General Application at SatoshiLabs (Prague, Czech Republic)

SatoshiLabs· Prague, Czech Republic·11h ago

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This is a general application portal for candidates and potential hires interested in joining SatoshiLabs. The company invites applicants to submit their contact details so they may be considered for future openings or to connect with the team.

Job description

Let’s stay in touch - or send great people our way! Didn't find the right role this time? No problem! Leave us your contact details by clicking "Apply for Job", and we’ll reach out if something fitting comes up. Or do you know someone who’d be a great match for our team? Send them this way - we’d love to meet them!

Why work at SatoshiLabs

Culture: Values of Independence, Courage, and Integrity. Employees are empowered to take ownership, make decisions, and drive development without strict corporate guidelines.
Flexibility: Remote-first environment – “office, home, beach” – with core hours alignment. Trust-based time off and focus on work-life balance.
Perks:
- Option to receive salary in Bitcoin.
- On-site gym, yoga classes, MultiSport card subsidy.
- Stacked kitchen with snacks, coffee, fruit; regular breakfast AMAs.
- Recreational areas with foosball, billiards, PlayStation.
- Personal budget for conferences, workshops, courses; in-house language lessons.
- 10 days paid parental leave.
Engineering culture: Open-source contribution encouraged; developers work on wallets, blockchain indexers, secure chip firmware, and crypto protocols. Strong emphasis on security and cryptography.
Open positions: As of mid-2025, ~9 active roles including Product Manager, Senior Firmware Engineer, Cryptographer Team Lead, Security Compliance Manager, and more (see careers page).

About SatoshiLabs

Company Overview

One-liner: SatoshiLabs is a Czech technology holding company that creates hardware and software innovations in cryptocurrency and open source, best known as the creator of the Trezor hardware wallet.
Entity Type: Private (bootstrapped, self-owned & independent)
Headquarters: Prague, Czech Republic
Founded: 2013
Founders: Marek “Slush” Palatinus, Pavol “Stick” Rusnák, Alena Vránová

Core Business

Primary industries: Cryptocurrency security, hardware wallets, blockchain infrastructure, peer-to-peer finance, open-source hardware design.
Target customers: B2C (individuals seeking self-custody of crypto, bitcoin savers) and B2B (mining pool operators, developers needing blockchain indexers); strong focus on the bitcoin community.
Mission or purpose statement: “To help you grab hold of your financial independence and digital security” – empowering individuals through self-sovereignty and decentralized finance.

Products & Services

Trezor: The world’s first cryptocurrency hardware wallet (Trezor Model One & Trezor Model T). Provides secure offline storage for private keys, supports multiple assets, and includes a touchscreen interface on Model T. Type: Hardware + companion software (Trezor Suite).
Invity: A cryptocurrency comparison and exchange platform integrated into Trezor Suite, allowing users to buy, sell, and swap crypto assets. Type: Aggregator / Service.
Tropic Square: An open-source, auditable secure chip design company. Aims to redefine hardware security with transparent chip manufacturing. Type: Hardware IP / Semiconductor.
Vexl: A peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading mobile app that enables direct, discreet, and non-KYC transactions within local communities. Type: Mobile App / Peer-to-Peer Service.
Slush Pool: The first Bitcoin mining pool (now operated as Braiins). Improves network efficiency, democratization, and security. Type: Service (mining pool).
Trezor Blockbook: An open-source blockchain indexer and search engine backend service for finding transaction information. Type: Open-source software / API.

Market Standing

Valuation/Market Cap: Not publicly disclosed.
Key Metric: Annual revenue estimated at $12.4 M (per LinkedIn, likely reflecting the parent entity only; the group as a whole is larger). Total funding not disclosed – the company is self-owned and bootstrapped.
Notable Investors/Partners: No external institutional investors; funded through early pre-orders and organic growth. Partners include the broader Bitcoin open-source community and contributors to BIP39, BIP44, and Shamir Backup standards.
Growth Signals:
- Employs 250+ people across 5 companies (Trezor, Invity, Tropic Square, Vexl, Slush Pool) and operates in 6 countries (Czechia, Slovakia, USA, UK, Georgia, Spain).
- LinkedIn reports 6,346 followers with 24% yearly growth.
- Continues to release new products (Vexl launched 2022; Tropic Square chip development).
- Maintains leadership in hardware wallet market share despite growing competition.

Competitive Advantages

First-mover & standard-setter: Created the first hardware wallet (Trezor) and co-authored industry standards BIP39 (mnemonic seed) and BIP44 (HD wallet path), which are now ubiquitous.
Open-source ethos: All core firmware, software, and chip designs are open-source, enabling community auditing and trust – a rare transparency in security hardware.
Integrated ecosystem: Products work seamlessly together (e.g., Trezor + Invity, Trezor + Blockbook), offering a cohesive experience from storage to trading to blockchain data.
Bitcoin-first + DIY culture: Strong ideological commitment to self-sovereignty, no-KYC tools (Vexl), and resistance to institutional control, attracting passionate users.

Strategic Focus

Current priorities:
- Expanding the Vexl P2P app to more countries.
- Advancing Tropic Square’s auditable secure chip for use in Trezor and third-party products.
- Deepening the Trezor Suite with DeFi and privacy features.
- Maintaining independence and avoiding VC pressure that could compromise user privacy.
Growth direction: Strengthen the “holding company” model where each subsidiary can innovate independently while sharing security expertise and the SatoshiLabs brand.

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