Senior Security Engineer (Remote)
Lightning Labs · Remote · Lightning Labs ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Fully remote
- Senior level
- Bitcoin & Lightning
- Go, Rust, C/C++
- Kubernetes + AWS
Join Lightning Labs as a hands-on Security Engineer focused on scaling the engineering organization's security posture. You will devise and implement best practices for systems security, covering public-facing network services and cryptocurrency infrastructure.
This position requires collaborating across functional boundaries to ensure comprehensive security coverage. You will work with a highly distributed international team, contributing to the mission of global financial freedom through Bitcoin technology.
What you'll do
- Design and deploy fuzzing, black/white box, and penetration testing infrastructure
- Conduct security audits on internal production systems and open source software
- Mentor teammates to enhance overall team security capabilities
- Create global security policies, standards, and maintenance procedures
- Oversee security aspects of software release processes and infrastructure
- Determine security team requirements to support future organizational growth
- Develop and manage security incident response processes
- Perform regular risk management assessments
What you'll need
- At least 5 years of experience in systems security
- Strong understanding of cryptography, protocol design, and adversarial analysis
- Expertise in professional software development using Go, Rust, C/C++, or Java
- Experience with security incident response and vulnerability triaging
- Knowledge of operating system and computer architecture internals
- Experience working effectively with remote, distributed teams
- Familiarity with Kubernetes and AWS infrastructure
- Working knowledge of Bitcoin and Lightning Network design principles
Nice to have
- Experience in reverse engineering cryptographic protocols
- Prior experience running an open source bug bounty program
- Two or more years of management or senior decision-making experience
- Deep expertise in Bitcoin and Lightning Network cryptography
Stack
- Go
- Rust
- C/C++
- Java
- Kubernetes
- AWS
- Bitcoin
- Lightning Network
How you'll work
- Fully remote position
- International distributed team
- Fast-moving startup environment