Stellar Development Foundation

Interested in working on cutting-edge blockchain technology and creating equitable access to the global financial system? Since 2014, the mission-driven team at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has helped fuel the tremendous growth of the Stellar blockchain network, an open-source platform that operates at high-scale today. Developers and companies around the world build on it, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem. The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is looking for a talented and experienced Senior Program Manager, Partner Programs to help key partners integrate with the Stellar Network. In this role, you will coordinate across our partners and internal stakeholders (Engineering, BD, Marketing, Product, Account Management) to build innovative blockchain solutions. SDF's partners span the globe and include some of the most innovative software and financial companies in the world. In this role, you will: - Manage, plan, and direct software and product development activities from launch to completion, with overall responsibility for delivering on time and at high quality. - Own long-term partner integration roadmaps and the success of multiple partners in the Stellar ecosystem. - Host and drive partner meetings with technical and business stakeholders. - Identify and manage technical dependencies and blockers across partner and internal engineering teams. - Maintain partner-related documentation, including milestone plans, dependencies, schedules, risks, and meeting notes. - Measure program performance, analyzing the successful completion of short- and long-term goals against company and team OKRs. - Define process frameworks, program plan templates, tools, and best practices that can be adopted throughout the organization. You have: - 7+ years of experience managing software development programs in the financial services industry, some of which took place in a blockchain startup or small-company environment. - Comfort engaging in technical discussions — APIs, integration flows, system dependencies — enough to coordinate credibly with engineering, track technical risks and blockers, and translate fluidly between technical and business stakeholders. You don't need to write the code, but you need to understand what's being built well enough to drive it. - Familiarity with blockchain/crypto concepts, or a demonstrated ability to ramp quickly on a complex, unfamiliar technical domain. - A habit of using AI tools to work smarter — you look for ways to apply AI to your day-to-day, whether that's drafting and summarizing documentation, accelerating research, streamlining reporting, or automating repetitive workflows, and you're eager to help the team do the same. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Excellent leadership skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with partners from various backgrounds and positions. - Great organizational skills, including attention to detail, multitasking, and creating and instituting processes to streamline workflows. - Experience with program and project management tools like Jira, Airtable, Asana, Confluence, and Google Suite. - An independent nature and results-driven attitude — you're good at identifying priorities and working in an environment with dynamic objectives. - A knack for problem-solving — you have an eye for untold problems in the program life cycle and create solutions to minimize or mitigate them. - An aptitude for advocating for partners while supporting the company's mission. - Willingness to travel as needed (mostly to the Americas/Europe). - Enthusiasm for working in a startup environment with some level of ambiguity and wearing multiple hats. Bonus Points if (optional): - You have a deeper curiosity about new blockchain technologies (for example, DeFi, Earn, contract tokens) and cryptocurrencies. - You have worked directly with external partners in the capacity of program manager, project manager, delivery manager, technical program manager or consultant. We offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $145,000 - $195,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, we offer lumen-denominated grants along with the following perks and benefits: USA Benefits/Perks: - 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) - Life & ADD (up to $50K) - Short & Long term disability - 401K with 4% match - 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) - L&D budget of $1,500/year - Daily lunch and snacks in the office - Company retreats #LI-Hybrid About Stellar Stellar is more than a blockchain. Powered by a decentralized, fast, scalable, and uniquely sustainable network made for financial products and services and a thriving and passionate ecosystem that includes a non-profit organization driven by a mission, Stellar is paving the path to unlock the world’s economic potential through blockchain technology. Built with speed and low costs in mind, the Stellar network provides builders and financial institutions worldwide a platform to issue assets, and to send and convert currencies in real time creating real world utility. Founded in 2014, the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) supports the continued development and growth of the Stellar network and also serves the ecosystem of NGOs, corporations, universities, small businesses, governments, and solo entrepreneurs building on the Stellar network through tooling, funding and strategic collaborations. Together, Stellar is where blockchain meets the real world. About the Stellar Development Foundation The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization focused on working with and supporting change-makers to create equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology. SDF provides grants, investments, funding, and other awards to builders and organizations. SDF also develops resources and tooling on the Stellar network to help unlock real world utility. As a nonprofit foundation, SDF puts the health of the Stellar network and the Stellar ecosystem and its mission above all else. We look forward to hearing from you! Privacy Policy By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data in accordance with our Privacy Policy https://www.stellar.org/privacy-policy?locale=en. SDF is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. SDF does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal law.

