Stellar Development Foundation

Senior Software Engineer, Wallets

Stellar Development Foundation$185K — $275K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in software development within collaborative teams.
  • Strong understanding of computer science principles such as data structures and distributed systems.
  • Proficiency in multiple programming languages including Go, Python, Rust, C#, Java, or C++.
  • Experience supporting and maintaining production web services at scale.
  • Excellent communication skills for leading technical discussions and design reviews.
  • Strong product mindset geared towards user needs and experience design.

Responsibilities

  • Work on innovative blockchain and financial technology projects.
  • Drive the development process for wallet applications from conception to completion.
  • Design APIs that enhance developer usability within the ecosystem.
  • Maintain scalable services that align with the organization's mission.
  • Identify developer needs to standardize protocols for increased velocity.
  • Engage with the open-source community on various projects and initiatives.
  • Conduct code reviews and participate in engineering best practices.
  • Investigate and resolve performance issues to ensure scalability of API services.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, mostly fully covered for employees and dependents.
  • Flexible time off plus 15 company holidays including a designated holiday break.
  • Paid parental leave and pregnancy leave options for all parents.
  • Monthly gym reimbursement of $80 to promote wellness.
  • 401K plan with a 4% company match to support retirement savings.
  • Financial support for families through various contributions to wellbeing initiatives.
  • $1,500 annual learning and development budget to encourage professional growth.
Full Job Description
As a part of the Wallet team, you will work on products that power the ecosystem of applications that connect end-users to the Stellar network. Our team builds one of these applications, Freighter, as well as the open-source libraries and services that they depend on. Your work will be at the intersection of scale and usability: designing opinionated backend systems and interfaces that accelerate downstream application development and deploying and scaling those systems as Stellar's transaction throughput and user base grows.

In this role, you will:
  • Work on cutting-edge technology at the intersection of blockchain and finance.
  • Drive all aspects of the development process for wallet projects, from vision to implementation.
  • Design new functionality and developer-facing APIs that empower the ecosystem.
  • Build and maintain scalable web services that align with the foundation's mission.
  • Identify developer needs and design standardized protocols to improve developer velocity across the ecosystem.
  • Engage with the open-source community on diverse projects, frameworks, and ideas.
  • Collaborate on code reviews, design discussions, and best practices for engineering at SDF.
  • Investigate and resolve performance bottlenecks to ensure our API services scale effectively.
  • Author detailed technical specifications (RFCs) to contribute to our robust design process.


You have:
  • 5+ years of experience developing software as part of a collaborative team.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and information retrieval.
  • Proficiency in writing server applications in languages such as Go, Python, Rust, C#, Java, or C++, and a willingness to work across languages when needed.
  • A solid grasp of software design patterns and the ability to build reusable, extensible, and modular components.
  • Experience supporting production web services at scale.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to advocate for and lead technical discussions, especially during design and code reviews.
  • A strong product mindset that drives a passion for understanding and designing for current and anticipated user needs.


Bonus Points if:
  • You have experience with blockchain technology.
  • You have experience building data pipelines.
  • You have experience contributing to open-source projects.
  • You have experience specifically with Go and NodeJS


We offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $185,000 - $275,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, we offer lumen-denominated grants along with the following perks and benefits:

USA Benefits/Perks:
  • Competitive health, dental & vision coverage with most plans covered at 100% for the employee + any dependents
  • Flexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break
  • Generous paid parental leave for all parents, plus paid pregnancy disability leave for birthing parents
  • Gym reimbursement ($80 per month)
  • Life & ADD (up to $50K)
  • Short & Long term disability
  • 401K with 4% match
  • Health & Dependent Care FSA Accounts
  • Commuter benefits with $250/month employer contribution
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with monthly employer contribution
  • Family building benefits through Kindbody
  • Wellbeing benefits (One Medical, Rightway, Headspace)
  • L&D budget of $1,500/year
  • Daily lunch and snacks in office
  • Company retreats


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About Stellar Development Foundation

Stellar Development Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports the development and growth of the Stellar blockchain network. Stellar is an open-source, decentralized payment protocol that enables fast, low-cost, cross-border transactions. The foundation was established in 2014 by Jed McCaleb, the co-founder of Ripple, and Joyce Kim, a lawyer and entrepreneur. The foundation's mission is to promote financial access and inclusion by making it easier and cheaper to move money around the world. Stellar's network has been used by companies such as IBM and Deloitte to facilitate cross-border payments and remittances.
Learn more about Stellar Development Foundation
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100 employees
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Founded
2014

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