Share this article
MicroStrategy Looks to Hire Software Engineer for Building Bitcoin Lightning Network Infrastructure
The new hire will also been tasked with designing decentralized finance technologies.
Updated May 11, 2023, 6:50 p.m. Published Sep 30, 2022, 10:41 a.m.
Technology company MicroStrategy (MSTR) is looking to recruit a software engineer to build a Lightning Network-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform.
The job listing states that the Lightning Network software will provide companies with security and e-commerce products. The Lightning Network is a layer 2 scaling system for Bitcoin designed to increase the speed of sending and receiving payments on the blockchain.
STORY CONTINUES BELOW
Don't miss another story.Subscribe to the Crypto Daybook Americas Newsletter today. See all newsletters
MicroStrategy is one of the largest holders of bitcoin having acquired 130,000 coins ($2.45 billion) since deploying its bitcoin strategy in 2020.
The job listing also states that a new recruit will be tasked with building decentralized finance (DeFi) technologies.
Decentralized finance is a form of lending involving smart contracts that omits the need for brokers or intermediaries, it is typically based on other blockchains like Ethereum, Solana or Binance Smart Chain.
Executive chairman Michael Saylor, often described as a bitcoin maximalist, has previously been dismissive about other cryptocurrencies like ether . He labelled ether as a security during a Bitcoin conference in July.
Read more: Bitcoin Maximalist Michael Saylor Makes the Case Against Ethereum
CORRECTION (Sept. 30, 2022 14:40 UTC) – Michael Saylor is no longer CEO of MicroStrategy. In August he became executive chairman.
More For You
What to know:
- As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4.7M in total revenue across its product lines. The GoPlus App is the primary revenue driver, contributing $2.5M (approx. 53%), followed by the SafeToken Protocol at $1.7M.
- GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
- Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B.
More For You
Pye Finance Raises $5M Seed Round Led by Variant and Coinbase Ventures
The platform aims to make locked Solana staking positions tradable via an onchain marketplace.
What to know:
- Pye Finance raised a $5 million seed round led by Variant and Coinbase Ventures, with participation from Solana Labs, Nascent and Gemini.
- The startup is building an onchain marketplace on Solana for time-locked staking positions that can be traded.
- Pye says the product targets Solana’s large pool of staked SOL, worth roughly $75 billion, and aims to give validators and stakers more flexibility over terms and reward flows.
Top Stories
