Senior SRE - Data Infrastructure
Circle is a leading financial technology company positioned at the forefront of the evolving digital economy, enabling value to move globally, swiftly, and affordably via digital channels. Central to Circle's vision is the creation of a more inclusive and prosperous global economic landscape through innovative solutions in payments, commerce, and markets. By leveraging cutting-edge infrastructure, including USDC, a blockchain-based dollar, Circle empowers businesses, institutions, and developers to seize opportunities presented by the merging of money and technology.
About the Company:
At Circle, we prioritize transparency and dependability in all endeavors. Our global expansion into diverse jurisdictions is driven by a culture anchored in speed, efficiency, and our core values: Multistakeholder engagement, Mindfulness, Pursuit of Excellence, and Unwavering Integrity. Operating remotely, our team thrives in a collaborative environment that values diversity, promotes fresh ideas, and fosters a culture where every member contributes meaningfully.
Responsibilities:
The role of a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Circle involves crafting, managing, and enhancing the organization's infrastructure to support its expanding global consumer base across varied public cloud platforms and regions. By drawing on expertise and knowledge, you will ensure a consistent, reliable, and high-performing operation of Circle's products and core systems. This role offers a unique opportunity for skill development, interdisciplinary collaboration, and perpetual learning in a dynamic, challenging environment. Join Circle's dedicated, innovative, and cohesive team focused on delivering exceptional customer experiences.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Supporting multiple development teams with an agile, responsive CI/CD platform for high-quality builds ensuring measurable performance and reliability
- Construction, maintenance, scaling, and security enhancement of cloud infrastructure and assets using IaC tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible
- Task automation using Go, Python, and serverless technologies such as AWS Lambda and Kubernetes Jobs
- Orchestrating, overseeing, and monitoring Kubernetes clusters for diverse production workloads
- Spearheading blockchain infrastructure development by setting up and managing blockchain nodes across various blockchains like Algorand, Ethereum, Hedera, and more
- Participation in on-call rotations to swiftly address disruptions in production systems and conducting root cause analysis
- Planning and evaluating disaster recovery scenarios for a microservices architecture that ensures high availability
- Collaborating with the Security team to develop and uphold security-centric tools and frameworks upholding high-level security protocols
- Engaging with team members, providing mentorship, and driving team expansion and scalability.
Desired Skills and Qualifications:
For Senior Site Reliability Engineer:
- 4+ years hands-on experience in DevOps or SRE roles, focusing on tooling, automation, and infrastructure on major public cloud platforms
- Proficiency in coding/scripting using languages like Go, Python, and Shell
- Aptitude in constructing and managing CI/CD platforms and supporting engineering teams in developing microservices
- Expertise in Docker image creation, Kubernetes cluster deployment, modern CI/CD platforms, blockchain systems, database technologies
- Strong problem-solving abilities, excellent communication skills, ability to liaise between tech teams and stakeholders.
For Staff Site Reliability Engineer:
Along with Senior Site Reliability Engineer qualifications:
- 7+ years of experience in DevOps or SRE roles with a focus on cloud infrastructure and tooling
- Leadership experience with technical teams focusing on architecture and system design
- Profound knowledge of API design, cloud services, containerization, Kubernetes, SQL databases
- Upholding coding standards and code quality with a passion for comprehensive test coverage.
Circle promotes equal employment opportunities and values diversity among its employees, fostering an environment free of discrimination based on various factors including race, religion, gender, and more. Circle ends the description by articulating the competitive compensation package aligned with skills and experience levels.
