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\nChampioning advancements in blockchain technology infrastructure, Blockstream is the leading company extending Bitcoin at the protocol level to support a broad range of new asset types and financial markets and solving scalability, interoperability, and security issues for on-chain and off-chain transactions.\n\nThe Blockstream team is working on core innovations in the Lightning network and Layer 2 scalability technology generally. Lightning is one of the key technologies that will allow bitcoin to scale and, along with other technologies, products, and services under development at Blockstream, will impact the lives of hundreds of millions of people.\n\nWe are looking for a peer to join our small, distributed development team. We have a one of the leading, standards-compliant Lightning implementations and work collegially with the broader open-source Lightning community to develop those standards. You will be actively mentored by, and learn alongside, Christian Decker (whose PhD was on bitcoin micropayment networks) and Rusty Russell, one of the creators of the Linux OS. You will influence, not only the codebase, but also the product design, features, and architecture.\n\nWe are looking for a motivated engineer with strong CS background and C programming experience. We would love to support you in the following ways:\n\n\n* Mentoring\n\n* Flexible work hours\n\n* Telecommute option\n\n* Conference attendance support\n\n* Educational options\n\n\n\n\nIf you want to share the excitement and satisfaction of an inclusive community, learn a lot, and have a great deal of fun, please contact us, even if you don’t think you have all the skills (yet!).\n\nTake a look at an inspiring talk by Elizabeth Stark, CEO and Founder of Lightning Labs:\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PcR4HWJnkY\n\nGet an idea of the scope of innovation that is taking place at Blockstream:\n\nhttps://blockstream.com/blog/\n\n\nCheck out some of the cool Lightning Apps developed by Blockstream:\n\nhttps://blockstream.com/2018/03/29/blockstreams-week-of-lapps-ends.html\n\nhttps://dev.lightning.community/\n\nRequirements:\n\n\n* Career in software engineering, working on increasingly sophisticated systems\n\n* Development experience in C (at least 3 years); C++ experience considered\n\n* Open source software development experience and ability to share some projects (preferably on GitHub) is highly desirable\n\n* Emphasis on code quality; willingness to write full-coverage test suites and participate in regular code reviews\n\n* Linux systems experience\n\n* Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with a geographically distributed team\n\n* Life-long learner\n\n* Strong interest in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency space\n\n\n\n\nPluses:\n\n\n* Experience implementing one or more network protocols to comply with written specifications or standards\n\n* Experience in applied cryptography\n\n* Mobile software development experience\n\n* Bitcoin-related code contributions\n\n* Authorship of an IETF RFC, ITU-T spec, or other protocol specification\n\n* Experience in Fin-Tech \n\n* Experience with consumer payment systems\n\n* Active participation in Bitcoin meetups or other relevant events\n\n* Python\n\n\n\n\nTo Apply:\n\n\n* Tell us why you are excited to work for Blockstream. We read Cover Letters!\n\n* Share with us your Open Source contributions and other exciting projects\n\n* Please send your resume and cover letter in WORD or PDF format to [email protected]. We would like you to focus on your major achievements.\n\n* Place the text "Software Engineer, Lightning" in the subject line.\n\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n
No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Engineer, C and Linux jobs that are similar:\n\n
$80,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n
๐ฐ 401(k)\n\n๐ Distributed team\n\nโฐ Async\n\n๐ค Vision insurance\n\n๐ฆท Dental insurance\n\n๐ Medical insurance\n\n๐ Unlimited vacation\n\n๐ Paid time off\n\n๐ 4 day workweek\n\n๐ฐ 401k matching\n\n๐ Company retreats\n\n๐ฌ Coworking budget\n\n๐ Learning budget\n\n๐ช Free gym membership\n\n๐ง Mental wellness budget\n\n๐ฅ Home office budget\n\n๐ฅง Pay in crypto\n\n๐ฅธ Pseudonymous\n\n๐ฐ Profit sharing\n\n๐ฐ Equity compensation\n\nโฌ๏ธ No whiteboard interview\n\n๐ No monitoring system\n\n๐ซ No politics at work\n\n๐ We hire old (and young)\n\n
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