Assets Protocol Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design and implement core Taproot Assets Protocol (TAP) features 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 the Taproot Assets Protocol
• 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

Requirements

• Strong engineering background with solid programming skills
• Experience in Go, C, or C++
• Thorough understanding of distributed systems and peer-to-peer networking
• Solid engineering practices including testing methodology and documentation
• Experience with Bitcoin, cryptography, and/or financial software

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior contributions to crypto protocols and open source software collaboration
• Strong fundamental understanding of the core Bitcoin protocol and PSBTs

About the Company

Lightning Labs is focused on making using Bitcoin cheap, fast, and simple for everyone through advanced protocol development.