Interested in working on cutting-edge blockchain technology and creating equitable access to the global financial system? Since 2014, the mission-driven team at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has helped fuel the tremendous growth of the Stellar blockchain network, an open-source platform that operates at high scale today. Developers and companies around the world build on it, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem. Our Creative Team is looking for a collaborative, growth-minded Designer to help shape the next chapter of the Stellar brand. You’ll join a kind and evolving team where curiosity is celebrated, and support is foundational. As you elevate our visual narrative across global digital and marketing channels, you’ll partner closely with creative leadership and diverse stakeholders to bring the Stellar mission to life. This is a high-ownership role that offers the autonomy to manage production lifecycles and agency partnerships, while providing a clear space to hone your craft, innovate our design systems, and make a tangible impact alongside senior mentors. In this role, you will: - Brand & Content Design: Own end-to-end design across campaigns, product launches, and multi-channel marketing content (social, web, print, presentations), ensuring high-fidelity output that elevates the Stellar brand. - Creative Strategy & Execution: Develop narrative-driven visual concepts and contribute to the evolution of our design system, extending new executions while maintaining a high standard of quality. - Operational Autonomy: Independently manage the full production lifecycle—from scoping and revisions to delivery—while prioritizing concurrent projects with minimal day-to-day oversight. - Collaboration & Agency Management: Partner with internal stakeholders, Creative leadership, and external agencies, providing constructive feedback and sharing design best practices to ensure consistent brand excellence. - Team Leadership & Innovation: Lead creative development on high-visibility projects and actively improve team processes, including the introduction of scalable components and emerging AI tools to enhance creative output. You have: - 3-5 years of experience in brand design, with a strong mix of agency and in-house expertise. - Robust portfolio demonstrating judgment, coherent visual systems, and clear brand thinking across digital (ads, web, social), motion, company merch (SWAG) and/or physical collateral. - Design mastery in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, with a forward-looking fluency in emerging AI design tools. - Brand System Expertise: Proven ability to build upon and extend brand design systems, with a track record of defining and executing high-level creative direction. - Production Independence: Experience managing end-to-end projects, including liaising with external agencies and freelance partners to ensure quality and timely delivery. - Operational Agility: Proven capacity to manage multiple concurrent projects and deadlines with minimal day-to-day oversight. - Collaborative Mindset: Strong interpersonal skills for partnering effectively across marketing, strategy, content, and communications teams. - Communication & Advocacy: Ability to present work to senior stakeholders, clearly articulate rationale, and advocate for strong creative decisions. Bonus Points if: - AI Fluency: Experience integrating generative AI tools (e.g., Claude, Gemini, Midjourney, Envato) into creative and production workflows. - Domain Expertise: Familiarity with the Stellar ecosystem, open-source software, decentralized finance (DeFi), or the broader fintech landscape. - Mission Alignment: Passion for building accessible, equitable financial tools; prior experience with mission-driven or non-profit organizations. - System Stewardship: Experience contributing to or evolving design systems within growing, fast-paced creative teams. We offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $100,000 - $130,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, we offer lumen-denominated grants along with the following perks and benefits: USA Benefits/Perks: - 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) - Life & ADD (up to $50K) - Short & Long term disability - 401K with 4% match - 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) - L&D budget of $1,500/year - Daily lunch and snacks in office - Company retreats #LI-Hybrid About Stellar Stellar is more than a blockchain. Powered by a decentralized, fast, scalable, and uniquely sustainable network made for financial products and services and a thriving and passionate ecosystem that includes a non-profit organization driven by a mission, Stellar is paving the path to unlock the world’s economic potential through blockchain technology. Built with speed and low costs in mind, the Stellar network provides builders and financial institutions worldwide a platform to issue assets, and to send and convert currencies in real time creating real world utility. Founded in 2014, the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) supports the continued development and growth of the Stellar network and also serves the ecosystem of NGOs, corporations, universities, small businesses, governments, and solo entrepreneurs building on the Stellar network through tooling, funding and strategic collaborations. Together, Stellar is where blockchain meets the real world. About the Stellar Development Foundation The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization focused on working with and supporting change-makers to create equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology. SDF provides grants, investments, funding, and other awards to builders and organizations. SDF also develops resources and tooling on the Stellar network to help unlock real world utility. As a nonprofit foundation, SDF puts the health of the Stellar network and the Stellar ecosystem and its mission above all else. We look forward to hearing from you! Privacy Policy By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data in accordance with our Privacy Policy https://www.stellar.org/privacy-policy?locale=en. SDF is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. SDF does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal law.

