Remote Senior or Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Performance Engineering

Description:

• Circle is a financial technology company focused on creating an inclusive financial future through innovative infrastructure, including USDC, a blockchain-based dollar.
• The company values visibility, stability, speed, and efficiency, fostering a flexible and diverse remote work environment.
• As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will design, build, and maintain Circle’s infrastructure to support a growing global customer base on public cloud providers.
• Responsibilities include supporting development teams with a CI/CD platform, building and securing cloud infrastructure, automating operational tasks, managing Kubernetes clusters, and driving blockchain infrastructure.
• You will participate in on-call rotations, plan disaster recovery scenarios, collaborate with the Security team, and mentor team members.

Requirements:

• For the Senior Site Reliability Engineer position, candidates should have 4+ years in DevOps or SRE roles, focusing on tooling, automation, and infrastructure on a major public cloud provider.
• Proficiency in coding/scripting with Go, Python, and Shell is required.
• At least 3 years of experience in building and maintaining CI/CD platforms and supporting agile engineering teams is necessary.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD platforms, blockchain systems, database technologies, data warehousing, networking, monitoring tools, and IaC with Terraform is essential.
• Strong skills in observability, troubleshooting, and performance solutions are required, along with excellent communication skills.
• For the Staff Site Reliability Engineer position, candidates must meet all Senior requirements and have 7+ years in DevOps or SRE roles, experience leading teams, and a deep understanding of API design, cloud services, containers, and SQL databases.

Benefits:

• The position offers a competitive salary with a base pay range of $147,500 - $195,000 for Senior and $172,500 - $227,500 for Staff, along with annual bonus targets of 12.5% and 15%, respectively.
• Employees receive equity and benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and a 401(k) plan.
• Circle has a discretionary vacation policy, provides 10 days of paid sick leave per year, and 11 paid holidays per year in the U.S.
• The company is committed to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer, participating in the E-Verify Program as required by law.