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# systems software engineer

- **Company:** Lightning Labs
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Code Review, Distributed Systems, Financial Software, Github, Open Source Technology, Peer-To-Peer (P2P), Free and Open-Source Software, Bitcoin
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/assets-protocol-engineer-remote-lightning-labs-8289630

## About the Role

Strong engineering background with solid programming skills

 - Experience in Go desired, C or C++ relevant as well
 - Thorough understanding of the principles of distributed systems and peer-to-peer networking
 - Solid engineering practices and processes, such as testing methodology and documentation
 - Experience with Bitcoin, cryptography, and/or financial software
 - Prior contributions to crypto protocols and open source software collaboration preferred
 - Quick learner, geared towards implementation
 - Eager to develop new skills and willing to take ownership of projects

## Description

Ideal candidates should have a strong fundamental understanding of the core Bitcoin protocol, proposed updates to augment smart contracting functionality, and also widespread application standards such as PSBTs. In addition, and ideal candidate should have a strong passion for Bitcoin and a desire to make using Bitcoin cheap, fast, and simple for everyone.

Roles:

 - 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


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