# Senior Security Engineer (Remote)

**Company:** [Lightning Labs](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/lightning-labs)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Go, Rust, C/C++, Kubernetes, AWS, Bitcoin, Lightning Network, Cryptography, Penetration Testing, Fuzzing, Security Auditing, Reverse Engineering
**Posted:** 2022-12-01

> Designs and deploys security testing infrastructure, performs audits on Bitcoin/Lightning systems, creates security policies, and mentors teammates. Requires 5+ years in systems security, expertise in Go/Rust/C++, cryptography, and Bitcoin/Lightning.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Designing and deploying active fuzzing, black+white box testing and penetration testing infrastructure for open source and production systems
- Performing security audits and review of both internal production systems as well as open source software which interacts with Bitcoin+Lightning in a security critical manner
- Provide mentorship and guidance to level up your 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

## Preferred Experience
- At least 5 years prior experience in systems security
- An ability to work with a high impact, fast-moving startup team
- Extensive knowledge of operating system and computer architecture internals
- Strong understanding of **cryptography**, protocol design and adversarial analysis
- Experience in reverse engineering and exploiting of cryptographic protocol (cryptocurrencies like **Bitcoin**) systems
- Extensive expertise with professional software development experience in **Go**, **Rust**, **C/C++**, and/or **Java**
- Experience in security incident response
- Experience in security code review and vulnerability triaging
- Prior experience running an open source facing bug bounty program
- 2+ years management experience or experience as a senior decision maker
- Experience working with remote teams
- Experience working with **Kubernetes** and **AWS** infrastructure
- Working knowledge of fundamental **Bitcoin** and **Lightning** design principles

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