# Senior Software Engineer, Wallets

**Company:** [Stellar](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/stellar)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $185k – $275k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Go, Python, Rust, Java, C#, C++, Node.js, Distributed Systems, Data Structures, Algorithms
**Posted:** 2026-06-09

> Senior engineer on the Wallets team building scalable backend services, APIs, and open-source libraries powering user-facing Stellar blockchain applications. Requires 5+ years experience, strong CS fundamentals, and production web services experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- 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 empower 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.

## Requirements
- 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.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with blockchain technology.
- Experience building data pipelines.
- Experience contributing to open-source projects.
- Experience specifically with Go and NodeJS.

## Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary range: $185,000 - $275,000.
- Lumen-denominated grants.
- 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.
- Generous paid parental leave for all parents, plus paid pregnancy disability 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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