Interested in working on cutting-edge blockchain technology and creating equitable access to the global financial system? Since 2014, the mission-driven team at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has helped fuel the tremendous growth of the Stellar blockchain network, an open-source platform that operates at high-scale today. Developers and companies around the world build on it, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem. APAC is not a future opportunity for Stellar — it is an active one. We have live integrations with fintech, payments, and digital asset companies across the APAC region, a growing cohort of builders developing on Stellar rails, and relationships with leading financial institutions and ecosystem partners across the region. We are now hiring an, APAC-based business development professional to scale this momentum — someone who can operate at the intersection of business development, and institutional relationship-building, and who will help serve as SDF's visible and accountable presence in the region. You will define how SDF shows up in APAC, shape the business development and institutional strategy that gets executed, and be directly accountable for the outcomes. In this role, you will: - Own SDF's APAC business development effort — defining priorities, allocating effort across five hub markets (Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan, Australia), and adapting the playbook by market needs and regulatory expectations. - Lead in-market execution across all markets, including structured annual visits to each hub that deliver across a full engagement program: conference presence, ecosystem meetups, strategic institutional meetings, owned roundtables and thought leadership opportunities, and policy and regulatory introductions. - Work hand-in-hand with SDF's APAC Market Development Director to jointly define how SDF shows up across the region — aligning business development priorities with broader market development strategy, co-owning key stakeholder relationships where useful, and ensuring in-market execution and regional strategy move in lockstep rather than in parallel. - Build and close high-value partnerships with fintech companies, payment platforms, wallets, exchanges, and developer teams building on Stellar, driving active pipeline companies through to live Stellar integration and sustained network volume. - Operate effectively as a remote, in-market leader while working in close, seamless coordination with SDF's centralized teams — marketing, legal, integrations, and product, among others — to keep deals moving, resolve blockers quickly, and ensure a smooth handoff from signed partnership through to live, fully supported integration. - Develop and manage SDF's institutional relationships across the region — including tier-1 banks (DBS, OCBC, HSBC Asia, MUFG, Commonwealth Bank of Australia), licensed digital asset platforms, and payment majors — identifying and progressing partnership opportunities that drive volume at infrastructure scale. - Serve as an internal champion and voice of the APAC market within SDF — translating on-the-ground intelligence into strategic recommendations, influencing product priorities, and ensuring the broader organisation understands the region's regulatory nuances, opportunities, and constraints. - Build and maintain rigorous pipeline discipline across HubSpot and Airtable, ensuring integration status, relationship health, and strategic context are accurately captured and accessible to the broader team. - Represent SDF at flagship regional conferences and events (e.g., Token2049, Money20/20 Asia), and own the design and execution of SDF's owned events in the region, including builder roundtables and ecosystem meetups in each hub city. - Partner with the marketing team to drive ongoing content and communications that build SDF's presence and narrative across APAC markets — including press releases, video, blog posts, and social content drawn from market activity, partnerships, and ecosystem engagement You have: - Bachelor's Degree (required), Master's Degree or MBA (preferred). - 7+ years of business development, partnerships, or ecosystem experience, with substantial time spent working at senior levels in or closely with APAC markets. - Deep, senior-level relationships across the APAC fintech, payments, blockchain, and institutional landscape — including builders, accelerators, banks, exchanges, and regulatory stakeholders. - Experience in blockchain, digital assets, stablecoins, or tokenization. - Understanding of cross-border payments, Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), and financial inclusion. - Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder partnership negotiations and closing deals that require internal alignment as well as external relationship management. - Experience navigating regulatory environments in APAC markets (e.g., MAS in Singapore, SFC/HKMA in Hong Kong, FSA in Japan, etc). - Exceptional communication skills across diverse audiences — you can distill a complex technical value proposition into a compelling narrative. - Fluency in English; proficiency in Mandarin or Japanese is a plus. - Based in APAC, with the ability and willingness to travel extensively across the region and occasionally internationally. About Stellar Stellar is more than a blockchain. Powered by a decentralized, fast, scalable, and uniquely sustainable network made for financial products and services and a thriving and passionate ecosystem that includes a non-profit organization driven by a mission, Stellar is paving the path to unlock the world’s