Staff Engineer, Core

October 13, 2023

Stellar

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Expert Delivery | Engaged People | Customer Focused | Innovative | Strategic | Flexible | Integrity • CX • Experience Management

1001 - 5000

💰 $3M Seed Round on 2014-07

Description

• Design and build key components of Stellar Core - the backbone software behind the Stellar Network. • Design and develop robust, scalable, and extensible technologies that empower our developers and network participants. • Collaborate on new architectures and subsystems, working alongside our CTO, our team of engineers, and our community of open source developers. • Write clean, maintainable code with an emphasis on edge case analysis and future-proofing our work. • Own core subsystems of Stellar Core, and help the team hit critical product milestones. • Collaborate with the team on code review and design, and contribute to best practices for all of engineering at SDF. • Investigate and refactor performance bottlenecks in order to continue scaling the system. • Author detailed technical feature and protocol (RFC) specifications - we take design seriously, and we encourage everyone to be a part of our RFC processes.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience developing software on a team. • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent field. • Proficiency in writing code in modern C++ or Rust in a production environment. • Strong communicator for technical discussions, especially during the design and code review process. • Solid understanding of software design patterns, and how to build reusable, extensible, and modular components. • Knowledgeable of best practices and development tools, and passionate about technological innovation. • Passion for performance debugging and benchmarking. • Curiosity in blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies preferred.

Benefits

• 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