Senior Staff Data Engineer

Circle

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$225,000–$290,000 / yr
Posted
8 days ago

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $184k
This role $258k
$127k most similar roles pay here $307k

This role pays more than 93% of similar roles. Most pay $150,937–$217,981 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $258k versus about $184k for comparable roles.

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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 16 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $195,000–$257,500 across 16 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Data Engineer

Join Circle’s senior technical leadership team as a strategic data reliability expert, driving the organization-wide standards for data quality, contracts, and governance. You will design scalable frameworks for reliability and observability, establish incident management practices, and define best-in-class data engineering SDLC practices. Your role involves cross-functional prioritization of reliability initiatives, leading ecosystem-wide platform improvements, and delivering complex, high-impact data solutions in ambiguous environments. Ideal candidates have extensive experience with AI tools, data architecture, and large-scale system monitoring, along with deep expertise in defining data quality frameworks and SLI/SLO models. Familiarity with modern data tooling ecosystems such as Astronomer (Airflow), BigQuery, dbt, Dataplex, Kubernetes, Python, or Go is preferred, ensuring you can influence platform strategy and architectural evolution in a high-growth fintech environment.

What you'll do

  • Define and implement organization-wide data quality standards, including contracts and governance frameworks.
  • Design scalable reliability and observability frameworks for large-scale systems.
  • Establish incident management practices to promote a culture of accountability.
  • Develop standardized data engineering SDLC practices, including testing and CI/CD.
  • Drive cross-functional prioritization of reliability initiatives across teams.
  • Lead ecosystem-wide platform improvements to reduce fragmentation and enhance scalability.

What we're looking for

  • Extensive experience designing and operating scalable data platforms with reliability focus.
  • Deep expertise in data architecture, including modeling, pipeline design, and distributed systems.
  • Proven ability to define and implement comprehensive data quality frameworks and governance standards.
  • Strong experience establishing SLI/SLO models, monitoring, and alerting for large-scale systems.
  • Demonstrated leadership in complex, cross-team technical initiatives with stakeholder alignment.
  • Experience defining and scaling engineering best practices, including testing and CI/CD standards.

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