Software Engineer, Blockstream
Liquid
Blockchain technology solutions
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Blockchain technology solutions
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
21-100 employees
Company mission
Blockstream's mission is to create the financial infrastructure of the future.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of working experience
- Extensive knowledge in any, or multiple, of the following:
- C/C++, Rust
- Test-driven development (unit tests, end to end, etc)
- Designing, implementing, and using APIs (RESTful, Websocket, RPC, etc.)
- Functional Programming
- Development and operation of back-end infrastructure and sysadmin tools
- Design of scalable, distributed back-end architectures
- Cloud development and deployment (AWS or GCE)
- Experience with system/software architecture
- Excellent communication, team player attitude and collaboration skills
- Highly self-motivated, lifetime learner
Desirable
- Experience with Bitcoin, blockchain technology, or cryptography
- Open-source software development experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
What the job involves
- Working with different programming languages and varied tech stacks
- Building and maintaining robust solutions using your high-level expertise and solid understanding of low-level systems to seamlessly integrate our technology with end users as well as existing third-party systems
- You will design, implement, test, deliver, and support software in a continuous integration and deployment environment
Our take
Bitcoin’s blockchain shows great potential to form the future foundation of financial infrastructure. However, working in advanced areas such as Bitcoin mining, asset issuance, and the Lightning Network goes beyond the fundamental framework, and requires expensive assistance from blockchain engineers. Blockstream develops technology to make it easier for businesses and individuals to make use of the Bitcoin blockchain, opening it up to a wider range of users.
Blockstream's offerings include tech to help people utilize advanced technology within the Bitcoin blockchain, including microtransactions on the Lightning Network, enterprise-class Bitcoin miner hosting, and layer-2 digital asset issuance. The company also provides Blockstream Satellite, a technology that leverages satellites to stream blockchain transactions without the internet, preventing them from being disrupted by connection loss.
Whilst the technology Blockstream is facilitating access to already exists, the company has smartly recognized the inaccessibility of its advanced features, and found its niche in providing an easier way to work with the technology. Recently, the company raised significant investment that will enable it to expand its Bitcoin mining facilities amid increasing demand for large-scale hosting services.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2024
$210m
CONVERTIBLE
Jan 2023
$125m
CONVERTIBLE
Total funding: $621m
Company benefits
- Health Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Occupational Accident Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Supplemental Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
Company values
- Permissionless innovation: The success of the internet in recent years is built on permissionless innovation. Nowhere is this kind of progress more important than in the financial industry.
- Don’t trust. Verify.: We believe in empowering individuals and businesses to take control of their own finances and reducing the need for trusted third parties.
- Open finance for everyone: We build software that accelerates the adoption of Bitcoin and peer-to-peer finance for a fairer financial system that benefits everyone, not just a privileged few.
Company HQ
Saint-Laurent, Montreal, QC
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Leadership
Erik Svenson
(President & CFO)Experience as Vice President of AIG Investments. COO of Dan's Plan from 2010 to 2014.
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