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Principal Systems Architect (Security / Confidential Computing / Cryptography)

NYC (EST) · Remote, async-first · Available now

I build production cryptographic systems in Rust. Transparency logs, attestation pipelines, sealed execution environments, high-throughput verification services. The kind of infrastructure where “trust me, it works” isn’t an answer — because the code has to prove it.

What I do best

• Rust systems engineering — 5K+ RPS production services, protocol to deployment
• Applied cryptography — RFC 3161, RFC 9162, Ed25519 / SHA-256, Merkle trees, JCS
• Confidential computing — Intel TDX sealed execution, remote attestation
• Audit & integrity infrastructure — tamper-evident logs, chain-of-custody, compliance receipts

Engagement

• Rate: $250–300/hour, or $35–45K/month flat for dedicated engagement
• Commitment: 20–40 hrs/week, 3–6 month contracts preferred
• Model: weekly prepay, scope freeze, one decision-maker on your side
• Start: within one week

Best fit

You’re a funded startup or scaleup that needs a senior engineer who:

• Ships security-critical Rust code without hand-holding
• Can own a cryptographic subsystem end-to-end — spec, implementation, tests, deployment
• Reads RFCs and implements them correctly the first time
• Writes the kind of documentation your next engineer will thank you for

Common contexts: crypto/web3 infrastructure, compliance and audit tooling, attested computation, evidence systems for legal/forensic use, any project where “the DBA could silently rewrite this” is not an acceptable threat model.

Let’s talk

Fully async by default. Email first.

I don’t do interview loops, and I keep calls to true emergencies or concrete project discussions.

If you have a project in mind: include your stack, your timeline, and what outcome would make this a success. That gets us to a useful first response faster.