Firmware Engineer

Yubico, the inventor of the YubiKey, the world's first and leading security key, makes secure login easy and available for everyone. The company was founded in 2007 by Stina and Jakob Ehrensvard, and recently went public on Nasdaq First North Growth Market Stockholm: YUBICO. Customers include 30% of Fortune 500 companies, hundreds of government agencies and millions of individuals in over 160 countries, relying on Yubico technology to secure access to computers, online services and mobile apps. The company is located in 14 countries with headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden and Santa Clara, CA. We are a diverse, multinational, fast-growing company fueled by a strong company culture and our mission to make the internet safer for all.

At Yubico, we offer:

Yubico Values: We work to ensure that our employees have an open space to have their voices amplified to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels like they belong. Aligned with this, our employees have created some pretty cool Employee Resource Groups: YubiPride, YubiBIPOC, YubiSustainability and YubiWomen. Additionally, Yubico donates YubiKeys to organizations in need all over the world (you can read more about our work here).

Social Connection: Relationships and connectedness matter, and we love spending time with our team! Our virtual workspace keeps us connected day-to-day whether it's through Yubico celebrating wins or our buzzing Slack communities. We host an all-team event in a new location every year where we plan for upcoming quarters, set goals, and most importantly, host fun events to encourage team building outside of the workplace. Check out our Life at Yubico Page on LinkedIn and our awards here.

The Role:

Yubico is seeking the next new team member for our Firmware team. We're looking for someone with a passion for security to join us in our work to develop new features for our products. Your role will be to implement established cryptographic protocols, as well as to take part in creating the protocols of tomorrow. As part of our team you'll be working on our core products and the tools and libraries which make them useful.  Use your passion, insights, and technical skills to help us create a trusted Internet.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Develop, design and test new features for the firmware of Yubico's products, such as the YubiKey and the YubiHSM
• Write libraries and utilities to expose new features to higher level applications
• Develop integrations with existing systems to enable them to take advantage of our products

Skills & Experience:

• Experience with cryptography and security (such as smart cards, PKCS#11, common encryption schemes and cryptographic libraries)
• 3+ years experience with writing software for microprocessors with constrained resources
• High proficiency in C
• Familiarity with Linux, git (ideally CLI) and Python or similar high-level languages
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team, capable of taking own initiatives but also listening to others
• Experience with integrating/building open source software and the open source community