Senior Cryptography Developer

Senior Cryptography Developer

Country: Spain

IT STARTS HERE

Santander (www.santander.com) is evolving from a global, high-impact brand into a technology-driven organization, and our people are at the heart of this journey. Together, we are driving a customer-centric transformation that values bold thinking, innovation, and the courage to challenge what’s possible.

This is more than a strategic shift. It’s a chance for driven professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference.

Our mission is to contribute to help more people and businesses prosper. We embrace a strong risk culture and all our professionals at all levels are expected to take a proactive and responsible approach toward risk management.

Santander Digital Services is the team of technology and operations at Santander. We are convinced of the importance of technology that is aligned with the requirements of the business and that out work not only brings value to users, people and communities but also fosters individual creativity. Our team of over 7,000 people in 8 countries (Spain, Portugal, Poland, UK, USA, Mexico, Chile and Brazil) develops and/or implements financial solutions across a broad spectrum of technologies (including Blockchain, Big Data and Angular among others) on all kinds of on-premise and cloud-based platforms.

THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE

Santander Digital Services is looking for a Senior Cryptography Developer, based out of Madrid, to build the future in cryptography management as part of the Santander Global Cryptography Team and its Santander Quantum Threat Program.

We’re shaping the way we work through innovation, cutting-edge technology, collaboration and the freedom to explore new ideas. To succeed in this role, you will be responsible for:

• Supporting the research, development, and testing of cryptographic tools and solutions.

• Developing and implementing cryptographic discovery, management and compliance solutions.

• Integrating these tools and cryptographic processes with other corporate tools.

• Establishing analytical models for reporting and compliance.
   

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

Our people are our greatest strength. Every individual contributes unique perspectives that make us stronger as a team and as an organization. We’re enabling teams to go beyond by valuing who they are and empowering what they bring.

The following requirements represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Apply if you have strong programming background to develop, evaluate and/or customize tools and scripts of moderate complexity, particularly in the field of cryptography, PKI and/or cryptographic key management solutions. You must also have soft-skills to engage with local experts in cryptography and build a strong collaboration framework with them.

Professional Experience

• More than 5 years of experience programming in Python.(Required)

• Other languages like C++ and Java are a plus (Preferred).

• Experience working with cryptography and cryptographic tools, like PKI, key management, HSMs. (Preferred)
   

Education

• BsC, Master or PhD in computer science, telecommunications, mathematics, physics, etc. Your experience counts more than your degrees. (Required)

• Current understanding of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) concepts and the strategic dependencies required to transition from classical public-key cryptography—especially in financial industry environments. (Preferred)
   

Languages

• English (Required)

• Spanish (Preferred)
   

Hard Skills

• Analysing patterns in formatted and unformatted data to extract metrics and create compliance controls. (Required)

• General knowledge of cryptography, cryptographic protocols (TLS, IPSEC, SSH), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and cryptographic key management processes. (Required)

• Sysadmin and system automation knowledge, specifically around configuration of cryptographic parameters in TLS, IPSEC and SSH in public clouds, Windows and/or Linux servers and/or network devices. (Preferred)
   

Soft Skills

• Continuous learning mindset, with a commitment to staying abreast of emerging cryptographic technologies, threats, and regulatory