Manager, Solutions Engineering

The role

You will lead the Solutions Engineering function to enable enterprise partners to design, build, and operate integrations on the Stellar network. This senior leadership role involves people management, architectural guidance, and program ownership.

What you will do

• Own and refine the Solutions Engineering program, including engagement models and partner tiering.
• Build, manage, mentor, and grow a team of Solutions Architects and Solutions Engineers.
• Lead end-to-end technical partner engagements from discovery to production launch.
• Serve as a senior technical escalation point for high-tiered partners.
• Provide hands-on architectural leadership for complex use cases.
• Review proposed architectures and technical trade-offs.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to inform roadmap prioritization.
• Design and scale repeatable engagement models and documentation standards.
• Oversee hiring, onboarding, training, and certification programs.
• Represent SDF in strategic partner conversations and onsite engagements.

Required qualifications

• Significant experience leading customer-facing engineering or solutions teams.
• Strong technical background to lead architectural discussions and evaluate system-level trade-offs.
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams such as Solutions Architects or Forward-Deployed Engineers.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-evolving environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working directly with enterprise or institutional partners.
• Willingness to travel occasionally for partner engagements.

Nice to have

• Experience with blockchain systems, distributed ledgers, or financial market infrastructure.
• Experience in a forward-deployed or embedded engineering model.
• Experience designing or running certification, training, or partner enablement programs.
• Contributions to open-source or ecosystem-driven platforms.

Benefits

• Competitive health, dental & vision coverage
• Flexible time off
• 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break
• Generous paid parental leave
• 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

About the company

Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a mission-driven non-profit organization that supports the growth of the Stellar blockchain network. The team works to create equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology.