Stellar Labs, Inc

Backend Engineer, Integrations & APIs

New York

Sponsorship not specified$140k-$210kDetected 84 days ago

RustC++Distributed SystemsFull-Stack DevelopmentBigQueryPrometheusData EngineeringSystems EngineeringResearch

About the role

Pieces exist, but the JSON-RPC endpoint, transaction status tracking, analytics pipelines, and data services are a greenfield waiting for an owner.
You know what breaks, what gets skipped and regretted later, and what "production-grade" actually means for infrastructure that handles real value.
Month 1: Understand the system architecture end-to-end.

Developers and companies around the world build on it, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem.
This is a rare opportunity for a zero-to-one build where much of the infrastructure and tooling does not exist yet.
You will be building it.
Own the JSON-RPC spec and start building.
Own the full path from client to consensus and back.
Build the data backend that powers the block explorer, partner integrations, and historical state queries.
Work across service boundaries, getting comfortable reading code in components you don't own to understand how they behave.

Strong systems or backend programming experience in Rust, C++ or both (our codebase uses both).
You are a builder who takes ownership of production infrastructure, not just prototypes.
Not a blockchain as you know it, something new.

We offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $140,000 - $210,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

Competitive health, dental & vision coverage with most plans covered at 100% for the employee + any dependents
Flexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break
Generous paid parental leave for all parents, plus paid pregnancy disability leave for birthing parents
Gym reimbursement ($80 per month)
Short & Long term disability
Health & Dependent Care FSA Accounts
Commuter benefits with $250/month employer contribution
Health Savings Account (HSA) with monthly employer contribution
Family building benefits through Kindbody
Wellbeing benefits (One Medical, Rightway, Headspace)

this is not a maintenance role for our existing network, nor is it an academic research project.
We are actively building a high-performance platform designed to handle real value.
We operate as a fast-moving, highly technical team with no layers of management.
You will work directly with the protocol architect and core systems engineers to take this completely greenfield project to production.
If you thrive on the urgency of a new launch and want the agility of an early-stage startup with the stability of SDF, this is the place to be.

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