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

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
Candidates with additional experience are welcome to apply as we are open to adjusting the role accordingly.

Senior Security Engineer

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