Full Stack Engineer @ Lightspark

Overview

Lightspark is the easiest, most reliable, enterprise-grade gateway to the Lightning Network, enabling money to move just like bits and bytes do on the Internet. Lightspark services aim to be the fastest, lowest cost, easiest, and most reliable way to send and receive payments globally using Lightning. We want to deliver open payments for the Internet at scale and we’re laser-focused on solving real problems for our customers with best-in-class innovative software solutions. We aim to help businesses around the world benefit from real-time payments and build amazing new experiences for themselves and their customers. Lightspark is headquartered in Los Angeles but serves the world.

At Lightspark, we are pioneering the future of payments by leveraging the Bitcoin network and diving deep into the capabilities of the Lightning Network. Our mission is to build a secure and robust payment infrastructure that bridges the gap between traditional finance and cryptocurrency.

We are seeking full-stack engineers who thrive in entrepreneurial environments, enjoy writing and shipping code fast, and can help us build out a great culture of engineering excellence. Your primary focuses will be to automate our SDKs, design and implement new payment protocols, and build out new features on our APIs, SDKs, and websites.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Designing, building, and maintaining systems to generate/upgrade our SDKs across all platforms, languages, APIs, and products
Coding in React, Typescript, and Python most of the time, but also occasionally in Go, Rust, Kotlin, and more languages. You don’t need to know all of these to join, but we hope you’ll be excited to learn!
Designing and building production services, websites, and applications
Working closely with UX design, other developers, and Product Management to build world-class software
Creating a rich services layer to serve the next set of users and use cases - bringing Lightning to mass adoption
Learning and growing in a highly collaborative environment
Integrating with partners to build new services for Lightspark’s customers
Adapting across projects that include core infrastructure to new features and functionality

What We’re Looking For:

1 to 3 years of full-stack engineering experience
React, Typescript, and Python experience is required
Fintech, crypto, or side project experience is a plus
Experience driving initiatives forward with creativity and resourcefulness, inspiring others to excel through a proactive, innovative, and positive mindset
Ability and willingness to rapidly adapt to new technologies and programming languages, demonstrating perseverance and resilience in overcoming challenges
Ability to work independently to deliver high-quality results within tight timeframes through precision and focus
Desire to learn and grow in a highly collaborative environment
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent is a plus but not required. We appreciate and acknowledge that some of the best talent comes from non-traditional backgrounds.
Living in, or willing to relocate to Los Angeles, CA. We are an in-office company located in Culver City.

Compensation

$150K – $200K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus

We take into account an individual’s qualifications, skillset, and experience when determining salary. The salary range listed in the job posting reflects the new hire salary range across levels that would be applicable to the position and Los Angeles location. This role is eligible for health insurance, life insurance, 401k contribution, paid time off including vacation and sick leave, and any other tax-reportable benefits. The final salary will be commensurate with the candidate’s final level and represents the base salary only.

Health insurance coverage including medical, dental, and vision
Competitive salary
Stock options
Company-paid life insurance
20 paid vacation days a year, as well as paid holidays
Flexible work schedule
Matching 401k
FSA/DCA accounts
Generous family leave policies
Annual bonuses

Lightspark is on a mission to build an open payment protocol for the Internet at scale and therefore we’re committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse workplace to reflect the customers we serve. We welcome interest from individuals of all backgrounds and levels of experience who share our mission. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the State of California Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

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