Lightning Protocol Engineer — Go & Bitcoin Lightning Networking

Lightning Labs; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Lightning Labs in Palo Alto is seeking an experienced systems software engineer with a focus on applied cryptography, peer-to-peer networks, and distributed systems. You will work on lnd and neutrino, conduct cryptographic research, and help shape the next generation of Bitcoin smart contract applications.

The role involves designing and implementing core Lightning Network protocols, contributing to Go-based daemons, and collaborating with the team on research and design of future LN iterations.

Qualifications

• Experience in applied cryptography, peer-to-peer networks, and distributed systems.

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

Skills

Go

C/C++

Distributed systems

Peer-to-peer

Open source

Bitcoin/cryptography

Code review

Ownership

Tools

Git

Linux

Go tooling

Job description

Lightning Labs in Palo Alto is seeking an experienced systems software engineer with a focus on applied cryptography, peer-to-peer networks, and distributed systems. You will work on lnd and neutrino, conduct cryptographic research, and help shape the next generation of Bitcoin smart contract applications.

The role involves designing and implementing core Lightning Network protocols, contributing to Go-based daemons, and collaborating with the team on research and design of future LN iterations.