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 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 enhance 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 (optional): * 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 $165,000 - $260,000 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 #LI-Hybrid