Senior Backend Engineer

San Francisco, United StatesRemote

Responsibilities

- Build, maintain, and scale reliable infrastructure and web services in support of mission-critical applications.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to understand developer or end-user needs and translate them into pragmatic solutions.

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.
You’ll join a team of talented engineers designing APIs, backend services, and tools that serve a diverse range of users—from individual developers to institutions.
Whether you're passionate about infrastructure, scaling systems, or shaping the developer and end-user experience, you'll be working on high-impact projects at the intersection of blockchain and finance. In this role,
experience as a software engineer - Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and software design patterns. - Proficiency in backend development with languages such as Go, Python, Rust, Java, C++, or similar. -
Experience deploying and operating production web services at scale. - Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to lead technical discussions. - A product-driven mindset with an interest in improving the developer or user experience.
experience working on blockchain or financial technology. - Are passionate about open-source software and have contributed to open-source projects. - Have worked on products where developers or builders are the primary users. - Have experience with Go.

Bonus Points if: - Have
We offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $185,000 - $275,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.