Lightning Protocol Engineer

Summary

Join our team as an experienced systems software engineer to work on Lightning Network protocols, contribute to peer-to-peer cryptocurrency daemons, and collaborate on research and design of future iterations of LN.

Requirements

• Strong engineering background with solid programming skills
• Experience in Go desired, C or C++ relevant as well
• Thorough understanding of the principles of distributed systems and peer-to-peer networking
• Solid engineering practices and processes, such as testing methodology and documentation
• Experience with Bitcoin, cryptography, and/or financial software

Responsibilities

• Design and implement core Lightning Network (LN) protocols and algorithms
• Contribute to mission critical peer-to-peer cryptocurrency daemons written in Go
• Collaborate with the greater team on the research and design of future iterations of LN
• Participate in issue triage and code review of open source contributions to our various repos
• Communicate with the wider community and industry about our software and technology

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior contributions to crypto protocols and open source software collaboration preferred
• Quick learner, geared towards implementation
• Eager to develop new skills and willing to take ownership of projects