[Hiring] Founding Engineer @Lygos

Role Description

As a Founding Full-Stack Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and building the Lygos platform and stack. It's a chance to be a core part of a foundational team, contribute to key architectural decisions, and grow with a company offering generous equity for early team members. You'll work directly with our experienced CTO and founding team to bring our innovative Bitcoin-native financial products to life.

What You'll Do

• Build & Innovate: Design, develop, and deploy core features for the Lygos platform, spanning our backend services, oracle infrastructure, and borrower-facing applications.
• Full-Stack Development: Work across our entire stack, including TypeScript/Node.js backend services, database management (SQL/NoSQL), and potentially contributing to our React Native mobile application.
• Bitcoin & DLC Integration: Implement and enhance functionality related to Bitcoin transactions, PSBTs, and the integration of Discreet Log Contracts.
• Oracle & Watchtower Systems: Contribute to the development and maintenance of our oracle systems for price attestations and event monitoring, as well as related infrastructure like watchtowers and notification services.
• Architectural Input: Collaborate on platform architecture discussions, helping to design scalable, secure, and robust systems.
• Embrace the Challenge: Be ready to wear multiple hats, tackle diverse challenges, learn quickly, and contribute proactively in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Hungry & Motivated: You are driven, proactive, and excited by the challenge of building something impactful from the ground up in a small, fast-moving team.
• Strong TypeScript & Node.js Experience: Proven ability to build robust backend services.
• Full-Stack Versatility: Comfortable working on both backend logic and potentially contributing to frontend components.
• Database Proficiency: Experience with SQL and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Independent & Proactive: Ability to work independently, take ownership, and figure things out with minimal oversight.
• Quick Learner: Eagerness and ability to dive into an existing codebase and rapidly learn new technologies and concepts, especially around DLCs.
• Excellent Communicator & Team Player: You thrive in a collaborative environment.

Nice-to-Haves (Bonus Points)

• Direct experience with Bitcoin development and advanced scripting.
• Good technical grasp of Bitcoin's blockchain architecture, the UTXO model, transactions, and ideally some familiarity with Bitcoin libraries (e.g., bitcoinjs-lib, working with PSBTs).
• Knowledge of Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs) or other advanced Bitcoin contract types.
• Experience with blockchain oracles or multi-signature setups.
• React Native experience.
• Familiarity with Rust or C++ (relevant to Bitcoin/DLC libraries).
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP) and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience at an early stage startup.

Benefits

• Founding Team Impact: As our first engineering hire, you'll have a direct, significant impact on the product, technology, and company culture.
• Generous Equity: We believe in aligning incentives and are offering a substantial equity stake for early, key team members.
• Competitive Compensation: We offer highly competitive salaries to attract and retain the best talent in the industry.
• Cutting-Edge Technology: Work at the forefront of Bitcoin innovation with Discreet Log Contracts.
• Experienced Leadership: Learn from and collaborate with a founding team that has deep expertise in both institutional finance and pioneering DLC technology.
• Massive Market Opportunity: Help build a foundational layer for the future of Bitcoin finance.
• Remote & Flexible: Enjoy the benefits of a fully remote setup, with opportunities to collaborate in-person.

Our Typical Interview Process

• Initial Application: Fill out the short form so we can get to know you!
• 1-2 chats: Discuss our vision, check for culture fit, talk about your past experience, get to know each other more in-depth.
• Complete a paid take-home assignment: We’ll have you work on a small project relevant to our infrastructure that we’ll review.
• 2-way reference check: You chat with our investors and team members. We chat with previous (or current) coworkers/managers.
• Offer: Ready to build the future of Bitcoin finance with us?