Senior Product Manager, Developer Tooling

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 to hire a PM to own the developer tooling at Stellar network and its smart contract platform, Soroban. This PM will be responsible for shepherding the growth and development of one of the most commonly used tools for developers and users in our ecosystem.
We are looking for a product contributor who will guide the improvements of the JS SDK and shepherd Stellar CLI, Lab, and Quickstart as robust, full-featured products. We are looking for someone who can engage in the ecosystem and collaborate with ecosystem contributors to maintain a variety of our tools, including Developer Docs, Scaffold Stellar, and Stellar Wallet Kit. They will leverage our growing ecosystem to improve these tools and tap into our growing building community to work towards a best-in-class developer experience at Stellar.

In this role, you will:

• Set a compelling vision for what Developer Tooling can be and evangelize it internally and externally

• Create and own the product strategy for developer tools, which brings that vision to life.

• Work with our broader ecosystem to design, advocate, and implement toolings

• Design and implement new experiences across the entire lifecycle of the developer journey

• Alliance with the Developer Relations team to grow the Stellar ecosystem

• Own the prioritization and roadmap for the product as you work with the rest of the organization to achieve our strategic objectives

You have:

• 2+ years of PM experience

• Worked on or with blockchain in a previous role

• Experience with end-user facing blockchain products

Bonus points if:

• Worked on SDKs and CLIs in the past

• Worked at another L1 blockchain

• Consumer fintech experience

• Owned user onboarding for a consumer or prosumer product

We offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $155,000- $215,000 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 the office

• Company retreats

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!

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