Senior Backend Engineer

📋 Description

• Drive end-to-end development of backend services and APIs that support the Stellar ecosystem.
• Build, maintain, and scale reliable infrastructure and web services in support of mission-critical applications.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to understand developer or end-user needs and translate them into pragmatic solutions.
• Optimize backend systems for performance, scale, and maintainability.
• Contribute to our open-source efforts, including SDKs, libraries, and tools.
• Engage in architectural design discussions, write detailed technical specifications (RFCs), and contribute to SDF's engineering best practices.

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and software design patterns.
• Proficiency in backend development with languages such as Go, Python, Rust, Java, C++, or similar.
• Experience deploying and operating production web services at scale.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to lead technical discussions.
• A product-driven mindset with an interest in improving the developer or user experience.