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

Rfc Runtime

Candidate Availability

United States · Required

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

About the Role

You will design and build scalable, high-performance systems across the stack. You will write clean, maintainable code with an emphasis on simplicity, testing, and benchmarking, and you will optimize low-level details for performance. You will own core subsystems, author technical feature and protocol RFCs, participate in design and code reviews, and contribute to open-source projects.

Requirements

Experience developing reliable and easy to understand software on a team
Track record of building and maintaining large systems in modern C++ or Rust
Understanding of low-level details and ability to write high-performance code
Enthusiasm for working on a small growing team with significant autonomy
Open and empathetic collaboration skills
BS MS or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent field (nice to have)
Experience in computer networks distributed systems databases or operating systems research (nice to have)
Open-source project creation or contribution (nice to have)

Responsibilities

Design and build scalable high-performance systems
Work in a fast-paced startup-like environment
Write clean maintainable code with emphasis on simplicity testing and benchmarking
Own core subsystems and help hit critical product milestones
Collaborate on code review and design and contribute to best practices
Author detailed technical feature and protocol RFC specifications
Contribute to open-source software

Benefits

Token-denominated grants
Competitive health dental and vision coverage with most plans covered at 100% for the employee and dependants
Flexible time off and 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break
Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing and birthing parents and up to 14 weeks of paid pregnancy leave for birthing parents
Gym reimbursement of $80 per month
Life and AD&D insurance up to $50,000
Short and long term disability
401K with 4% employer match
Health and Dependent Care FSA accounts
Commuter benefits with $250 per month employer contribution
Health Savings Account with monthly employer contribution
Family building benefits through Kindbody
Wellbeing benefits including One Medical Rightway and Headspace
Learning and development budget of $1,500 per year
Daily lunch and snacks in office
Company retreats