economic potential through blockchain technology. Built with speed and low costs in mind, the Stellar network provides builders and financial institutions worldwide a platform to issue assets, and to send and convert currencies in real time creating real world utility. Founded in 2014, the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) supports the continued development and growth of the Stellar network and also serves the ecosystem of NGOs, corporations, universities, small businesses, governments, and solo entrepreneurs building on the Stellar network through tooling, funding and strategic collaborations. Together, Stellar is where blockchain meets the real world. About the Stellar Development Foundation The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization focused on working with and supporting change-makers to create equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology. SDF provides grants, investments, funding, and other awards to builders and organizations. SDF also develops resources and tooling on the Stellar network to help unlock real world utility. As a nonprofit foundation, SDF puts the health of the Stellar network and the Stellar ecosystem and its mission above all else. We look forward to hearing from you! Privacy Policy By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data in accordance with our Privacy Policy https://www.stellar.org/privacy-policy?locale=en. SDF is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. SDF does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal law.

Interested in working on cutting-edge blockchain technology and creating equitable access to the global financial system? Since 2014, the mission-driven team at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has helped fuel the tremendous growth of the Stellar blockchain network, an open-source platform that operates at high-scale today. Developers and companies around the world build on it, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem. We are looking for a seasoned Senior Manager, Enterprise Payments BD to drive our growth in active accounts and reaffirm Stellar’s position as the leading blockchain for payments. The candidate will also play a crucial role in cross functionally integrating RWA and Defi opportunities into their book of business. Core areas are around building out Stellar’s payments and stablecoin ecosystem, growing wallets at a global scale, growing into new verticals, and where relevant; working cross functionally with the RWA and Defi Stellar teams to create holistic deals. This person will support the broader partnership team and company objectives, and will be the owner of primary OKRs focused on account growth and payment volume. Responsibilities: - Executing on, and contributing to the continued refinement of the Payments Strategy, driving Monthly Active Account volume on Stellar. This includes growing strategies such as: (1) B2B2B and B2B2C payouts and commerce, (2) Global Marketplace, (3) Payment Service Providers, and (4) Neobanks - Developing a priority target list and ensuring execution against primary targets - Managing key strategic relationships with key accounts - Business development work related to our core priorities on expanding DeFi, increasing monthly addresses, and driving asset tokenization, in coordination with Leads of each partnership vertical to drive relevant outcomes. These include surfacing opportunities based on Stellar’s needs, as well as helping to close deals brought by other members of BD and SDF. Qualifications: - 8+ years of relevant experience with a proven track record of success in business development, with significant experience in global payment processing, fintech, or blockchain/crypto-related roles. - Existing relationships within the Enterprise, Fintech, Payments, and Crypto ecosystem, particularly with a focus on payments, RWA, and decentralized finance. - Crypto Knowledge: Strong understanding of crypto payment systems, including experience working with cryptocurrency exchanges, blockchain technology, and digital asset payments. - Technically proficient, with a deep understanding of payment flow of funds, and the ability for blockchain to enhance them, with a focus on understanding global and local payments across different regions - Sales/Commercial Leadership: Proven ability to independently develop, structure/negotiate, and close opportunities - Strategic Thinker: Experience in developing and executing go-to-market strategies, identifying new business opportunities, and managing complex sales cycles. - Industry Expertise: Experience working with Enterprises, financial institutions, crypto companies, payment providers, or fintech startups. - Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop and maintain professional relationships with a network of senior-level professionals, as well as sound judgment, poise in professional settings, and self-awareness. - Self starter with an entrepreneurial drive. - Communication & Negotiation Skills: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships and negotiate high-stakes deals. - The ability to travel as needed, with frequent representation of Stellar at regional/global meetings and conferences. Bonus Points if you have: - Non Payments Experience: Tradfi institutional knowledge related to legal, regulatory, economic market structures in multiple geographies as it relates to asset classes such as Payments, VC, PE, Fintech, and Defi - Language: Is fluent in any of the following, Portuguese, Spanish, or Mandarin We offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $145,000 - $195,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, we offer lumen-denominated grants along with the following perks and benefits: USA Benefits/Perks: - 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 - Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for both non-birthing and birthing parents, as well as up to 14 weeks of paid pregnancy leave for birthing parents - Gym reimbursement ($80 per month) - Life & ADD (up to $50K) - Short & Long term disability - 401K with 4% match - 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) - L&D budget of $1,500/year - Daily lunch and snacks in office - Company retreats #LI-Hybrid About Stellar Stellar is more than a blockchain. Powered by a decentralized, fast, scalable, and uniquely sustainable network made for financial products and services and a thriving and passionate ecosystem that includes a non-profit organization driven by a mission, Stellar is paving the path to unlock the world’s economic potential through blockchain technology. Built with speed and low costs in mind, the Stellar network provides builders and financial institutions worldwide a platform to issue assets, and to send and convert currencies in real time creating real world utility. Founded in 2014, the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) supports the continued development and growth of the Stellar network and also serves the ecosystem of NGOs, corporations, universities, small businesses, governments, and solo entrepreneurs building on the Stellar network through tooling, funding and strategic collaborations. Together, Stellar is where blockchain meets the real world. About the Stellar Development Foundation The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization focused on working with and supporting change-makers to create equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology. SDF provides grants, investments, funding, and other awards to builders and organizations. SDF also develops resources and tooling on the Stellar network to help unlock real world utility. As a nonprofit foundation, SDF puts the health of the Stellar network and the Stellar ecosystem and its mission above all else. We look forward to hearing from you! Privacy Policy By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data in accordance with our Privacy Policy https://www.stellar.org/privacy-policy?locale=en. SDF is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. SDF does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal law.

Interested in working on cutting-edge blockchain technology and creating equitable access to the global financial system? Since 2014, the mission-driven team at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has helped fuel the tremendous growth of the Stellar blockchain network, an open-source platform that operates at high-scale today. Developers and companies around the world build on it, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem. Africa is not a future opportunity for Stellar — it is an active one. We have live integrations with fintech and payment companies across West and East Africa and a growing cohort of builders developing on Stellar rails, and relationships with some of the continent's leading financial institutions and ecosystem partners. We are now hiring a senior, Africa-based leader to own and scale this momentum — someone who can operate at the intersection of business development, ecosystem strategy, and institutional relationship-building, and who will serve as SDF's most visible and accountable presence on the continent. You will define how SDF shows up in Africa, shape the strategy that gets executed, and be directly accountable for the outcomes — builder pipeline, live integrations, institutional partnerships, and the long-term health of Stellar's African ecosystem. In this role, you will: - Own SDF's Africa business development effort — defining priorities, allocating effort across five hub markets (Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Ethiopia), and adapting the playbook by market needs and expectations. - Lead in-market execution across all five hub markets, including structured annual visits to each hub that deliver across a full engagement programme: conference presence, owned ecosystem meetups, top-tier builder roundtables, incubator and accelerator partnerships, strategic institutional meetings, and policy and regulatory introductions. - Build and close high-value partnerships with fintech companies, payment platforms, wallets, ramps, and developer teams building on Stellar, driving active pipeline companies through to live Stellar integration and sustained network volume. - Develop and manage SDF's institutional relationships across the continent — including major telcos (MTN, Airtel Africa, Vodacom), tier-1 banks (Access Bank, Equity Bank, Standard Bank, GTBank, KCB Group), and development finance institutions — identifying and progressing partnership opportunities that drive volume at infrastructure scale. - Cultivate relationships with Africa's leading incubators and accelerators — including iceaddis, iHub, Mowblox, LoftyInc, Tony Elumelu Foundation, and 88mph — to generate sustained builder pipelines and increase Stellar's visibility among early-stage founders making infrastructure decisions. - Serve as the internal champion and voice of the African market within SDF — translating on-the-ground intelligence into strategic recommendations, influencing product priorities, and ensuring the broader organisation understands the region's nuances, opportunities, and constraints. - Serve as SDF's primary relationship owner for Africa-based ecosystem partners throughout their journey — from initial engagement through integration and growth — facilitating connections across the Stellar ecosystem that accelerate partner success. - Build and maintain rigorous pipeline discipline across HubSpot and Airtable, ensuring integration status, relationship health, and strategic context are accurately captured and accessible to the broader team. - Drive post-visit content production in partnership with the marketing team — including trip reports, video, blog posts, and social content — that amplifies SDF's presence and narrative across African markets. - Represent SDF at flagship regional conferences and events, and own the design and execution of SDF's owned events on the continent, including builder roundtables and ecosystem meetups in each hub city. You have: - Bachelo

