Staff SRE - Cloud Infrastructure

Circle is a disruptive fintech company positioning itself in the center of the evolving internet of finance, enabling the swift and cost-effective global transfer of value akin to digital data. The company's far-reaching financial infrastructure, including USDC, a blockchain-based dollar offering, aims to facilitate international transactions, commerce, and financial markets, fostering economic advancement and inclusivity on a global scale.

What You Will Be a Part of:

Circle prioritizes transparency and stability across its operations and targeted expansion into robust global jurisdictions. Efficiency and speed serve as catalysts for the organization's progression, aligning with core values such as Multistakeholder approach, Mindfulness, Commitment to Excellence, and High Integrity. Despite operating in a remote setting, Circle emphasizes teamwork, adaptability, and an inclusive work atmosphere encouraging novel ideas and fostering a shared sense of ownership.

Your Responsibilities:

In the role of a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Circle, you will orchestrate the development, management, and enhancement of Circle's infrastructure footprint to meet the demands of an expanding international client base across numerous public cloud platforms and locations. Leveraging your expertise, experience, and skills, you will ensure the consistent, reliable, and efficient performance of Circle's products and core systems. This presents a unique opportunity to upskill, collaborate with diverse teams, and commit to continuous learning within a dynamic, fast-paced environment. By joining Circle, you will be part of a dynamic, collaborative, and forward-thinking team dedicated to delivering unparalleled customer experiences.

Key Focus Areas:

• Providing agile and responsive CI/CD platform support to various development teams to deliver top-tier builds with measurable performance and quality standards.
• Building, fortifying, scaling, and securing cloud infrastructure and assets using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible.
• Streamlining operational tasks through Go, Python programming, and serverless solutions like AWS Lambda and Kubernetes Jobs.
• Orchestrating, overseeing, and monitoring Kubernetes clusters supporting multiple production workloads.
• Enhancing blockchain infrastructure by setting up and managing blockchain nodes across various blockchain ecosystems including Algorand, Ethereum, Hedera, Flow, Solana, Stellar, and Tron.
• Participating in an on-call rotation to proactively mitigate disruptions to production systems and perform root cause analyses.
• Planning and testing disaster recovery scenarios for a highly available microservices-based architecture.
• Collaborating with the Security team to design and maintain security-centric tools and frameworks while ensuring a top-tier security posture.
• Engaging and mentoring team members, contributing to team expansion and growth endeavors.

Team Hierarchy for Individual Contributors:

• Staff Site Reliability Engineer (IV)
• Senior Site Reliability Engineer (III)

Your Skills:

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (III)

• 4+ years in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering roles, with a focus on tooling, automation, and infrastructure on prominent public cloud providers.
• Proficiency in coding/scripting with languages like Go, Python, and Shell.
• Experience of at least 3 years in developing and maintaining CI/CD platforms and supporting agile engineering teams in building microservices.
• Extensive experience in Docker image creation, container deployment in Kubernetes clusters, modern CI/CD platforms, deployment strategies (Blue-Green, Canary, A/B Testing), distributed blockchain systems, database technologies, data warehousing, networking, monitoring tools, Kubernetes cluster management, and IaC practices with tools like Terraform.
• Proficient in observability, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
• Strong communication skills to convey technical concepts clearly to peers and stakeholders.

Staff Site Reliability Engineer (IV)

• 7+ years in DevOps or SRE roles, emphasizing tooling, automation, and infrastructure on leading cloud platforms.
• Demonstrated team leadership in technical architecture and system design.
• Expertise in API design, REST principles, cloud services, containers, Kubernetes, SQL databases, coding standards, and quality assurance.

Additional Details:

• The job offers day-one PERM sponsorship eligibility for suitable candidates.
• Compensation at Circle considers various factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and organizational requirements.
• Compensation includes a mix of base pay range, bonuses, equity, and benefits like medical, dental, vision, and retirement plans. Circle follows a flexible vacation policy, provides paid time off for sickness and offers paid holidays.

Circle is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and does not engage in discrimination based on race, religion, gender, orientation, marital or veteran status, or disability. The company participates in the E-Verify Program where required by law.

Submit your application today by joining a zealous team dedicated to creating an inclusive financial landscape for the future emission in values and transparency within Circle.