Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica

Fast Crypto Lab (Bo-Yin Yang, Ruben Niederhagen, Tong Chou)

Date of Expiry

2025-08-06 ~ 2025-12-31

Position

Full-Time Research Assistant or Postdoctoral Researcher

Responsibilities

We are looking to hire experienced mobile developers to help bring the PQConnect project to Android and iOS. PQConnect is a new easy-to-install layer of Internet security. It automatically applies post-quantum cryptography from end to end between computers running PQConnect, adding cryptographic protection to unencrypted applications, working in concert with existing pre-quantum applications to add post-quantum protection, and adding a second application-independent layer of defense to any applications that have begun to incorporate application-specific post-quantum protection. PQConnect works at the network layer similarly to a VPN, but is scalable in ways that most VPN applications are not. You can see more information at https://www.pqconnect.net

Requirements

Required skills/experience
1-2 years experience building high-quality, aesthetically pleasing mobile apps in Flutter, Kotlin/Java, and/or Swift
Enthusiasm about writing clean, well-designed, well-tested, and well-documented code
In-depth knowledge of networking (DNS, VPNs, routing, firewalls) and/or experience writing software that modifies low-level networking on mobile platforms.
Version Control: Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows.
for iOS: Experience successfully submitting apps to the App Store.
Enthusiasm for Free/libre/open source software
Other desired qualifications
Rust & FFI: Basic knowledge of Rust and/or experience integrating foreign language libraries (Rust, in our case) into mobile applications.
State Management: Expertise with state management solutions (e.g., Provider, Riverpod, BLoC for Flutter).
Have a strong grasp of UI/UX principles.

Salary

1.Full-time Research Assistant: Monthly salary ranges from NTD 51,549 to 70,106 (based on the pay scale for master's-level IT personnel under the Information Services Office's operational budget). 2. Postdoctoral Researcher: Monthly salary ranges from NTD 64,711 to 99,317, negotiable (based on Academia Sinica’s pay scale for contract-based Ph.D.-level personnel). Salaries are negotiable based on qualifications and offer both competitiveness and flexibility. (Note: For exceptionally qualified candidates, salary may be applied for according to Academia Sinica's special project research compensation standards.) 3. Two days off per week, with labor and health insurance, year-end bonus, one free annual health check-up, and leave entitlements in accordance with the Labor Standards Act.

Application

Please email the following documents to Distinguished Research Fellow Prof. Bo-Yin Yang at byyang@iis.sinica.edu.tw:
• Chinese/English CV (including technical experience and project portfolio)
• Highest degree diploma
• A brief statement describing your interest in and qualifications for the position
• Related programming work or projects
Qualified applicants will be contacted for an interview.

Contact

Prof. Bo-Yin Yang

Email

byyang@iis.sinica.edu.tw

Telephone

02-2788-3799 Ext.1731

Website

https://www.pqconnect.net