Senior Manager, Engineering, Onboarding

Circle

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San Francisco, CAAtlanta, GAAustin, TXBoise, IDBoston, MACharlotte, NCChicago, ILColumbus, OHDallas, TXHouston, TXKansas City, MOLos Angeles, CAMiami, FLMinneapolis, MNNashville, TNNew York, NYPhiladelphia, PAPhoenix, AZPortland, ORRaleigh, NCSalt Lake City, UTSan Diego, CASeattle, WATampa, FLWashington, DC
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$217,500–$264,167 / yr
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1 day ago
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About Circle

Circle is a global financial technology firm and the principal operator of USD Coin (USDC), a leading stablecoin, providing cross-border payments and digital currency infrastructure for businesses. Industry: Financial Technology & Digital Currency

Circle currently has 27 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $165,000–$215,000 across 26 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Manager, Engineering, Onboarding

As the Senior Manager, Engineering - Onboarding, you will lead the Risk and Compliance Engineering team in building and scaling a centralized customer onboarding and lifecycle management platform. You will manage the engineering team responsible for developing scalable automation, partner-facing SDKs, and internal compliance tools that support the entire customer journey, from initial engagement through ongoing relationship changes. Your work involves designing unified platforms for identity verification, eligibility, and jurisdiction-specific compliance requirements to support downstream fraud prevention and regulatory safeguards. You will guide technical architecture, engineering execution, and operational excellence while coaching senior and staff-level engineers. The role requires expertise in designing scalable distributed systems, APIs, and complex backend platforms within the context of financial services, payments, and regulatory compliance infrastructure.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in California?

Median $277275 from 78 postings across 24 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead the engineering team responsible for building and scaling the centralized customer onboarding and lifecycle management platform.
  • Build scalable automation for business and consumer onboarding from initial engagement through product activation.
  • Design and evolve a unified platform to manage customer relationship changes and product-specific onboarding requirements.
  • Guide the development of partner-facing SDKs, APIs, and integrations for third-party application onboarding.
  • Develop extensible capabilities for customer eligibility, identity verification, and jurisdiction-specific compliance requirements.
  • Create internal tools to support customer reviews, lifecycle changes, and downstream risk management.
  • Drive architectural decisions regarding system reliability, security, and operational excellence for distributed systems.
  • Coach and mentor senior and staff-level engineers while managing hiring and performance for a high-performing team.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
  • 3+ years of people management experience.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Strong technical background in designing scalable distributed systems, APIs, and complex backend platforms.
  • Demonstrated ability to provide technical guidance, coach, and mentor senior and staff-level engineers.
  • Experience making architectural decisions and delivering secure, reliable systems with high standards for engineering and operational excellence.
  • Strong people leadership, execution, and cross-functional collaboration skills, including hiring and performance management.
  • Experience building customer onboarding, identity verification, KYC/KYB, or regulatory compliance platforms (preferred).

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