
This position is responsible for supporting the Federal Reserve System’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Research and Development program.
Given the US dollar’s importance, the Federal Reserve System seeks to further understand the implications, costs, and benefits of the use of different technologies for a potential US CBDC to better understand this emerging field. This position offers a unique opportunity to be part of a world-class team working on cutting edge technologies related to CBDC R&D. You will participate in a dynamic work environment that has the feel of a startup while also maintaining the benefits of a larger organization.
This role is eligible for a hybrid schedule, with a mix of remote work from your home office in the First District and planned onsite work expected for intentional collaboration. Limited travel may be required. Candidates must reside in 1st district.
What you will be responsible for:
Leading a team of engineers in digital currency research, prototyping and development.
Designing and implementing technical solutions to meet,effectively and under budget, product requirements.
Acting as the technical liaison between product and engineering teams.
Developing and maintaining distributed systems, cryptographic protocols, and algorithms for digital currency applications.
Creating innovative solutions, starting as prototypes, iterating, and maturing, to facilitate digital currency payments.
Ensuring the security, scalability, and efficiency of digital currency systems.
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with overall project goals.
Writing code, conducting code reviews and providing technical guidance to junior team members.
Staying current with industry trends and emerging technologies in the digital currency space.
What skills you will bring:
Extensive experience in software engineering, with a focus on cryptocurrency, digital payments, cryptography, distributed, full-stack systems or similar field.
Experience working in 0-1 products.
Strong proficiency in cryptographic principles and network protocol design.
Expertise in designing and implementing peer-to-peer payment systems.
Ability to translate non-technical product requirements into technical specifications and implementations.
Leadership capabilities, including mentoring and guiding a team of engineers.
Ability to take time to market tradeoffs into account.
Knowledge of consensus algorithms, peer-to-peer networks and databases.
Proficiency in programming languages commonly used in systems engineering and application development such as Go, Python, C++, JavaScript, React, IOS and Android development.
Skilled in both front and back-end development.
Solid understanding of security best practices in the context of digital currency systems.
Effective communication skills to bridge the gap between technical and non-technical teams.
A passion for staying updating on digital currency trends and emerging technologies.
The Federal Reserve System is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and to provide equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, or military service.
All employees assigned to this position will be subject to FBI fingerprint/ criminal background and Patriot Act/ Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) watch list checks at least once every five years.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work required of this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities or skills associated with this position or the personnel so classified. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of this position, management reserves the right to revise this or any job description at its discretion at any time.
For this job, any offer of employment is contingent upon successfully passing a two-phase security screening. The first phase consists of the satisfactory completion of a physical examination (including a drug screening), reference checks, and a security investigation consisting of credit and criminal history checks.
The second phase, which might not be complete until after you begin working at the Reserve Bank, is an additional risk-based security screening determined by the risk rating of the position. Depending upon the sensitivity of the position, this phase may include, and is not limited to, work and residency eligibility verification, and personal interviews with the candidate, references, and prior employers.
All applicants must have resided in the United States for at least three (3) years
Full Time / Part Time
Full time
Regular / Temporary
Regular
Job Exempt (Yes / No)
Yes
Job Category
Work Shift
First (United States of America)
The Federal Reserve Banks believe that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.
Privacy Notice (https://www.kansascityfed.org/documents/7797/Workday_Privacy_Notice.pdf)
OUR BANK has one of the most recognizable brands around the world. The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States—one of the world's most influential, trusted and prestigious financial organizations. The Federal Reserve is charged with the important mission of promoting a strong economy and a stable financial system and fulfills this responsibility by formulating national monetary policy, supervising and regulating banks and bank holding companies, and providing financial services for banks and the U.S. government.
OUR PEOPLE are diverse in background and ideas, which allows for ongoing creativity and innovation. Ultimately, they are the ones who push our high-performance, exchange-driven culture forward.
Why Our People Choose Us:
Our reputation precedes us
There will always be room for personal growth
Our people are first
You’ll find the right balance
Your responsibilities will be meaningful
We hope that you will be our future colleague.