Senior Software Engineer - CLO

Circle

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Work type: Remote
Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: $152,500–$205,000 / yr
Posted: 7 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 25 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $183,750–$230,833 across 24 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer - CLO

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As a Senior Software Engineer - CLO, you will join the team responsible for building and maintaining shared platform capabilities, common libraries, and infrastructure to enable secure software delivery. You will build and operate scalable microservices, design secure cloud infrastructure, and manage Kubernetes-based services. A primary focus involves engineering Circle’s autonomous coding-agent orchestration platform and AI-enabled developer tooling, ensuring these services meet standards for observability, access controls, and cost management. You will utilize Golang, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or Rust to develop production workflow orchestration systems and distributed systems. Your work involves optimizing SQL database designs, RESTful APIs, and CI/CD pipelines. You will solve technical problems related to integrating AI capabilities into developer workflows while maintaining high reliability and auditability across the company's internal engineering platforms.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.

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Skills

Golang Java JavaScript TypeScript Python Rust AWS GCP Kubernetes CI/CD Microservices RESTful API SQL Distributed Systems Observability Monitoring AI Services SDKs

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, developer workflows, and software delivery automation across engineering teams.
Engineer and operate the autonomous coding-agent orchestration platform and AI-enabled developer tooling.
Implement observability, monitoring, incident response, and operational best practices for production systems and AI services.
Partner with Product and Engineering teams to design resilient architectures and improve platform reliability.
Manage security, access controls, auditability, and cost optimization across cloud infrastructure and AI workflows.

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.
Demonstrated commitment to writing clean, maintainable, well-tested code that supports 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 self-motivated growth mindset (preferred).

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