Senior/Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Circle
$195-257.5k
SQL
Kubernetes
Python
Go
Terraform
Pulumi
Mid, Senior and Expert level
Remote from US
Building the Internet Financial Platform
Be an early applicant
Building the Internet Financial Platform
1001+ employees
FintechB2BCryptocurrencyBankingPaymentsDeep TechFinancial ServicesSaaSBlockchainWeb 3.0
Be an early applicant
$195-257.5k
SQL
Kubernetes
Python
Go
Terraform
Pulumi
Mid, Senior and Expert level
Remote from US
1001+ employees
FintechB2BCryptocurrencyBankingPaymentsDeep TechFinancial ServicesSaaSBlockchainWeb 3.0
Company mission
To raise global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of value.
Role
Who you are
- ---Senior Site Reliability Engineer (III)---
- 4+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering, ideally supporting cloud-native platforms
- Experience operating and troubleshooting blockchain nodes and other distributed systems in production environments
- Strong experience with Kubernetes, including Helm, RBAC, operators, controllers, and observability tooling
- Hands-on experience building CI/CD pipelines, containerized workloads, and modern deployment strategies such as blue-green and canary releases
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Pulumi and cloud networking fundamentals, including VPCs, DNS, load balancers, and secure connectivity
- Proficiency in Go or Python to build platform automation, infrastructure tooling, and operational workflows
- Experience managing SQL databases and stateful production services with a strong understanding of reliability and performance
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives, make sound decisions in ambiguous situations, and communicate effectively across engineering teams
- ---Staff Site Reliability Engineer (IV)---
- All the requirements of a Senior Site Reliability Engineer and:
- 6+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering, ideally within a cloud-native or blockchain environment
- Proven track record of technical leadership in complex, distributed systems architecture and design
- Deep expertise in:
- Blockchain protocols and their infrastructure demands
- Kubernetes internals and tuning for large-scale workloads
- Agentic automation strategies and applying AI tooling in real-world engineering workflows
- Observability and chaos engineering techniques to stress-test reliability
- Experience mentoring engineers and scaling SRE best practices across teams
- Strong engineering judgment with a passion for code quality, automated testing, and operational excellence
Desirable
- Passion for crypto and blockchain infrastructure, with experience building AI-enabled infrastructure tooling or agentic workflows; familiarity with MCP servers and responsible use of generative AI to improve engineering productivity is a plus
What the job involves
- As a Staff Site Reliability Engineer on Circle’s Platform team, you’ll design, build, and operate the infrastructure that powers our blockchain platform at scale
- You’ll own the reliability, performance, and automation of distributed blockchain systems across multiple public cloud environments, leveraging Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, and modern SRE practices to deliver resilient, secure, and highly available services
- Working closely with engineering, protocol, product, and security teams, you’ll build AI-powered tooling and automation that improves operational excellence, accelerates developer productivity, and enables the rapid delivery of new blockchain capabilities
- This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives in high-ownership environments, enjoys solving complex distributed systems challenges, and is passionate about advancing the reliability and scalability of blockchain infrastructure
- Operate and scale production blockchain infrastructure, managing full nodes across networks such as Arc, Ethereum, Solana, Base, and other supported protocols
- Design, build, and maintain highly available, secure Kubernetes platforms with a focus on automation, resilience, and self-healing workloads
- Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows, and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Pulumi, and cloud-native tooling
- Develop AI-powered infrastructure automation, including Kubernetes lifecycle management, IaC analysis, blockchain cost optimization, and MCP server integrations to improve engineering productivity
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize distributed systems, participating in a follow-the-sun on-call rotation, incident response, and post-incident reviews to improve platform reliability
- Partner closely with protocol, product, and security teams to deliver reliable infrastructure that supports network launches, upgrades, and evolving business requirements
- Drive technical excellence by mentoring engineers, sharing SRE best practices, and contributing to architecture and reliability improvements across the platform
Our take
Circle (NYSE: CRCL) is a leading internet financial platform company advancing an open, global economy through digital assets, payment applications, and programmable blockchain infrastructure. With USDC, Circle Payments Network, and Arc, Circle enables trusted financial innovation for institutions, enterprises, and developers worldwide.
Circle provides a comprehensive suite of financial and technological services that empower enterprises and developers to integrate stablecoins and blockchains into their products, service and business operations.
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Meet the team
Eliza, Senior Software Engineer
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Apr 2022
$400m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
May 2021
$440m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $1.1bn
Company benefits
- Remote-First and Flexible Work - Do your best work from home! Our remote jobs empower you to work around your life schedule. Want to switch up your work spot? We provide access to WeWork locations globally. Need time away? We offer flexible paid time off beyond paid holidays— so you can thrive at work and at rest.
- Health & Well-Being - No matter where you live, we offer a market competitive suite of benefits to help keep you and your loved ones healthy. We also keep your emotional well-being top of mind, offering an Employee Wellness Program for all employees and immediate family members globally. We also have various leave options, including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
- Financial Planning - Circle is invested in your future! All part-time and full-time U.S. employees enjoy 401(k) benefits, including up to 4% company matching, and can become owners in Circle through our equity program. Pension plans are also offered in select countries. FSA and HSA accounts are available for U.S. employees, with Circle contributing annually to employee HSA accounts.
- Stipends & Reimbursements - To support our employees and their unique lifestyles, Circle offers a set of stipends and reimbursements (offerings vary by location and enrollment). These include home office, mobile phone, fitness and weight loss, and more!
- Learning & Development - Circle is committed to cultivating experiences internally and externally that promote constant learning in support of Crypto Literacy, as well as operational and interpersonal development that drives growth aligned with career aspirations for employees at all levels of the organization.
- In-Person Connections - Outside of our remote work, we know how important collaborating in-person is. We invest in bringing Circlers together through an annual company-wide conference, local meet ups as well as team and leadership offsites to lock in relationships beyond the screen.
Company values
- Multistakeholder - We must organize, incentivize and measure ourselves against meeting the needs of all of our stakeholders
- Future Forward - We embrace a transformative vision for the future, and this energy shapes how we operate
- Mindful - We seek to be present and aware, to be respectful, active listeners (with each other and with our customers alike), and pay attention to detail
- Driven by Excellence - We relentlessly pursue excellence, we do not tolerate mediocrity, we reward based on merit, and we work intensely to achieve our goals
- High Integrity - We seek open and honest communication, and hold ourselves to very high moral and ethical standards
Company HQ
World Trade Center, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Jeremy Allaire
(CEO)Founder and former Chairman and CEO of Brightcove. Former Entrepreneur in Residence at General Catalyst Partners, CTO of Macromedia, and Co-Founder & former CTO of Allaire Corporation.
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