Core Lightning Engineer

Summary

Join Blockstream, a leading Bitcoin technology company, as a Core Lightning Engineer. You will play a key role in enhancing Core Lightning, refining its use, optimizing performance, and resolving issues. Collaboration with internal and external engineers and researchers is crucial to improve Lightning Network specifications (BOLTs). This position involves implementing protocol changes, adapting Core Lightning for Blockstream's Greenlight product, and working with other engineers to develop current and future Lightning specifications. The ideal candidate possesses excellent communication and collaboration skills, experience with wire protocols and specifications, and experience in C (Python or Rust is also relevant).

Requirements

• Excellent communication, team player attitude and collaboration skills
• Experience with wire protocols and specifications
• Experience in C desired, Python or Rust relevant as well

Responsibilities

• Implement protocol changes and refinements in Core Lightning, including adapting it for our hosted product offering, Greenlight
• Join with our Lightning engineers and those from other implementations to create and implement the current and future Lightning specification

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Lightning and Bitcoin at a protocol level
• Familiarity contributing to open source projects