Lightning Protocol Engineer
Lightning Labs
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Tech Stack
About the role
- 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
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
- 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
Benefits
- health insurance
- retirement plans
- paid time off
- flexible work arrangements
- professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
GoCC++distributed systemspeer-to-peer networkingcryptographyBitcointesting methodologydocumentationopen source software
Soft Skills
strong engineering backgroundquick learnerownership of projectscollaborationcommunication