Stellar is an open-source blockchain network focused on improving global financial access by enabling fast, secure, and low-cost cross-border transactions. It connects financial institutions, payment systems, and individuals to transfer digital and fiat assets. With a mission to promote financial inclusion, Stellar is designed to serve both developed and underserved markets, offering interoperability between traditional and blockchain-based financial systems.

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Skills

Api Bigquery Blockchain Infrastructure C Clickhouse Database Architecture Data-Pipeline Indexing Json-Rpc Observability Prometheus Query Optimization Rpc Rust Sentry Transaction Processing

Candidate Availability

Hybrid · San Francisco · Required

Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.

About the Role

Own the critical layer between core infrastructure and the outside world, including public APIs, indexing, data pipelines, transaction status tracking, partner integrations, and observability for a new high-performance platform.

Requirements

Strong systems or backend programming experience in Rust, C++, or both.
Experience designing and building robust RPC/API services handling high-scale traffic.
Deep understanding of database architecture, indexing, and query patterns.
Ownership of production infrastructure beyond prototypes.
Production experience with blockchain infrastructure such as nodes, RPC layers, or indexers is a bonus.
Testnet or mainnet launch experience is a bonus.

Responsibilities

Design and build JSON-RPC endpoints for external tools, SDKs, and wallets.
Own the transaction path from client submission through consensus and back, including status tracking, error reporting, and timeout handling.
Build the data backend powering the block explorer, partner integrations, and historical state queries.
Build analytics pipelines such as BigQuery population.
Implement metrics and event logging with tools such as Prometheus, ClickHouse, and Sentry.
Work across service boundaries and understand components outside your ownership.

Benefits

Competitive health, dental, and vision coverage.
Flexible time off and 15 company holidays.
Paid parental leave and pregnancy disability leave.
$80 monthly gym reimbursement.
Life and AD&D coverage up to $50,000.
Short- and long-term disability coverage.
401(k) with 4% match.
Health and dependent care FSA accounts.
Commuter benefits with $250 monthly employer contribution.
Health Savings Account with monthly employer contribution.
Family building benefits through Kindbody.
Wellbeing benefits including One Medical, Rightway, and Headspace.
$1,500 annual learning and development budget.
Daily office lunch and snacks.
Company retreats.
Equity grants.

Hiring Process

Month 1: understand the system architecture end-to-end, get the full stack running locally, and own the JSON-RPC specification. Months 2–3: deliver a working RPC endpoint, an indexer serving the block explorer, and a fully instrumented transaction lifecycle. Beyond: build data pipelines, partner integrations, API hardening, and load testing.