✦ Luna Orbit — Cybersecurity

Lead Protocol Engineer (Go / Cryptography)

at Wells Fargo

📍 3 Locations Hybrid 💰 $159K – $305K USD / year Posted March 13, 2026
Salary $159K – $305K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience lead
Exp. Years 5+ years
Education Not specified
Category Cybersecurity

This role involves leading the development of a next-generation digital asset platform with a focus on cryptography, blockchain consensus, and privacy-preserving primitives, ensuring secure and compliant institutional transactions.

  • Architect core settlement engine
  • Implement cryptographic primitives
  • Engineer consensus extensions
  • Design state machine
  • Optimize cryptographic operations

The technical environment includes Go, Cosmos SDK, Tendermint, elliptic curve cryptography, Bulletproofs, and MPC, emphasizing distributed systems, cryptographic implementation, and blockchain architecture.

The ideal candidate is a lead software engineer with over 5 years of experience in blockchain and cryptography, proficient in Go and elliptic curve cryptography, with a strong background in distributed systems and consensus algorithms. They should have experience translating complex mathematical proofs into production-grade code.

5+ years of software engineering experienceexpert proficiency in Goexperience with ECCexperience with blockchain consensus algorithmscryptography implementation skills
Cosmos SDKCometBFTPedersen CommitmentsBulletproofsSigma protocolswhitepapers reading and translating
GoGolangCosmos SDKTendermintElliptic Curve CryptographyECC
GoGolangCryptographyDistributed SystemsBlockchainCosmos SDKTendermintECCBulletproofsRange ProofsMPCConsensus AlgorithmsHomomorphic Encryption
GoGolangCryptographyDistributed SystemsBlockchainCosmos SDKTendermintElliptic Curve CryptographyECCBulletproofsRange ProofsMulti-Party ComputationMPCConsensus AlgorithmsABCI++Homomorphic Encryption
problem-solvingleadershipcollaborationanalytical thinkingcommunication
Industry Financial Services/Banking
Job Function Leading cryptography and blockchain protocol development for secure digital asset transactions
GoGolangCryptographyDistributed SystemsBlockchainCosmos SDKTendermintElliptic Curve CryptographyECCBulletproofsRange ProofsMulti-Party ComputationMPCConsensus AlgorithmsABCI++Homomorphic Encryption

Less than 5 years of software engineering experience, No proficiency in Go or Golang, Lack of cryptography or blockchain experience, No experience with elliptic curve cryptography or consensus algorithms

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