Remote Senior Security Engineer (Remote)

Description:

• Lightning Labs is seeking to hire a Security Engineer for the ongoing scaling of their growing engineering organization.
• This is a hands-on role that consists of devising and implementing policies and procedures around best practices in systems security.
• The ideal candidate has experience in securing web, Bitcoin, and other public-facing network services, penetration testing, and both automated and manual source code security reviews.
• Experience with Bitcoin and the Lightning Network is extremely desirable, as is knowledge of the cryptographic aspects involved in this area.
• Experience and comfort working with highly distributed teams is a must due to the international nature of the organization.
• The ideal candidate should have a passion for the mission of bringing financial freedom to the world, as well as for Bitcoin as a whole.
• Candidates will work across functional team boundaries to ensure all aspects of the business are appropriately considered and covered by security best practices.
• Responsibilities may include designing and deploying active fuzzing, black+white box testing, and penetration testing infrastructure for open source and production systems.
• Performing security audits and reviews of both internal production systems and open source software that interacts with Bitcoin+Lightning in a security-critical manner.
• Providing mentorship and guidance to level up 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.

Requirements:

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

Benefits:

• The position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment focused on financial freedom and Bitcoin.
• Employees will have the chance to mentor and guide teammates, contributing to their professional growth.
• The role allows for collaboration across functional teams, ensuring a comprehensive approach to security.
• The organization values flexibility and is open to adjusting roles based on candidate experience.
• Working remotely provides a flexible work environment suitable for a diverse range of candidates.