Applied Research Lead - Senior Quantum-Safe Cryptography Researcher, Vice President
Aumni
Job Description
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and growing team in a fast paced and challenging area? This is a unique opportunity for you to work with Global Technology Applied Research (GTAR) center at JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMC). The goal of GTAR is to design and conduct research across multiple frontier technologies, in order to enable novel discoveries and inventions, and to inform and develop next-generation solutions for the firm’s clients and businesses.
As an established senior quantum cryptography researcher in Global Technology Applied Research, you have solid quantum information theory background to drive quantum-safe networking innovations at JPMC. The role will contribute to the research program of the Quantum Security and Networking team. The role is expected to collaborate with a highly interdisciplinary team, consisting of researchers and engineers from different technical disciplines, who may be located in different cities across the globe.
Job responsibilities
- Advance quantum cryptography research beyond quantum key distribution (QKD) at JPMC
- Design and develop novel quantum-safe protocols for financial use cases
- Contribute to intellectual property disclosures and publish in international peer-review journals
- Contribute to establishing JPMC’s reputation in the scientific field via publication of select results in prestigious venues
- Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Ph.D. degree in Quantum Cryptography or Quantum Information Theory
- 3 years post-doctoral experience in a competitive quantum cryptography/information research group
- Proven track record in research (e.g., publications in high-impact factor journals and active participation in leading conferences like QCRYPT)
- Working knowledge of semi-definite programming and numerical optimization techniques
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Expertise in Cryptography from relativistic constraints like secure position verification, relativistic zero-knowledge proofs, relativistic bit-commitment, quantum money from the relativistic constraints
- Familiarity with post-quantum cryptography assumptions and their applications to quantum cryptography