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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 Senior Technical Recruiter, you will be a trusted hiring partner to Engineering and Product leaders across Stellar Development Foundation. You’ll support hiring across all levels of engineering and product roles, bringing strong sourcing instincts, thoughtful stakeholder partnership, and a commitment to equitable hiring. Alongside a small, high-performing recruiting team, you’ll help evolve how we attract, assess, and hire exceptional talent while delivering an outstanding candidate experience. You may also support occasional non-technical roles as business needs evolve
In this role, you will:
Partner closely with Engineering and Product leaders to understand hiring needs, role scope, and long-term team goals.
Lead recruiting efforts for roles across all levels of Engineering and Product, from early-career to senior and specialized positions.
Proactively source, engage, and close high-quality technical talent using creative, relationship-driven, and data-informed approaches.
Act as a strong candidate advocate, ensuring a respectful, transparent, and high-touch interview experience.
Champion equitable and inclusive hiring practices, including diverse sourcing strategies and unbiased interview processes.
Advise hiring managers on interview design, calibration, leveling, and decision-making best practices.
Continuously identify opportunities to improve recruiting workflows, tools, and processes to increase efficiency and quality of hire.
Maintain high data integrity in our ATS and leverage recruiting metrics to share insights with leadership.
Contribute to broader recruiting initiatives such as hiring manager enablement, interview training, and process documentation.
Support occasional non-technical hiring as needed to meet organizational priorities.
You have:
5+ years of recruiting experience, with a strong focus on technical roles.
Demonstrated success hiring across Engineering and Product functions at multiple levels.
Strong sourcing expertise using tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, GitHub, and other technical sourcing platforms.
Deep commitment to diverse, equitable, and inclusive hiring.
Ability to manage multiple searches simultaneously while maintaining a high bar for quality and candidate experience.
Data-driven mindset with experience using recruiting metrics to inform decisions and improve outcomes.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; confident engaging with candidates and stakeholders at all levels.
Strong relationship-building skills and comfort operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
High ownership, sound judgment, and the ability to thrive amid ambiguity.
A positive attitude, sense of humor, and collaborative mindset.
Bonus Points if:
Interest in blockchain, crypto, fintech, or financial inclusion.
Existing network of engineers and product professionals with experience in Golang, Python, Rust, C++, JavaScript, or modern product development.
Experience recruiting in high-growth or mission-driven organizations.
We offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of Base: $120,000 - $170,000 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
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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