Senior Backend Engineer at Stellar

<p style="min-height:1.5em">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.</p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em">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.</p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>In this role, you will:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Drive end-to-end development of backend services and APIs that support the Stellar ecosystem.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build, maintain, and scale reliable infrastructure and web services in support of mission-critical applications.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Collaborate cross-functionally to understand developer or end-user needs and translate them into pragmatic solutions.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Optimize backend systems for performance, scale, and maintainability.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Contribute to our open-source efforts, including SDKs, libraries, and tools.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Engage in architectural design discussions, write detailed technical specifications (RFCs), and contribute to SDF’s engineering best practices.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing across teams.</p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>You have:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">4+ years of experience as a software engineer</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and software design patterns.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Proficiency in backend development with languages such as Go, Python, Rust, Java, C++, or similar.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience deploying and operating production web services at scale.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to lead technical discussions.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A product-driven mindset with an interest in improving the developer or us