Interested in working on cutting-edge blockchain technology and creating equitable access to the global financial system? Since 2014, the mission-driven team at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has helped fuel the tremendous growth of the Stellar blockchain network, an open-source platform that operates at high-scale today. Developers and companies around the world build on it, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem. Marketing Counsel at SDF is a high-impact role at the center of how SDF shows up to the world. You will partner across Marketing, Communications, Product, Business Development, Ecosystem, Policy, and Legal to help teams move quickly while keeping external messaging, campaigns, grants, product launches, events, brand protection, and partner-facing work aligned with SDF’s legal, regulatory, reputational, and mission-driven priorities. This role extends well beyond traditional marketing review: you will advise on high-volume public-facing assets, strategic communications, marketing grants, major events, digital properties, brand and IP matters, and scalable legal processes that help SDF tell its story responsibly in a fast-moving industry. This is a rare opportunity for someone who wants meaningful ownership, close partnership with senior business leaders, and room to build deep expertise at the intersection of blockchain, payments, digital assets, advertising, consumer protection, and global public policy. In this role, you will: - Own legal review for SDF’s outward-facing marketing and communications materials across channels, including social, web, mobile, PR, blogs, digital ads, decks, FAQs, event collateral, scripts, product explainers, disclosures, and early-stage campaign concepts. - Advise Marketing, Communications, Product, Business Development, Ecosystem, Policy, and Legal stakeholders on public-facing content, campaign strategy, product messaging, partner marketing, and external positioning. - Identify and help mitigate legal, regulatory, reputational, contractual, privacy, and consumer protection risk in external-facing work. - Provide end-to-end legal support for marketing aspects of broader strategic business deals, including diligence, KYC coordination, drafting, negotiation, deliverables, and payment mechanics. - Serve as a legal partner to Marketing leadership on marketing strategy, campaign planning, thought leadership, strategic messaging, and cross-functional issues involving Marketing, Product, BD, Comms, Events, Ecosystem, and Legal. - Support SDF-owned and third-party events, by advising on event strategy, venue and vendor contracts, sponsorships, waivers, releases, collateral, activations, and time-sensitive operational issues. - Support SDF’s brand and IP function, including trademark portfolio management, brand policy questions, brand asset use, naming and rebrand initiatives, clearance coordination, contested IP matters, and brand protection. - Review and advise on product-related launch materials, webpages, explainers, FAQs, and announcements where product functionality, user understanding, external messaging, or legal sensitivity intersects with Marketing or Communications. - Help develop and maintain practical legal processes, templates, guidelines, playbooks, training, and intake workflows that allow teams to move efficiently while staying aligned with SDF’s risk tolerance and public posture. - Draft, review, and negotiate marketing, advertising, SaaS, event, vendor, sponsorship, strategic partnership, grant, and services agreements related to Marketing and other outward-facing initiatives. You have: - J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar. - At least 3 years of relevant law firm and/or in-house legal experience, ideally in marketing, advertising, product, media, technology, financial services, fintech, payments, blockchain, or digital assets. - Working knowl

Interested in working on cutting-edge blockchain technology and creating equitable access to the global financial system? Since 2014, the mission-driven team at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has helped fuel the tremendous growth of the Stellar blockchain network, an open-source platform that operates at high-scale today. Developers and companies around the world build on it, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem. About the Project & Team: At the SDF, a small team of roughly 8 engineers is incubating a novel distributed systems prototype. Not a blockchain as you know it, something new. 