Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Circle

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Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$152,500–$205,000 / yr
Posted
26 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $181k
This role $179k
$133k most similar roles pay here $236k

This role pays less than 54% of similar roles. Most pay $147,200–$214,375 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $179k versus about $181k for comparable roles.

Based on 238 similar postings.

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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 15 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $195,000–$257,500 across 15 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Site Reliability Engineer

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer - CLO, you will join the engineering team to build and maintain shared platform capabilities, common libraries, and infrastructure that enable teams to ship secure, reliable software. You will be responsible for building and operating scalable microservices, managing Kubernetes-based services on AWS or GCP, and improving CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows. A key focus of this role involves engineering and operating an autonomous coding-agent orchestration platform while integrating AI-enabled tooling into production workflows with proper observability and access controls. You will utilize Golang, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or Rust to solve complex problems in distributed systems, RESTful API design, and SQL database modeling. Your work ensures the reliability of infrastructure supporting digital assets and payment applications within a high-scale financial technology environment.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 54 postings across 15 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Build and operate scalable microservices, shared platform capabilities, and common engineering libraries.
  • Design, deploy, and maintain secure cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes-based services.
  • Improve CI/CD pipelines and automate software delivery workflows for engineering teams.
  • Engineer and operate the autonomous coding-agent orchestration platform and AI-enabled developer tools.
  • Implement observability, monitoring, and incident response protocols for production systems and AI services.
  • Manage security, access controls, auditability, and cost optimization across cloud infrastructure.
  • Partner with Product and Engineering teams to design resilient architectures and improve system reliability.

What we're looking for

  • 3–6 years of professional software development experience using Golang, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or Rust.
  • Hands-on experience building and operating cloud-native applications on AWS or GCP, including Kubernetes-based infrastructure.
  • Experience engineering and operating production workflow orchestration systems, developer platforms, or autonomous agent solutions.
  • Experience integrating AI capabilities through APIs, SDKs, or workflow tooling with operational guardrails like observability and access controls.
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems, RESTful API design, SQL database design, schema modeling, and query optimization.
  • Commitment to writing clean, maintainable, well-tested code for continuous delivery and operational excellence.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Excellent communication skills and a growth mindset (preferred).

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