Lightning Developer Evangelist

About the Role

Join Lightning Labs as a Developer Evangelist to ignite the global Lightning developer community and accelerate the adoption of Bitcoin's Lightning Network. This exciting remote role is perfect for someone passionate about fostering innovation and connecting builders to bring financial freedom to the world. This is a global, remote position, with a preference for candidates in US time zones for optimal collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Embed yourself in the global Lightning developer community, from application builders to routing node operators to protocol developers, understanding their priorities and how Lightning Labs can help.
• Attract new developers to the Lightning Network by creating projects, highlighting community initiatives, and organizing opportunities for new developers to get involved.
• Organize developer and community calls to communicate the latest updates from Lightning Labs and help product and engineering teams incorporate external feedback.
• Source new potential customers, from Lightning-first developers to bitcoin technical teams wanting to add Lightning support, and existing companies looking to integrate Lightning into their products.
• Support existing customers as a point of contact for software issues, explaining new features, and detailing the business-related impacts of upgrading.
• Understand developers’ business goals and connect them with ecosystem participants that will help them succeed.

Requirements

• Passion for Bitcoin, the Lightning Network, and the mission of bringing financial freedom to the world.
• Experience organizing community events and fostering developer engagement.
• A track record of building Lightning-related projects or contributing to the ecosystem.
• A strong drive to continually improve the developer experience of building with Lightning.
• Proactive and creative problem-solver.