Circle is hiring a
Staff Software Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Staff Software Engineer at financial technology company Circle. The role involves extending the company's blockchain systems infrastructure, collaborating with teams on design and development of features, and troubleshooting system malfunctions. The employee will be expected to have 8 years of professional software development experience in object-oriented languages like Go or Java, a Computer Science degree or equivalent, technical leadership experience, and expertise in API design, payments processing, or blockchains.

Requirements

• 8 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

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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

Benefits

• Base Pay Range: $172,500 - $227,500
• Annual Bonus Target: 15%
• 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