diff --git a/content/jobs/api-engineer.md b/content/jobs/api-engineer.md index 1f71a3b9..9f17c1b6 100644 --- a/content/jobs/api-engineer.md +++ b/content/jobs/api-engineer.md @@ -1,7 +1,11 @@ --- -title: API Engineer +title: Senior API Engineer order: 5 status: active url: https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/lbryio/view/P_AAAAAADAAADFYg8lMqDBXz?trackingTag=joinUs --- -(API engineer) \ No newline at end of file +This job combines the sexiest language with a slightly less sexy objective for an overall attractiveness quotient of still pretty neat. + +Specifically, being an API engineer at LBRY involves creating and modifying web-based API endpoints in Go. These endpoints are used for everyone from analytics and user-databasing to reward disbursement and more. + +This is the only closed source project at LBRY. Competence in creating sane, secure, and well-structured API signatures is required, as is a mind for security. Strong knowledge of SQL and data structures is also necessary. This work involves interactions with blockchain, but no direct work on the LBRY blockchain or protocol. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/jobs/application-engineer-lead.md b/content/jobs/application-engineer-lead.md index 69af0970..2a137225 100644 --- a/content/jobs/application-engineer-lead.md +++ b/content/jobs/application-engineer-lead.md @@ -4,4 +4,14 @@ order: 2 status: active url: https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/lbryio/view/P_AAAAAADAAADNhIbg93Flmj?trackingTag=joinUs --- -(write me) +As the touch and interaction point for the vast majority of LBRY users, applications play a tremendous role in the success of the LBRY protocol. + +LBRY maintains three applications. All three use either ReactJS or React Native. + + - [lbry-desktop](http://github.com/lbryio/lbry-app), an Electron based desktop browser and wallet. + - [lbry-android](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-android), a browser and wallet for Android, currently in alpha. + - [spee.ch](https://github.com/lbryio/spee.ch), a web-based image and video sharing and self-hosting tool that syncs to the LBRY network. + +This position would involve becoming the team leader of all three projects, which each currently have a single full-time engineer working on them. + +Success at this position involves strength at both product vision and user-experience as well as code architecture and standards. Being able to showcase previous experience building an engaging and delightful application is a requirement for this position. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/jobs/blockchain-engineer.md b/content/jobs/blockchain-engineer.md index 82e0ba1f..60cd49d7 100644 --- a/content/jobs/blockchain-engineer.md +++ b/content/jobs/blockchain-engineer.md @@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ This position involves working directly on the LBRY [blockchain](https://github. Competence with cryptography, security, and networks is mandatory. Experience with blockchain is beneficial but not required. -Blockchain work is like being a goalkeeper: good work goes under-appreciated, but mistakes are catastrophic. It's helpful if you're the kind of masochist that enjoys this. +Blockchain work can be like being a goalkeeper: good work goes under-appreciated, but mistakes are catastrophic. It's helpful to have a mindset that succeeds in the face of these incentives.