Senior Security Engineer, Lightning Labs

Salary not provided

AWS

Kubernetes

Java

C++

Rust

Senior level

Remote in US

Lightning Network infraastructure firm

Open for applications

Lightning Network infraastructure firm

21-100 employees

FintechB2BCryptocurrencySaaSBlockchainWeb 3.0

Open for applications

Salary not provided

AWS

Kubernetes

Java

C++

Rust

Senior level

Remote in US

21-100 employees

FintechB2BCryptocurrencySaaSBlockchainWeb 3.0

Company mission

To bridge the world of open source software and the next-generation of bitcoin financial software.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

At least 5 years prior experience in in systems security
An ability to work with a high impact, fast-moving startup team
Extensive knowledge of operating system and computer architecture internals
Strong understanding of cryptography, protocol design and adversarial analysis
Experience in reverse engineering and exploiting of cryptographic protocol (cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin) systems
Extensive expertise with professional software development experience in Go, Rust, C/C++, and/or Java
Experience in security incident response
Experience in security code review and vulnerability triaging
Prior experience running an open source facing bug bounty program
2+ years management experience or experience as a senior decision maker
Experience working with remote teams
Experience working with Kubernetes and AWS infrastructure
Working knowledge of fundamental Bitcoin and Lightning design principles
Candidates with additional experience are welcome to apply as we are open to adjusting the role accordingly

What the job involves

Designing and deploying active fuzzing, black+white box testing and penetration testing infrastructure for open source and production systems
Performing security audits and review of both internal production systems as well as open source software which interacts with Bitcoin+Lightning in a security critical manner
Provide mentorship and guidance to level up your teammates
Creating global security policy, standards, guidelines, and procedures to ensure ongoing maintenance of security
Overseeing security aspects of software release processes and infrastructure
Determining security team requirements for future growth
Developing and ensuring responsiveness of security incident management processes
Performing risk management assessments

Our take

San Francisco-based Lightning Labs is building infrastructure that enables users to send money across the world instantaneously and at a low cost through the Bitcoin network.

The company recently raised substantial funding which is being invested into a new infrastructure it's building called the ‘Taro Stablecoin Protocol’, which will ensure that transfers and transactions for Bitcoin will remain easy and efficient for everyone to access whilst creating cheaper charges.

Off the back of an impressive $70 million in funding awarded in April 2022, this new product is in a good position to succeed. The company has been soliciting feedback from the developer community on its proposal for Taro and can therefore use this feedback whilst further developing the product.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Apr 2022

$70m

SERIES B

Feb 2020

$10m

SERIES A

Total funding: $82.5m

Company HQ

Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Olaoluwa Osuntokun

(CTO)

Previously served as a Software Engineering Intern for Google and currently works as a Teaching Assistant UC Santa Barbara.

Elizabeth Stark

(CEO)

Previously taught at Stanford and Yale University and has advised startups ranging from decentralized technology to AI and was an entrepreneur-in-residence at Stanford StartX.

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