Full-Stack Engineer, Wallets

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy applications across our product suite and technical stack, including our flagship product, Freighter, and the open-source libraries and services that it depends on.
• Build features and experiences end-to-end, from designing scalable data models to implementing exceptional user interfaces.
• Develop a deep understanding of the Stellar network and how to integrate with it.
• Work with industry-leading partners to make Freighter the best wallet in the space.
• Drive all aspects of the development process for wallet projects, from vision to implementation.
• Engage with the open-source community on diverse projects, ideas, and integrations.
• Collaborate on code reviews, design discussions, and best practices for engineering at SDF.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience developing software as part of a collaborative team.
• Strong computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and information retrieval.
• Experience in writing server applications in languages such as Go, Python, or Java.
• Proficiency in writing client applications in languages such as TypeScript, Swift, or Dart.
• A solid grasp of software design patterns and the ability to build reusable, extensible, and modular components.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to advocate for ideas in 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.

Qualifications

• Experience with blockchain technology.
• Experience building wallets or financial applications.
• Experience contributing to open-source projects.
• Experience specifically with Go and TypeScript.

Skills

• Blockchain technology.
• Wallet development.
• Financial applications.
• Open-source contributions.
• Go programming language.
• TypeScript programming language.

Benefits

We offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $140,000 - $200,000 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, 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, Company retreats.

Pay

Competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $140,000 - $200,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

Schedule

Not specified.

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.

The Stellar Development Foundation

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization focused on working with and supporting change-makers 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.

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