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This role pays more than
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of similar roles. Most pay
$144,875–$215,000
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At the midpoint, this role pays about
$226k
versus about
$180k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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.
Staff Site Reliability Engineer
As a Staff Site Reliability Engineer on the Platform team, you will design, build, and operate the infrastructure powering a blockchain platform at scale. You will own the reliability, performance, and automation of distributed blockchain systems across multiple public cloud environments. Your daily responsibilities include managing full nodes across networks like Arc, Ethereum, and Solana, while designing highly available Kubernetes platforms. You will build AI-powered tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code to improve operational excellence and developer productivity. Key technologies include Kubernetes, Terraform, Pulumi, Go, and Python. You will solve complex distributed systems challenges, focusing on self-healing workloads, blockchain cost optimization, and observability. This role requires mentoring engineers and driving technical excellence to support network launches and evolving business requirements.
What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn in California?
Median $202800 from 62 postings across 16 companies.
Operate and scale production blockchain infrastructure for networks like Arc, Ethereum, and Solana.
Design and maintain highly available, secure Kubernetes platforms with a focus on self-healing workloads.
Build and improve CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Pulumi.
Develop AI-powered infrastructure automation for Kubernetes lifecycle management and blockchain cost optimization.
Monitor and troubleshoot distributed systems while participating in a follow-the-sun on-call rotation.
Partner with protocol and security teams to deliver infrastructure for network launches and upgrades.
Mentor engineers and share SRE best practices to drive technical excellence across the platform.
What we're looking for
6+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering, ideally within a cloud-native or blockchain environment.
Proven track record of technical leadership in complex, distributed systems architecture and design.
Experience operating and troubleshooting blockchain nodes and other distributed systems in production environments.
Strong experience with Kubernetes, including Helm, RBAC, operators, controllers, and observability tooling.
Hands-on experience building CI/CD pipelines, containerized workloads, and modern deployment strategies such as blue-green and canary releases.
Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Pulumi and cloud networking fundamentals.
Proficiency in Go or Python to build platform automation, infrastructure tooling, and operational workflows.
Experience managing SQL databases and stateful production services with a strong understanding of reliability and performance.
Passion for crypto and blockchain infrastructure, with experience building AI-enabled infrastructure tooling or agentic workflows (preferred).
Remote (San Francisco, CA)18 days ago
$152,500–$205,000
Kubernetes
Terraform
Go
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
CI/CD
Distributed Systems
Infrastructure as Code
Observability
GitOps
Cloud Infrastructure
IAM
DNS
Load Balancing
Networking
SLIs
SLOs
disaster-recovery