Lairs Johnstone

Lairs Johnstone has a diverse work experience, with a focus on roles related to Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and financial systems. Johnstone has held positions at various companies, starting in 2010 at Google as a Software Engineer within the YouTube ads team. They then transitioned to a Site Reliability Engineer role at Google, where they worked on maintaining and improving the ads serving systems.

In 2014, Johnstone embarked on a period of unconventional living and work arrangements, exploring technical projects while traveling across several countries. During this time, they also worked remotely as a Technical Co-founder, creating architecture and features for a startup in advertising technology.

From 2015 to 2016, Johnstone worked as a Site Reliability Engineer at Safello, where they focused on making Bitcoin buying and selling simple and secure. They were responsible for architecture design and implementation, monitoring, security analysis, and software engineering.

In 2016, Johnstone joined Klarna, initially as a Reliability Engineer, where they improved the configuration and operation of the TranzAxis system used for transactions. They then became a Team Lead for the TX Reliability team, responsible for maintaining and improving production environments and ensuring efficiency and reliability. Additionally, Johnstone worked as a Domain Architect, establishing standards and organizing the technical strategy within Klarna's technical leadership.

In 2018, Johnstone became a Team Lead at Shift Cryptosecurity, focusing on collaboration and scalability as the company grew. They helped establish processes to facilitate collaboration among team members.

From 2019 to 2022, Johnstone worked as a Rödin Coder at Rödin Coder and explored opportunities related to Bitcoin and the financial sector. They joined HUBUC in 2022 as a Technical Lead for the Core Engineering team, focusing on improving the microservices' implementation and working on feature delivery for new customers.

Overall, Johnstone's work experience showcases their expertise in Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, financial systems, and system reliability and highlights their ability to adapt to unconventional work environments.

Lairs Johnstone completed high school education in the field of natural sciences at Liljaskolan from 2001 to 2004. Afterward, from 2004 to 2008, they attended Umeå University, where they obtained an MSc degree in computer science.