Circle
Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform
San Francisco, California, United States of America · Staff+
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). 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
$26,187 more — $221,187 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $221,187 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
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
- 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.
Responsibilities
- We respect your privacy and will connect with you separately from our interview process to accommodate your needs. #LI-Remote Circle believes in a future where digital dollars work securely around the world to create a more prosperous global economy for everyone.
- Our values of Multistakeholder, Mindful, Driven by excellence, and High integrity drive us to succeed.
Requirements
- Additionally, Circle participates in the E-Verify Program in certain locations, as required by law.
Nice to have
- 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.
- To accomplish this, we created USDC, a digital currency backed by the US dollar and always redeemable 1:1.
- We work closely with regulators to ensure our digital dollar guides and surpasses the standards for stablecoins.
- By doing this, USDC has the potential to change how money moves around the world.
- Employees take pride in Circle's culture and values.
- Experience with with streaming frameworks such as Apache Flink or Google Cloud Dataflow Experience with
- NoSQL databases such as Bigtable, Cassandra Staff Software Engineer (IV):
Compensation
- We consider a wide variety of elements when crafting our compensation ranges and total compensation packages.
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
- Circle (NYSE: CRCL) is one of the world's leading internet financial platform companies, building the foundation of a more open, global economy through digital assets, payment applications, and programmable blockchain infrastructure.
- Circle's platform includes the world's largest regulated stablecoin network anchored by USDC, Circle Payments Network for global money movement, and Arc, an enterprise-grade blockchain designed to become the Economic OS for the internet.
- Learn more at circle.com.
- What you'll be part of:
- Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do.
- We have built a flexible work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.
- Software Engineer (III) Staff Software Engineer (IV) Your team is responsible for:
- As a member of the Data Platform Engineering team, you own the core Data warehouse platform, data ingestion and processing, ETL/ELT pipelines orchestration platform, data cataloging, data governance.
- These components power our Product, Engineering, Analytics, and Data Science teams by enabling experimentation, operational excellence, and actionable insights to accelerate business growth.
- You'll work on:
- Design, build, and operate data platform services (warehousing, orchestration, and catalogs).
Equal opportunity
- $195,000 - $257,500 We are an equal opportunity employer.
- Range: $195,000 - $257,500 We are an equal opportunity employer.
This listing is sourced directly from Circle's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.