Qualtrics

Cryptography Architect

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26 days ago
Kraków, PolandSenior

Responsibilities

  • Lead research, evaluation, and implementation of next-generation cryptographic technologies, including post-quantum algorithms, modern key management, and secure protocol design.
  • Conduct security reviews of cryptographic implementations, key management systems, protocols, and integrations to identify algorithm, key-handling, and protocol vulnerabilities.
  • Own organization-wide key management architecture covering key generation, distribution, rotation, escrow, destruction, KMS/HSM integration, envelope encryption, and secrets management.
  • Author cryptography standards, guardrails, and reference architectures covering encryption, key management, and PKI.
  • Develop cryptography strategy aligned with organizational risk and business objectives.
  • Oversee large-scale initiatives such as PKI modernization and post-quantum migration, including delivery, risk management, and cross-functional coordination.
  • Promote knowledge sharing, mentor colleagues, and foster collaboration across security, engineering, infrastructure, product, and data science teams.
  • Participate in industry conferences, standards bodies, and professional organizations, including NIST and IETF.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in cryptography, security architecture, or a related field, with a history of designing secure cryptographic architectures and leading strategic security initiatives.
  • Strong understanding of symmetric and asymmetric encryption, hashing, digital signatures, TLS, and PKI.
  • Deep hands-on knowledge of key management, including generation, rotation, escrow, destruction, and KMS/HSM integration.
  • Fluency in NIST SP 800-57, FIPS 140-2/140-3, and NIST post-quantum cryptography standards.
  • Experience leading large-scale cryptography initiatives and coordinating cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to translate cryptography challenges into solutions aligned with business objectives and risk management frameworks.
  • Excellent communication skills for engaging technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

  • 20 or 26 annual leave days per year, plus an additional day per year of service up to five days.
  • Private medical, health, and dental coverage for employees and dependants.
  • Commuter assistance of up to 80 PLN net per month for public transport.
  • Company savings plans through PPK and PPO.
  • QED engineering development and learning support of up to 10% of engineering work time each quarter.
  • Wellness reimbursement of up to 800 PLN gross per quarter through Forma.
  • Multispot card options, employee assistance counseling and wellbeing support, group life and income protection insurance, and glasses/contact lens reimbursement.
  • Free office breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and drinks, plus tax-deductible expenses where applicable.
  • Hybrid work model with office attendance three days per week: Mondays, Thursdays, and one additional day selected by the organizational leader.

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About Qualtrics

5,001-10,000 employees

Qualtrics is the leader in Experience Management. It helps organizations make sense of every signal across the experiences that matter most so they can act on what they learn before the moment passes. Most companies track experience with disconnected tools. The organizations that win compete on it. The Qualtrics XM platform brings together listening, understanding, and action in one system: capturing signals across surveys, calls, digital touch points, and service interactions, and using AI-powered analytics to surface themes, sentiment, and risk in context while equipping teams, and AI-driven Experience Agents, to close the loop. From retail and travel and hospitality to healthcare, financial services, and the public sector, global enterprises trust Qualtrics to turn insight into measurable outcomes: stronger loyalty, reduced churn, faster research, and more confident decisions. Learn more at qualtrics.com.

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