Cryptographer - #2160374

Hiring: Lead Cryptography Engineer | Leeds, UK

Location: Leeds, UK – Hybrid (2 days/week onsite)

Rate: £400/day Inside IR35

Contract: 6 months+

We are looking for an experienced Lead Cryptography Engineer to lead the engineering capability for Key Management Services within a Cryptography Lab.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering team responsible for Key Management services

• Own end-to-end service reliability, operational health and continuous improvement

• Drive the evolution of enterprise Key Management Services and crypto-agility

• Establish modern DevOps and engineering practices across cryptographic platforms

• Lead and coach engineering teams, including performance and capability development

• Ensure services comply with security policies, regulatory requirements and audit controls

• Work closely with Product Owners, Risk, Compliance and Audit stakeholders

• Drive resilience, scalability, reliability and operational excellence

• Provide technical leadership around HSM lifecycle management and cryptographic ceremonies

Essential Skills & Experience

Senior Engineering Leadership experience

Strong Key Management / Cryptography knowledge

Enterprise KMS operating models and cryptographic controls

HSM lifecycle management experience

Crypto-agility and modern DevOps practices

Experience leading and developing engineering teams

Strong security, regulatory and audit awareness

Experience with highly available and resilient platforms

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Desirable

• Banking / Financial Services / Financial Markets experience

• Experience operating cryptographic platforms in regulated environments

• Engineering maturity, SRE and operational excellence at scale

If you have strong experience across Cryptography, Key Management, HSM and Engineering Leadership, we'd love to hear from you.

Interested? Please share your updated CV and contact details.