Staff SRE - Performance Engineering
Job Summary:
Circle, a leading financial technology company, is at the forefront of the emerging digital finance realm. Their innovative platform enables value to flow globally, instantly, and affordably, revolutionizing payment systems. They are dedicated to fostering economic prosperity and inclusivity worldwide through cutting-edge payment solutions and markets.
What You’ll Be Joining:
Circle is deeply committed to transparency and resilience across its operations. With a global reach expanding to robust jurisdictions, speed and efficiency are driving factors in their organizational success. Circlers embrace core values of being Multistakeholder, Mindful, Driven by Excellence, and Upholding High Integrity. Working in a remote setup, the team values collaboration, flexibility, and a culture that nurtures diversity and novel ideas.
Your Responsibilities:
As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Circle, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining Circle's infrastructure to meet the needs of a rapidly growing customer base spread across global public cloud platforms. Your primary goal will be to ensure products and core systems operate optimally, reliably, and efficiently. This is an exciting opportunity to enhance your expertise, collaborate cross-functionally, and continually learn in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Join the enthusiastic and creative Circle team, dedicated to delivering exceptional customer experiences.
Your Duties Will Include:
- Supporting multiple development teams by facilitating an agile and responsive CI/CD platform for delivering top-notch builds with measurable performance and quality;
- Managing, enhancing, scaling, and securing cloud infrastructure and resources using IaC tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible;
- Automating operational tasks with tools like Go, Python, and serverless solutions like AWS Lambda and Kubernetes Jobs;
- Overseeing the design, management, and monitoring of Kubernetes clusters hosting various production workloads;
- Driving innovation in the blockchain infrastructure domain by overseeing and managing blockchain nodes on diverse blockchains like Algorand, Ethereum, Hedera, Flow, Solana, Stellar, and Tron;
- Participating in an on-call rotation to address any disruptions in production systems and overseeing root cause analysis;
- Planning and conducting tests for disaster recovery scenarios, particularly for a highly available microservices architecture;
- Collaborating with the Security team to create and maintain security-oriented tools and frameworks to maintain top-notch security standards;
- Engaging with team members, providing mentorship, and contributing to team growth and scalability.
Professional Requirements:
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (III)
- Possess at least 4 years in DevOps or SRE roles, focusing on tooling, automation, and infrastructure on leading public cloud platforms;
- Proficient in coding or scripting with languages like Go, Python, Shell;
- Have a minimum of 3 years of experience in building and maintaining CI/CD platforms and supporting agile engineering teams in microservices development;
- Hands-on experience in areas such as Docker image building, deploying containers in Kubernetes clusters, modern CI/CD platforms, distributed blockchain systems, database technologies, and networking;
- Strong skills in observability, troubleshooting, and enhancing system performance;
- Ability to delve into various layers of the tech stack for problem-solving and optimization, along with effective communication skills to convey technical aspects to peers and stakeholders.
Staff Site Reliability Engineer (IV)
All qualifications of a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, protfolioed by:
- Possess a minimum of 7 years in DevOps or SRE roles, concentrating on tooling, automation, and infrastructure on major public cloud providers;
- Demonstrated experience leading teams in technical architecture and system design;
- Deep knowledge/expertise in areas including API design, cloud services, containers, Kubernetes, SQL databases, and maintaining optimal coding standards.
Compensation Details:
Base Pay Range for Senior Site Reliability Engineer: $147,500 - $195,000
Annual Bonus Target: 12.5%
Base Pay Range for Staff Site Reliability Engineer: $172,500 - $227,500
Annual Bonus Target: 15%
Additional Perks:
Benefits include Equity and other offerings such as medical, dental, vision, and 401(k), equipped with a discretionary vacation policy. Other benefits encompass 10 days of paid sick leave per year and 11 paid holidays annually within the U.S.
Circle is deeply committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and upholding diversity within its workforce. The organization refrains from discriminating based on various factors and participates in the E-Verify Program in designated locations per regulatory mandates.