Circle
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco - remote first in US
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~45% per draw at Level III). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
The bottom of this range ($100,000) is below the Level I prevailing wage of $137,093. An H-1B cannot be filed below the prevailing wage, so an offer at the floor of this band could not be sponsored as posted.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- As we grow as an organization, we're expanding into some of the world's strongest jurisdictions.
- Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values: High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence.
Responsibilities
- Partner with internal functional leaders and subject matter expects to identify high-friction processes and high-value opportunities to redesign how work gets done using AI.
- Rapidly prototype, ship, and iterate agent workflows that drive measurable improvements in speed, quality, or efficiency.
- Build trust with non-technical stakeholders through clear communication, demos, and practical enablement.
- Design and maintain evaluation and feedback loops (e.g., LangChain-based evals) to assess quality, reliability, and safety.
- Surface insights from field work to inform broader AI strategy, product direction, and organizational design.
- Stakeholders begin to rethink their processes and organizational design based on what you've built.
- You're comfortable working with non-technical partners who may be cautious or less knowledgeable about AI, and know how to meet them where they are.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- Strong software fundamentals and ability to ship production-quality code.
- Experience with LLM tooling or agent frameworks
- Comfort operating in ambiguous problem spaces and defining the problem as you go.
- You enjoy being a fresh set of eyes inside complex organizations and questioning "the way we've always done it."
- Additionally, Circle participates in the E-Verify Program in certain locations, as required by law.
Nice to have
- Exposure to evaluation, experimentation, or quality measurement for AI systems.
- Interest in teaching, enablement, or documentation as a force multiplier.
- We consider a wide variety of elements when crafting our compensation ranges and total compensation packages.
- Starting pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to: relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and other business and organizational needs.
Skills
- Enterprises, financial institutions, and developers use Circle to power trusted, internet-scale financial innovation.
- Learn more at circle.com.
Compensation
- $100,000 - $140,000
Benefits
- Should you require accommodations or assistance in our interview process because of a disability, please reach out to accommodations@circle.com for support.
Company info
- What you'll be part of: Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do.
- Base Pay Range: $100,000 - $140,000 We are an equal opportunity employer.
Equal opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer.
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