Senior Software Engineer, Core

Responsibilities

• Design and build key components of Stellar Core - the backbone software behind the Stellar Network.
• Design and develop robust, scalable, and extensible technologies that empower our developers and network participants.
• Collaborate on new architectures and subsystems, working alongside our CTO, our team of engineers, and our community of open source developers.
• Write clean, maintainable code with an emphasis on edge case analysis and future-proofing our work.
• Own core subsystems of Stellar Core, and help the team hit critical product milestones.
• Collaborate with the team on code review and design, and contribute to best practices for all of engineering at SDF.
• Investigate and refactor performance bottlenecks in order to continue scaling the system.
• Author detailed technical feature and protocol (RFC) specifications.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience developing software on a team.
• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent field.
• Excel in writing code in modern C++ or Rust in a production environment.
• Great communicator that can advocate and lead technical discussions, especially during the design and code review process.
• Solid understanding of software design patterns, and how to build components that are reusable, extensible, and modular.
• Knowledgeable of best practices and development tools and are passionate about technological innovation.
• Passion for performance debugging and benchmarking.

Nice-to-Haves

• Direct experience with designing and implementing distributed systems.
• Strong curiosity in blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies, and understand the fundamentals of these systems.

Compensation

• Base salary range: $180,000 - $290,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
• Lumen-denominated grants.
• Competitive health, dental & vision coverage.
• Flexible time off + 15 company holidays.
• Generous paid parental leave.
• Gym reimbursement ($80 per month).
• 401K with 4% match.