Open to remote candidates in Canada

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.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Wallets team, your goal will be to architect, design and build SDKs that empower developers in the Stellar ecosystem to build their own highly customizable wallets. As the blockchain landscape continues to change and evolve, we want to ensure people can jump into our ecosystem as easily as possible. To do this, you will help build flagship SDKs along with a small team of engineers innovating and building other types of wallets for developers in our ecosystem.

Your work on the flagship SDKs will provide users of the Stellar network a fully featured SDKs that enable all of the network’s capabilities to be customized by the ecosystem. On top of providing end users the ability to easily interact with the Stellar network, you will also be collaborating with the rest of the team on creating optimal user experiences for Stellar network features. The flagship SDKs are a greenfield project and your opportunity to make a big impact and provide the ecosystem with the tools so they can fully customize and build wallets on the Stellar Network. ecosystem.

Stellar is an open network and we want to encourage developers from all over the world and all skill levels to build with us. You will be the expert developer providing the roadmap for others to join us.

In this role, you will:

Work on cutting edge technology at the intersection of blockchain and finance.
Design solutions with developers and ecosystem partners in mind
Collaborate with UX and Design to create best in class implementations of first of their kind Stellar SDKs
Work with the product management team to develop features and iterate over time with feedback from users
Write code using current standards like Typescript, Kotlin, React, and Jest in an open source environment
Build with modern tools, we'd look to you and your expertise to make those decisions
Collaborate with team members on code review and design, and contribute to best practices for all of engineering at SDF
Architect code with an eye for readability as well as scalability

You have:

5+ years creating Mobile Apps and/or full-stack and web applications
Proficiency with Typescript & Kotlin
Knowledge of backend languages and systems (for ex: Java, Python)
Familiarity with databases and data storage
Knowledge of modern testing libraries
Strong CSS fundamentals
Independent and results driven. Skilled at working in an environment with dynamic objectives.
The ability to be a fast learner and a strong problem solver.

Bonus Points if you have:

React and React Native Experience
Swift and/or Java (for Mobile app development)
Experience deploying web applications using Kubernetes and Docker
Experience as a tech lead

We offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $145,000- $190,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, we offer lumen-denominated grants along with the following perks and benefits:

USA Benefits/Perks:

Competitive health, dental & vision coverage
Flexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break
Paid parental leave
Life & ADD
Short & Long term disability
FSA & Dependent Care Accounts
401K (4% match)
Employee Assistance Program
Monthly gym allowance
Daily lunch and snacks in-office
L&D budget of $1,500/year
Company retreats

About Stellar

Stellar is a decentralized, fast, scalable, and uniquely sustainable network for financial products and services. It is both a cross-currency transaction system and a platform for digital asset issuance, designed to connect the world’s financial infrastructure. Dozens of financial institutions worldwide issue assets and settle payments on the Stellar network, which has grown to over 7 million accounts.

About the Stellar Development Foundation

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization that supports the development and growth of Stellar, an open-source network that connects the world’s financial infrastructure. Founded in 2014, the Foundation helps maintain Stellar’s codebase, supports the technical and business communities building on the network, and serves as a voice to regulators and institutions. The Foundation seeks to create equitable access to the global financial system, using the Stellar network to unlock the world’s economic potential through blockchain technology.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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