Senior Backend Engineer

Stellar Development Foundation

Senior Backend Engineer developing backend services and APIs for the Stellar financial blockchain ecosystem. Focused on scalability, performance, and contributing to open-source efforts in a hybrid work environment.

Posted 5/16/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $185,000 - $275,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGoJavaPythonRust

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive end-to-end development of backend services and APIs that support the Stellar ecosystem.
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.
Optimize backend systems for performance, scale, and maintainability.
Contribute to our open-source efforts, including SDKs, libraries, and tools.
Engage in architectural design discussions, write detailed technical specifications (RFCs), and contribute to SDF’s engineering best practices.
Participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing across teams.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of 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.
Bonus Points if:
- Have 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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

lumen-denominated grants

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Hard Skills & Tools

backend developmentGoPythonRustJavaC++data structuresalgorithmsdistributed systemssoftware design patterns

Soft Skills

communication skillscollaboration skillsleadershipproduct-driven mindset