Full-Stack Engineer, Wallets
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 Software Engineer on the Wallets team, you will get to design, build, and deploy applications across our product suite and technical stack. This includes our flagship product, Freighter https://www.freighter.app/, as well as the open-source libraries and services that it depends on. In this role you’ll build features and experiences end-to-end, from designing scalable data models to implementing exceptional user interfaces. You will develop a deep understanding of the Stellar network and how to integrate with it, and work with industry-leading partners to make Freighter the best wallet in the space.
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 features and interfaces that users will love.
- Build and maintain scalable backend services that empower the ecosystem.
- 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.
You have:
- 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 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 wallets or financial applications.
- You have experience contributing to open-source projects.
- You have experience specifically with Go and TypeScript.
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
- Daily lunch and snacks in office
- Company retreats
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