Senior Software Engineer - Bitcoin

Babylon; Palo Alto (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Babylon, a blockchain project backed by renowned investors, seeks a senior software engineer to contribute to their innovative Bitcoin integration efforts. In this role, you will design and maintain core components that interact with the Bitcoin ledger, requiring strong experience in blockchain development. Join a remote-first team dedicated to transforming Bitcoin staking and ensuring a secure future in decentralized finance.

Benefits

Growth potential in a world-class team.

Remote-first work culture.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in blockchain layer-1 development.
• 2+ years of experience working with popular Bitcoin libraries (btcd, lnd, bitcoinlib-js).
• 1+ years of experience in designing and implementing protocols on top of Bitcoin.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to the life cycle of the Babylon system's core components for interacting with the Bitcoin ledger.
• Developing Bitcoin Staking libraries and maintaining the Babylon node.

Skills

Blockchain development

Bitcoin libraries

Golang

Typescript

CI/CD practices

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS, electrical engineering, or equivalent

Job description

Babylon Labs’ mission is to bring Bitcoin’s unparalleled security to the decentralized world via a new public Cosmos-SDK PoS blockchain (Babylon chain) and a suite of inter-chain protocols.

About Babylon

Babylon is a blockchain project founded by Claude. E. Shannon Award recipient, Professor David Tse from Stanford University. We are proudly backed by leading investors including Polychain, Hack VC, and Framework. The project’s mission is to unlock Bitcoin security for the decentralized world. Our fast-growing team consists of engineers, researchers, and seasoned business experts. Our team culture is open, inclusive, agile, and passionate, and we highly value everyone’s personal growth.

About the Job

You will be a senior software engineer contributing to the life cycle of the Babylon system's core components for interacting with the Bitcoin ledger, from design to maintenance. Some examples of core components are the Bitcoin Staking libraries, Babylon node, and the relayers between the Babylon blockchain and Bitcoin.

About You

You are an experienced crypto-native software engineer with a deep understanding of Bitcoin and its ecosystem, consensus, and security. You have a proven track record of developing libraries that interact with the state of art Bitcoin tooling. You are passionate and ambitious about blockchain, follow best practices in software development, and have high work standards. You are open, responsible, and willing to help others.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, electrical engineering, or equivalent

• 3+ years of experience in blockchain layer-1 development

• 2+ years of experience working with popular Bitcoin libraries (btcd, lnd, bitcoinlib-js)

• 1+ years of experience in designing and implementing protocols on top of Bitcoin

• Proficient in Golang and Typescript

• Solid grasp of CI/CD practices and tools, ensuring smooth and reliable deployments.

• Fluent in English, with strong communication skills for effective collaboration in a global team.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Contributions to open-source blockchain projects.

• Experience with other blockchain ecosystems, preferably Cosmos.

• Experience with BitVM.

Our team is remote first and we are hiring across the world. Here at Babylon Labs, you’ll be joining a world-class team with tremendous growth potential as we bring secured Bitcoin staking to the world. Supported by top venture funds like Paradigm, Polychain Capital, Bullish, Hack VC, Polygon Ventures, Framework Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, OKX Ventures, among other investment firms and strategic partners. Come join us and build the future of trustless Bitcoin staking!