Circle

Distinguished Software Engineer

San Francisco - remote first in US

Sponsorship not specified$285k-$353kDetected 31 days ago

Distributed SystemsLeadershipCollaborationMentoring

About the role

Enterprises, financial institutions, and developers use Circle to power trusted, internet-scale financial innovation.
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.

Design, evolve, and steward core platform architectures to ensure scalability, reliability, and long-term resilience.
Drive architectural direction and technical strategy for critical distributed systems used across Circle's product ecosystem.
Lead cross-team, cross-functional technical initiatives in partnership with Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, Security, and Compliance.
Provide deep technical leadership and mentorship, elevating system design quality and engineering rigor across teams.
Proven track record of architecting and scaling platform systems that support multiple downstream products and teams.
Exceptional system design skills, with the ability to debug and resolve complex issues across services and architectural boundaries.
Experience building internal developer platforms or shared services adopted broadly across an organization.

Additionally, Circle participates in the E-Verify Program in certain locations, as required by law.

relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and other business and organizational needs.
Please note that compensation ranges may differ for candidates in other locations.

Should you require accommodations or assistance in our interview process because of a disability, please reach out to accommodations@circle.com for support.

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