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Circle

Site Reliability Engineer

Circle, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383


Circle is a financial technology company at the epicenter of the emerging internet of money, where value can finally travel like other digital data — globally, nearly instantly and less expensively than legacy settlement systems. This ground-breaking new internet layer opens up previously unimaginable possibilities for payments, commerce and markets that can help raise global economic prosperity and enhance inclusion. Our infrastructure – including USDC, a blockchain-based dollar – helps businesses, institutions and developers harness these breakthroughs and capitalize on this major turning point in the evolution of money and technology.

What you’ll be part of:

Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. 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: Multistakeholder, Mindfulness, Driven by Excellence and High Integrity. Circlers are consistently evolving in a remote world where strength in numbers fuels team success. We have built a flexible and diverse work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.

What you’ll be responsible for:

As a Site Reliability Engineer at Circle, you’ll build out and maintain Circle’s infrastructure estate to meet growing worldwide customer base across multiple regions on public cloud providers. You’ll use your experience, knowledge and skills to ensure Circle’s products and core systems are running in a consistent, reliable and performant manner. You’ll get the opportunity to develop your skills, collaborate across Circle teams and continue to learn in a fun, collaborative, iterative, and rapidly changing environment.

What you'll work on:

Support multiple development teams with a agile, responsive CI/CD platform to deliver high-quality builds with measurable performance and qualityBuild, maintain, improve, scale and secure cloud infrastructure and resources using IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi)Automate operational tasks via Go, Python and serverless solutions (AWS Lambda, Kubernetes Jobs)Design, manage and monitor Kubernetes clusters for multiple production workloadsDriving forward our blockchain infrastructure by creating and managing blockchain nodes across a wide variety of blockchains that includes Algorand, Ethereum, Hedera, Flow, Solana, Stellar, TronParticipate in an on-call rotation to mitigate disruption for any production systems and conduct root cause analysisPlan and test disaster recovery scenarios for a highly available microservices architectureCollaborate with the Security team to create and maintain security-focused tools and frameworks and exert a top-class security postureEngaging and mentoring team members and helping grow and scale the team

What you’ll bring to Circle (not all required):

1-3 years in DevOps or SRE roles, with a focus on tooling, automation and infrastructure on a major public cloud providerProficiency with coding and/or scripting with the following languages (Go, Python, Shell)You have at least 1 year of combined experience in building and maintaining CI/CD platforms and supporting agile engineering teams building microservicesExperience with:Building Docker images and deploy containers in Kubernetes clustersAny modern CI/CD platform with seemingly complex gates and workflowsBlue-Green, Canary and A/B Testing deployment strategiesDistributed blockchain systems, running and maintaining blockchain full nodesDatabase technologies (PostgreSQL, Redis, OpenSearch)Migrating and transforming large, complex datasets from diverse sources, structures and formatsData warehousing services (Apache Airflow, AWS DMS, Snowflake)Knowledge of networking routing, DNS, load balancing and edge networkingKnowledge of APM, RUM, monitoring and telemetry toolsHelm charts and deploying and maintaining Kubernetes clustersWriting infrastructure as code with Terraform or CloudFormation and using IaC to deploy resources in AWS, Azure, GCP or any other public cloud providersStrong skills around observability, troubleshooting and performance solutioningAbility and eagerness to deep dive into understanding, debugging and improving any layer of the tech stackExhibit strong communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts to peers and stakeholders

Additional Information:

This position is eligible for day-one PERM sponsorship for qualified candidates.

Circle is on a mission to create an inclusive financial future, with transparency at our core. 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. Please note that compensation ranges may differ for candidates in other locations.

Base Pay Range: $100,000 - $140,000

Annual Bonus Target: 7.5%

Also Included: Equity & Benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)). Circle has a discretionary vacation policy. We also provide 10 days of paid sick leave per year and 11 paid holidays per year in the U.S.

We are an

equal opportunity employer

and value diversity at Circle. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Additionally, Circle participates in the

E-Verify Program

in certain locations, as required by law.

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