Lightning Protocol Engineer

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February 14

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Lightning Labs

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We are developing Lightning: an open protocol layer that leverages the power of blockchains and smart contracts to make cheap, fast, private transactions available to anyone around the world.

2 - 10 employees

📋 Description

• 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