Last year was spent sowing the seeds for major developments and changes that 2018 will bring to Lisk. We invested a great deal of time in our diligent search for top talent to add to the Lisk team. And we’re thrilled to say that we found some great people. Please read on to get to know our latest hires a bit better.

Iker is the first member of our Science Team. He joined Lisk as a Cryptographer on December 11. Originally from Vitoria-Gasteiz in the Basque region of Spain, he received his PhD in Coding Theory. He also spent several years as a Software Engineer and Content Developer at MATLAB and Simulink maker MathWorks.

He describes Lisk as groundbreaking, user-friendly and adaptable. Unlike the majority of his colleagues at Lisk, he is not a developer. He focuses on the mathematical foundation of Lisk’s protocol and algorithms. He seeks to improve Lisk by analyzing every issue and scenario from a theoretical point of view. He is most excited to see how Lisk will enable blockchain technology to reach everyone and believes blockchain is a technological revolution that is happening thanks to decentralization.

According to Iker, Lisk should bring blockchain technology to the people because the concept initiates a financial, social and political revolution which will allow people to regain financial control over their lives. In his free time, Iker enjoys playing squash and football, as well as staying up-to-date with latest blockchain projects.

Manu commenced his role as Lisk’s latest Backend Developer on January 2. He brings with him seven years of experience in Backend Development, with a specialisation in Node.js and JavaScript. The three words he uses to describe Lisk are: programmable gold coin. The most fun part of his job currently is learning about the domain and its technology, and he is looking forward to the release of Lisk’s SDK. Manu loves the fact that Lisk is built on JavaScript, therefore is programmer-friendly; it helps anyone and everyone build their own blockchain rapidly. Outside of the office, Manu is fairly athletic and plays basketball, volleyball and table tennis.

Eve is a Human Resources Generalist at Lisk and began on January 3. Apart from Gina, she is the only other Berlin native on the team. Her previous work experience is in retail and community management. If she could only pick three words to describe Lisk, Eve would have to say that Lisk is: innovative, promising and ambitious. She loves the fact that her job responsibilities are defining and implementing company culture. Watching the team grow and expand is only the cherry on top. But what Eve is most excited to see is how Lisk will bring people together in the world of blockchain by making the technology easily accessible for all. In her down time, she enjoys stepping out of her comfort zone — she has plans to take a Salsa class soon.

Lothar began working at Lisk on January 10 as a Financial Analyst. For him, Lisk is innovative, accessible and agile. He holds a Masters Degree in International Business with a specialization in Finance and most recently worked as a Business-to-Business Consultant. Among the many pluses of working at Lisk for Lothar is that he gets to be surrounded by an international and highly-talented team every day. Developers should care about decentralization and blockchain because they will both solve issues that society is currently facing due to a highly centralized world. Decentralization and blockchain will accelerate operational practices in various industries as well. Among his hobbies are playing football, financial modeling and aquatic sports like diving.

Lisk is still rapidly growing. In order to accommodate the expanding team, we are moving into a much bigger office on February 1. Stay tuned to our social media channels to get a behind-the-scenes look of the new Lisk HQ and hear more about the Lisk team members who are hard at work every day to build a JavaScript-based blockchain ecosystem for all.

Want to join us?

Head over to our Angel List profile to see where you could fit. Apply either through Angel.co or contact us on [email protected]. Remember to include your resume and a motivation letter/portfolio.