Senior Security Engineer — Bitcoin & Lightning

Lightning Labs; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Lightning Labs is seeking a Security Engineer for the ongoing scaling of our growing engineering organization. This is a hands‑on role that devises and implements policies and procedures around best practices in systems security.

The ideal candidate has experience in securing web, Bitcoin, and other public-facing network services, penetration testing, and both automated and manual source code security reviews.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in systems security.
• Experience with high impact, fast-moving startup teams.
• Strong knowledge of OS and architecture internals.
• Deep understanding of cryptography and protocol design.
• Experience with reverse engineering of cryptographic protocols.

Responsibilities

• Designing and deploying testing infrastructure for security assessments.
• Conduct security audits of internal and open source software interfacing with Bitcoin/Lightning.
• Mentor teammates and guide security practices.
• Develop and maintain global security policies, standards, and procedures.
• Oversee security aspects of release processes and infrastructure.
• Define security requirements for future growth.
• Manage security incident response processes and risk assessments.

Skills

Go

Rust

C/C++

Java

Cryptography

Security incident response

Vulnerability triage

Penetration testing

Security reviews

Team leadership

Tools

Go

Rust

C/C++

Java

Job description

Lightning Labs is seeking a Security Engineer for the ongoing scaling of our growing engineering organization. This is a hands‑on role that devises and implements policies and procedures around best practices in systems security.

The ideal candidate has experience in securing web, Bitcoin, and other public-facing network services, penetration testing, and both automated and manual source code security reviews.