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. To be clear: 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. About the Role: We need a Backend/Systems Engineer who owns the critical layer between our core infrastructure and the outside world. The public API, indexing, data pipelines, and everything that makes the system usable by developers and partners. Today, nobody owns this layer end-to-end. Pieces exist, but the JSON-RPC endpoint, transaction status tracking, analytics pipelines, and data services are a greenfield waiting for an owner. This role benefits enormously from someone who has already been through a complex infrastructure launch (like a testnet or mainnet). You know what breaks, what gets skipped and regretted later, and what "production-grade" actually means for infrastructure that handles real value. What the First Few Months Look Like: - Month 1: Understand the system architecture end-to-end. Get the full stack running locally. Own the JSON-RPC spec and start building. - Month 2-3: Working RPC endpoint. Submit a transaction, query its status, check a balance. Indexer serving the block explorer. Transaction lifecycle fully instrumented. - Beyond: Data pipelines, partner integrations, API hardening, load testing. Bake in the production readiness that comes from having done this before. In this role, you will: - Public API Layer: Design and build the JSON-RPC endpoints that external tools, SDKs, and wallets use to communicate with the core network (transaction submission, status queries, account state). - Transaction Lifecycle: Own the full path from client to consensus and back. Status tracking, error reporting, and timeout handling. - Indexer & Query Backend: Build the data backend that powers the block explorer, partner integrations, and historical state queries. - Data & Observability: Build out analytics pipelines (e.g., BigQuery population) and implement robust metrics and event logging using tools like Prometheus, Clickhouse, and Sentry. - Cross-Functional Impact: Work across service boundaries, getting comfortable reading code in components you don't own to understand how they behave. You have: - Strong systems or backend programming experience in Rust, C++ or both (our codebase uses both). - Proven track record of designing and building robust RPC/API services that handle real-world, high-scale traffic. - Deep understanding of database architecture, indexing, and query patterns. - You are a builder who takes ownership of production infrastructure, not just prototypes. Bonus Points if: - Prior experience building or operating blockchain infrastructure (nodes, RPC layers, indexers) in production. - Experience with a testnet or mainnet launch. We offer competitive pay with a base salary

Interested in working on cutting-edge blockchain technology and creating equitable access to the global financial system? Since 2014, the mission-driven team at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has helped fuel the tremendous growth of the Stellar blockchain network, an open-source platform that operates at high-scale today. Developers and companies around the world build on it, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem. SDF is hiring Product Managers to help shape the next chapter of the Stellar network. This is a generalist product role: depending on your strengths and where the ecosystem needs you most, you could own work spanning the core protocol, enterprise payments and tokenization, DeFi, developer experience and tooling, or the emerging surface of AI agents transacting on-chain. You will work shoulder-to-shoulder with world-class engineers, designers, and ecosystem partners to take ideas from problem to shipped product. We are looking for builders who use AI extensively to accelerate their work — and who increasingly deliver working prototypes, not just specs. In this role, you will: - In your first 30 days: ramp on the Stellar network, our products, and the ecosystem; meet your engineering, design, and partner counterparts; and ship a first small improvement end-to-end. - Within 90 days: own a product area, build a prioritized roadmap grounded in real user and ecosystem needs, and establish a steady delivery cadence with your team. - Define and drive product strategy and roadmap for your area, across one or more of: core protocol, enterprise, DeFi, developer experience, and agents. - Talk to users, developers, and partners constantly, and translate their needs and pain points into a compelling vision and crisp, actionable requirements. - Use AI tools to accelerate discovery and delivery — generating prototypes, mockups, and working demos to validate ideas before committing engineering time. - Partner closely with Engineering and Design to ship high-quality products with urgency, and measure their impact after launch. - Balance the needs of the network today with the longer-term future you are building toward. You have: - 3+ years of product management experience shipping software products end-to-end. - A track record of using AI tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, v0, and similar) to accelerate your work — including building working prototypes, not just writing specs. - The ability to translate user needs and pain points into both a long-term vision and near-term technical requirements. - Strong written and verbal communication; you can align engineers, designers, and partners around a plan. - Comfort with technical products and ambiguity; you operate from first principles with a strong bias to ship. - High user empathy and a high bar for quality. Bonus Points if: - Experience building on or with blockchain, crypto, or fintech products. - Experience with developer-facing products (APIs, SDKs, CLIs) or open-source projects. - Experience in payments, DeFi, or enterprise / B2B platforms. - You can code or prototype yourself (even lightly) and have shipped AI-assisted prototypes. - Experience in fast-moving, high-autonomy environments. - Knowledge of the Stellar network and Soroban smart contracts. We offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $155,000 - $205,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, we offer lumen-denominated grants along with the following perks and benefits: USA Benefits/Perks: - 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) - Life & ADD (up to $50K) - Short & Long term disability - 401K with 4% match

