Senior Software Engineer

Interested in working on cutting-edge blockchain technology and creating equitable access to the global financial system? Since 2014, the mission-driven team at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has helped fuel the tremendous growth of the Stellar blockchain network, an open-source platform that operates at high-scale today. Developers and companies around the world build on it, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem.

As a member of the Stellar Labs team, you'll have the opportunity to push the boundaries of blockchain performance. We are tackling hard systems problems across the stack, including databases, secure runtimes, distributed systems, and consensus protocols.

In this role, you will: 

• Design and build scalable, high-performance systems.
• Work in a fast-paced, startup-like environment.
• Write clean, maintainable code with an emphasis on simplicity, testing, and benchmarking.
• Own core subsystems and help the team hit critical product milestones.
• Collaborate with the team on code review and design, and contribute to best practices.
• Author detailed technical feature and protocol (RFC) specifications.
• Contribute to open-source software

Qualifications:

• Experience developing reliable and easy to understand software on a team.
• A track record of building and maintaining large systems in modern C++ or Rust.
• An understanding of low-level details and the ability to write high-performance code.
• Enthusiasm about working on a small, growing team where you'll be given a lot of autonomy. You're open, empathetic, and care about putting the best ideas forward in a collaborative and helpful manner.

Nice to have: 

• A BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent field. Experience in a computer systems research area such as computer networks, distributed systems, databases, or operating systems is especially encouraged.
• You have created or contributed to a project in the open source community.

We offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $180,000 - $230,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, we offer token-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 dependants
• Flexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break
• Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for both non-birthing and birthing parents, as well as up to 14 weeks of paid pregnancy 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

About Stellar

Stellar is more than a blockchain. Powered by a decentralized, fast, scalable, and uniquely sustainable network made for financial products and services and a thriving and passionate ecosystem that includes a non-profit organization driven by a mission, Stellar is paving the path to unlock the world’s economic potential through blockchain technology. Built with speed and low costs in mind, the Stellar network provides builders and financial institutions worldwide a platform to issue assets, and to send and convert currencies in real time creating real world utility. Founded in 2014, the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) supports the continued development and growth of the Stellar network and also serves the ecosystem of NGOs, corporations, universities, small businesses, governments, and solo entrepreneurs building on the Stellar network through tooling, funding and strategic collaborations. Together, Stellar is where blockchain meets the real world.

About the Stellar Development Foundation

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization focused on working with and supporting changemakers to create equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology. SDF provides grants, investments, funding, and other awards to builders and organizations. SDF also develops resources and tooling on the Stellar network to help unlock real world utility. As a nonprofit foundation, SDF puts the health of the Stellar network and the Stellar ecosystem and its mission above all else.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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