Senior Engineering Manager
Lightning Labs is a software company that builds tools for faster and cheaper Bitcoin payments over the Lightning Network.
Maintainer signals as of 8/23/2026
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About Lightning Labs
Lightning Labs is a software company focused on improving Bitcoin payment scalability. Users can send and receive Bitcoin instantly, manage liquidity across payment channels, and integrate Lightning functionality into their apps. The platform supports developers and infrastructure providers by offering open-source tools that enable faster, low-cost Bitcoin transactions through the Lightning Network.
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About the Role
You will help scale a growing engineering organization by working directly with the CTO. You will hire, grow, and mentor engineers, coordinate across functional teams to ensure proper resource allocation and product quality, review software architecture decisions, and build engineering processes that deliver secure, reliable, and robust software. You'll need to bring deep technical knowledge, since the team regularly faces novel and challenging decisions requiring nuanced tradeoff analysis, along with a strong interest in Bitcoin and open source work.
Requirements
- 5 years prior software engineering experience in a systems domain
- 3 years prior engineering management experience
- Experience working with remote teams
- Experience maintaining or contributing to open source projects
- Working knowledge of fundamental Bitcoin design principles
Responsibilities
- Hire, grow, and mentor an engineering team to maximize team harmony and individual satisfaction
- Manage cross-functional projects, engineering resource allocation, and prioritization
- Review and analyze software architecture design
- Create and own engineering processes to promote delivery of secure, reliable, robust software