Backend Engineer, Integrations & APIs
Stellar Development Foundation4 months ago
Base Salary
$140k - $210k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build JSON-RPC endpoints for transaction submission, status queries, and account-state access.
- Own the transaction lifecycle from client submission through consensus and back, including status tracking, error reporting, and timeout handling.
- Build the indexer and query backend for the block explorer, partner integrations, and historical state queries.
- Develop analytics pipelines and robust metrics and event logging.
- Work across service boundaries and read code in adjacent components to understand system behavior.
- Take the greenfield distributed-systems infrastructure from early build through production readiness, including API hardening and load testing.
Requirements
- Strong systems or backend programming experience in Rust, C++, or both.
- Proven experience designing and building robust RPC/API services handling real-world, high-scale traffic.
- Deep understanding of database architecture, indexing, and query patterns.
- Demonstrated ownership of production infrastructure rather than only prototypes.
- Prior experience building or operating blockchain infrastructure such as nodes, RPC layers, or indexers is preferred.
- Experience with a testnet or mainnet launch is preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive health, dental, and vision coverage, with most plans covered at 100% for employees and dependents.
- Flexible time off and 15 company holidays, including a company-wide holiday break.
- Paid parental leave for all parents and paid pregnancy disability leave.
- $80 per month gym reimbursement.
- Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance up to $50,000.
- Short- and long-term disability coverage.
- 401(k) with a 4% employer match.
- Health and dependent-care FSA accounts.
- Commuter benefits with a $250 per month employer contribution.
- Health Savings Account with a monthly employer contribution.
- Family-building benefits through Kindbody.
- Wellbeing benefits through One Medical, Rightway, and Headspace.
- $1,500 annual learning and development budget.
- Daily lunch and snacks in the office.
- Company retreats.
About Stellar Development Foundation
Our mission is open source financial access for all. The Stellar Development Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco. We’re building a common financial platform, designed to be open and accessible to everyone. Just as the internet allowed anyone to send an email or create a blog, Stellar now allows people to easily send, save, and receive money, without large fees or hassle.