Senior Software Engineer, Rust
Stellar Development Foundation
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $170,000 - $260,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
GoJavaScriptNode.jsPythonRust
About the role
- Lead the design, development, and maintenance of the Stellar CLI
- Collaborate closely with Product and Developer Relations teams to enhance developer experience
- Innovate and improve existing tools for all projects under the DevX umbrella
- Develop and enhance smart contract tooling capabilities within the Stellar ecosystem to support secure, scalable decentralized application development
- Contribute to making Stellar tooling the best in the industry
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership
- Collaborate with Platform, DevRel and Ecosystem engineering teams to ensure we are shipping pragmatic solutions
- Engage with the developer community to gather feedback and implement improvements
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional software engineering experience with a focus on developer tools or infrastructure
- Proficiency in Rust with a track record of developing and maintaining production-grade systems
- Experience building and maintaining client applications or libraries
- Sound backend development skills, including expertise in application development best practices and hands-on experience with at least one server-side language (e.g., Go, Python, Node.js)
- Exposure to smart contract development ecosystems, including tools, frameworks, and security best practices (experience with platforms like Solana, Ethereum, or Stellar smart contracts is a plus).
- Familiarity with blockchain technology and cryptography concepts
- Exceptional problem-solving abilities paired with clear, collaborative communication skills
- A passion for simplifying complex technical concepts into intuitive, developer-friendly tools and workflows
Benefits
- 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
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Hard skills
RustGoPythonNode.jsbackend developmentsmart contract developmentapplication development best practicesproduction-grade systemsclient applicationslibraries
Soft skills
problem-solvingcollaborative communicationmentoringtechnical leadership