PQC Cryptography Engineer
Salary: £40,000 - 67,500 per year
Requirements:- Deep understanding of symmetric and asymmetric cryptography, PKI, and key management.
- Solid awareness of quantum threat models, including Shors and Grovers algorithms.
- Practical experience designing crypto-agile systems aligned with NIST, FIPS, or ISO 27001 standards.
- Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
- Exposure to post-quantum cryptography algorithms such as CRYSTALS-Kyber and Dilithium is desirable.
- Hands-on experience with HSMs or tools such as Venafi and OpenSSL is desirable.
- Background in financial services is desirable.
- Build migration strategies by mapping business impacts and designing roadmaps to transition away from legacy algorithms.
- Perform quantum risk assessments across internal systems and customer-facing channels.
- Deliver hands-on proofs of concept demonstrating practical quantum-safe migrations.
- Establish a framework to prioritise remediation and sequence fixes for critical assets.
- Work across IT and business units to build and maintain an up-to-date cryptographic inventory.
- Bash
- Cryptography
- PowerShell
- Python
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We are a leading UK high street bank seeking a PQC & Cryptography Engineer for a 100% remote contract role based in the UK, with occasional fully expenses-paid office visits. You will join our Post-Quantum Readiness and Crypto-Agility journey to help future-proof our enterprise infrastructure and move critical banking systems to a quantum-safe state. This is a hands-on role focused on quantum-safe migration, risk assessment, and practical proof-of-concept delivery in a fast-moving cybersecurity environment.
last updated 33 week of 2026