Staff Rust Engineer

About the Role

As a Staff Rust Engineer at Stellar Development Foundation, you will be pivotal in designing, building, and implementing changes to Stellar Core, the primary distributed system used for maintaining Stellar's ledger and obtaining global consensus. This role involves a wide range of responsibilities from designing features that enhance network performance and decentralization to playing with formal models and verification.

Responsibilities

Design and build key components of Stellar Core.
Develop robust, scalable, and extensible technologies.
Collaborate on new architectures and subsystems with the CTO and engineering team.
Write clean, maintainable code with an emphasis on edge case analysis and future-proofing.
Own core subsystems of Stellar Core, helping the team hit critical product milestones.
Collaborate on code review and design, contributing to best practices.
Investigate and refactor performance bottlenecks to scale the system.
Author detailed technical feature and protocol specifications.

Qualifications

8+ years of experience in software development.
BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent field.
Proficiency in modern C++ or Rust in a production environment.
Strong communication skills and ability to lead technical discussions.
Deep understanding of software design patterns and component modularity.
Knowledge in performance debugging and benchmarking.

Bonus Points

Experience with distributed systems.
Interest in blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies.

Benefits

Competitive salary range of $240,000 - $280,000 based on skills and location.
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
Flexible time off and numerous company holidays.
Parental and pregnancy leave policies.
Gym reimbursement and life insurance.
401K matching and FSA accounts.
Commuter benefits and health savings contributions.
Family building and wellbeing benefits.
Generous L&D budget.
Daily in-office meals and snacks.
Regular company retreats.

Benefits
Extracted with AI

401(k)
Commuter benefits
Competitive health, dental & vision coverage
Flexible time off
Paid parental leave
Gym reimbursement
Life & ADD insurance
Short & Long term disability
401K with 4% match
Health & Dependent Care FSA Accounts
Commuter benefits
Health Savings Account
Family building benefits
Wellbeing benefits
L&D budget
Daily lunch and snacks in office
Company retreats

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