Senior Software Engineer, DevX at Stellar Development Foundation
Full Time1 month ago
Employment Information
Job Description
As a part of the Developer Experience Team, you will work on the products that help developers onboard and create applications on the Stellar Network. Our team builds applications including Stellar Laboratory, Stellar CLI and the Stellar Javascript SDK. You will play a pivotal role as a visionary technical leader, shaping and innovating the SDKs that serve as the backbone of our customers' experiences. This role has a direct impact in making the Stellar tooling the best in industry and will be working very closely with our Product and Developer Relations teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and maintenance of the Stellar Javascript SDK
- Collaborate closely with Product and Developer Relations teams to enhance developer experience
- Innovate and improve existing tools for all projects under the DevX umbrella
- Contribute to making Stellar tooling the best in the industry
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership
- Engage with the developer community to gather feedback and implement improvements
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- JavaScript experience and API design skills
- Experience with SDK development, bundlers and babel
- Experience building and maintaining client applications or libraries
- Expertise in Backend Development: Strong proficiency in Node.js, TypeScript/JavaScript best practices
- Experience in at least one other server-side language
- Familiarity with blockchain technology and cryptography concepts
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
- Ability to make complicated things easier to use
Bonus Qualifications
- Experience with open-source project management
- Knowledge of the Stellar Network and its ecosystem
- Familiarity with other programming languages (e.g., Python, Rust)
- Understanding of financial technology and decentralized systems
Compensation & Benefits
We offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $170,000 - $260,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, we offer lumen-denominated grants along with comprehensive benefits.
USA Benefits/Perks
- Competitive health, dental & vision coverage with most plans covered at 100%
- Flexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break
- Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave and up to 14 weeks of paid pregnancy leave
- Gym reimbursement ($80 per month)
- Life & ADD insurance (up to $50K)
- Short & Long term disability coverage
- 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.
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.
Equal Opportunity Employer
SDF is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. SDF does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal law.
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