circle

Staff Software Engineer

circle$195K — $257K *
US-Anywhere
+ 12 other locationsRemote
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of professional software development experience in languages like Go or Java.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a closely related field.
  • Technical leadership experience for teams of 4 or more, focusing on architecture and system design.
  • Expertise in API design, payments processing, or blockchain technology.
  • Experience in architecture, design, and deployment of scalable software solutions.
  • Proficiency with cloud services (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, EKS, ECS).
  • Strong focus on coding standards and code quality.

Responsibilities

  • Extend Circle's blockchain systems infrastructure to support global tokenization.
  • Analyze and improve existing systems and processes to enhance performance.
  • Build and own scalable microservices for reliable and secure APIs.
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to design and document system features.
  • Troubleshoot program and system issues to restore normal operations.
  • Create publicly accessible APIs for developers to integrate with payment systems.
  • Integrate with leading banks and financial technologies.

Benefits

  • Remote work flexibility.
  • Opportunity to be part of a mission-driven company focused on creating an inclusive financial future.
  • Access to professional development and growth opportunities.
Full Job Description
What you'll be responsible for:

The Staff Software Engineer is responsible for extending Circle's in-house blockchain systems infrastructure to support the tokenization of the world; analyzing requirements, procedures, and problems to improve existing systems and modifying systems; building and owning scalable microservices that are responsible for reliable and secure APIs that transfer value and assets across all blockchain protocols as well as traditional banking protocols; collaborating with Product and Engineering teams to design, test, and shape Circle features, including developing and documenting system design procedures, testing procedures, and quality standards; troubleshooting program and system malfunctions to restore normal functioning; building publicly accessible APIs that make it simple for developers to integrate with complex payment systems; integrating Platform Services with leading banks and financial technologies; consulting with management to ensure agreement on system principles; writing the infrastructure to deliver great payment experiences, including data sources (SQL or NoSQL), messaging systems and APIs; other duties as assigned.

What you'll bring to Circle:
  • 7 years minimum professional software development experience in object oriented languages like Go or Java.
  • Computer Science degree or a closely related field (or foreign equivalent).
  • Technical leadership of teams >4 on architecture and system design.
  • Expert in one of the domains of API design, payments processing, or blockchains.
  • Deep understanding/experience with:
    • Architecture, design, and deployment of production-quality, scalable software
    • Web3, blockchain, smart Contract business logic
    • RESTful API design and development principles
    • Cloud services (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, etc)
    • Container orchestration systems like Kubernetes or EKS, ECS
    • SQL databases and designing schemas
  • Deep focus on coding standards and code quality -- a desire to have great test coverage to enable continuous delivery.
  • Excellent communication skills, able to collaborate with remote teams, share ideas and present concepts effectively
  • Self-starter with a curious mindset, you enjoy moving at a fast pace, shipping software that improves the user experience and constantly improving your work with little supervision


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: $195,000 - $257,500

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About circle

Circle is a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of digital currency and public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications worldwide. Circle's platform has supported over 100 million transactions worth tens of billions of dollars, with nearly 10 million retail customers, over a thousand businesses, while storing and securing more than $5 billion in digital currency assets. Circle is also a principal developer of USD Coin (USDC), which together with Coinbase and the Centre Consortium oversees the standards and protocol for what has become the fastest growing, regulated, fully-reserved stablecoin. USDC now stands at well over $10 billion market cap and is adding nearly $300 million net new digital dollars in circulation every week. Today, Circle's transactional services, business accounts, and platform APIs are giving rise to a new generation of financial services and commerce applications that hold the promise of raising global economic prosperity for all through programmable internet commerce.
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300 employees
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Founded
2013

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