Senior Product Manager, Tools

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 looking for a Product Manager to lead the developer tooling ecosystem for the Stellar network and its smart contract platform, Soroban. In this role, you’ll drive the strategy and development of the tools that developers and users rely on most to build on Stellar.

We’re looking for a hands-on Product Manager to guide the evolution of the JavaScript SDK and shepherd the development of Stellar CLI, Lab, and Quickstart into robust, full-featured products.

You will collaborate closely with ecosystem contributors to maintain and enhance key tools such as Developer Docs, Scaffold Stellar, and Stellar Wallet Kit. By engaging deeply with our developer community, you’ll leverage feedback and contributions to continuously improve our tooling suite, and drive toward a best-in-class developer experience across the Stellar ecosystem.

You will:

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

• Develop and own the product strategy that brings this vision to life through world-class developer tools and experiences.

• Collaborate with ecosystem partners to design, advocate for, and implement tools that empower developers building on Stellar and Soroban.

• Design and deliver new experiences that elevate the developer journey at every stage of the lifecycle.

• Partner closely with the Developer Relations team to strengthen and grow the Stellar developer community.

• Own product prioritization and roadmap planning, aligning cross-functional teams to achieve strategic goals that deliver measurable impact.

You have:

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Manager.

• Prior experience working on or with blockchain technologies.

• Proven track record building or managing end-user blockchain products.

Bonus points if you have:

• Experience building or managing SDKs and CLIs.

• Previous experience at a Layer 1 blockchain project or organization.

• Background in consumer fintech products.

• Ownership of 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

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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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