# Platform Engineer (Remote) at Lightning

> Remote · region unclear · Unspecified · Backend · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/ashby%3Alightning%3Afde1d2b6-99e1-404a-b343-c35b2c40f9ae (read 2026-11-06).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Lightning](https://alderhq.app/companies/lightning)
- Location text: Lightning Labs
- Where it can be done from (inferred): Remote · region unclear (evidence: "Location: Lightning Labs")
- Posted: 2022-05-03 (1647 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-02 · last verified: 2026-11-04
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lightning/fde1d2b6-99e1-404a-b343-c35b2c40f9ae
- Skills listed (inferred): Python, Go, Rust, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: not posted

## Description (the employer's text)

Lightning Labs is seeking a pragmatic senior software engineer who embraces the DevOps mindset to improve our developer experience.

Roles:

- Manage the underlying cloud and cluster technologies that compose our internal platform

- Manage stateful backend services such as databases and Bitcoin/LN nodes

- Utilize, operate, and extend observability tools (logging/monitoring/tracing)

- Improve robustness & security of our platform using enhancements like operators and overlay networks

- Advise/assist dev teams with integrations, such as Helm charts, cloud resources, and the k8s lifecycle

Skills:

- Strong foundations in Linux, networking, security, cloud, and IaC

- Managing and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters in production

- Operating and extending observability tools (logging/metrics/tracing)

- Experience in a systems programming language (Go, Python, Rust, etc)

- Preferred

- Advanced cloud technologies: GitOps, DevSecOps, service mesh

- Database administration: postgresql, etcd

- Knowledge of Bitcoin and Lightning Network

- Familiarity contributing to open source projects

Check out our Github repos at:

- https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd

- https://github.com/lightninglabs/lndinit

- https://github.com/lightninglabs/lndmon

- https://github.com/lightninglabs/aperture

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