Interested in working on cutting-edge blockchain technology and creating equitable access to the global financial system? Since 2014, the mission-driven team at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has helped fuel the tremendous growth of the Stellar blockchain network, an open-source platform that operates at high-scale today. Developers and companies around the world build on it, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem. As a Software Engineer on the Wallets team, you will get to design, build, and deploy applications across our product suite and technical stack. This includes our flagship product, Freighter https://www.freighter.app/, as well as the open-source libraries and services that it depends on. In this role you’ll build features and experiences end-to-end, from designing scalable data models to implementing exceptional user interfaces. You will develop a deep understanding of the Stellar network and how to integrate with it, and work with industry-leading partners to make Freighter the best wallet in the space. In this role, you will: - Work on cutting-edge technology at the intersection of blockchain and finance. - Drive all aspects of the development process for wallet projects, from vision to implementation. - Design new features and interfaces that users will love. - Build and maintain scalable backend services that empower the ecosystem. - Engage with the open-source community on diverse projects, ideas, and integrations. - Collaborate on code reviews, design discussions, and best practices for engineering at SDF. You have: - 2+ years of experience developing software as part of a collaborative team. - Strong computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and information retrieval. - Experience in writing server applications in languages such as Go, Python, or Java. - Proficiency in writing client applications in languages such as TypeScript, Swift, or Dart. - A solid grasp of software design patterns and the ability to build reusable, extensible, and modular components. - Excellent communication skills, with the ability to advocate for ideas technical discussions, especially during design and code reviews. - A strong product mindset that drives a passion for understanding and designing for current and anticipated user needs. Bonus Points if: - You have experience with blockchain technology. - You have experience building wallets or financial applications. - You have experience contributing to open-source projects. - You have experience specifically with Go and TypeScript. We offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $140,000 - $200,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, we offer lumen-denominated grants along with the following perks and benefits: USA Benefits/Perks: - 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 - Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for both non-birthing and birthing parents, as well as up to 14 weeks of paid pregnancy leave for birthing parents - Gym reimbursement ($80 per month) - Life & ADD (up to $50K) - Short & Long term disability - 401K with 4% match - 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) - L&D budget of $1,500/year - Daily lunch and snacks in office - Company retreats #LI-Hybrid About Stellar Stellar is more than a blockchain. Powered by a decentralized, fast, scalable, and uniquely sustainable network made for financial products and services and a thriving and passionate ecosystem that includes a non-profit organization driven by a mission, Stellar is paving the path to unlock the world’s economic potential through blockchain technology. Built with speed and low costs in mind, the Stellar network provides builders and financial institutions worldwide a platform to issue assets, and to send and convert currencies in real time creating real world utility. Founded in 2014, the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) supports the continued development and growth of the Stellar network and also serves the ecosystem of NGOs, corporations, universities, small businesses, governments, and solo entrepreneurs building on the Stellar network through tooling, funding and strategic collaborations. Together, Stellar is where blockchain meets the real world. About the Stellar Development Foundation The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization focused on working with and supporting change-makers to create equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology. SDF provides grants, investments, funding, and other awards to builders and organizations. SDF also develops resources and tooling on the Stellar network to help unlock real world utility. As a nonprofit foundation, SDF puts the health of the Stellar network and the Stellar ecosystem and its mission above all else. We look forward to hearing from you! Privacy Policy By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data in accordance with our Privacy Policy https://www.stellar.org/privacy-policy?locale=en. SDF is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. SDF does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal law.