About the role

We're growing fast — and so is the demand on our infrastructure. We're hiring a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to help us scale Circle’s platform with confidence. You'll play a critical role in keeping our systems fast, reliable, and secure as usage climbs. This is a highly impactful, hands-on role for someone who thrives in high-growth environments and wants to build for the long term.

What you'll be doing

Act as a first responder for system incidents and outages, helping Circle stay highly available and performant
Own and evolve our monitoring, alerting, and log management systems
Manage and optimize our database infrastructure (including MySQL, Postgres, Clickhouse, and Redis)
Maintain and improve our server infrastructure and deployment pipelines
Collaborate closely with engineering teams to build scalable, resilient systems
Contribute to internal SRE tooling and automation efforts

What you'll need to be successful

Strong alignment with our values (find our values on our career page if you haven’t read up on them yet)
You are proficient in English (spoken, written, and reading) at a CEFR Level C2 / ILR Level 5
Deep expertise with AWS and Kubernetes
3+ years of experience in a Site Reliability, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering role
Experience managing incident response and production system outages
Hands-on experience with database operations and optimization
Familiarity with observability tooling, monitoring, and logging best practices
Based in North or South America (AMER region) — this is a requirement for timezone alignment with our team

Bonus points

Experience with SOC2 compliance or building secure infrastructure
You’ve helped scale an early-stage product to 1M+ monthly active users
Experience with Clickhouse or similar technologies

$130,000 - $140,000 USD per year

The cash compensation range shown is a starting point. In addition to equity, benefits and perks, your cash compensation is subject to an annual review and increase on a once per year basis.

The fun stuff

Fully remote: work from anywhere in the world!
Autonomy and trust to do your job: we care about outcomes over everything else.
Paid time away: all employees are given 35 days of PTO annually. We also offer a paid sabbatical after 5 years.
Generous U.S. benchmarked compensation and startup equity no matter where you are in the world.*
Awesome medical coverage with 100% coverage for you and your family, or medical reimbursement options where applicable!*
Parental leave for parents expanding their family, or just starting one.
Home office stipend to help you get up and running.
Learning & development stipend to help you level up your professional skills.
Annual bonus potential for roles that don't already receive variable income or commission.
Company retreats: Twice a year, the Circle team gets together for a fully paid company retreat in incredible places around the world! We’ve had past retreats in Colombia, Portugal, and Mexico, with more planned on the horizon.
Check out our Careers page for more.

*Your role, location and unique circumstance may affect this.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

As a fully-remote international company, diversity is baked into our DNA. Here’s how our CEO, Sid Yadav, frames our hiring mission: “let’s find talent in underserved and under-represented corners of the world, set them up to do the best work of their lives, and in turn, change their life.” To achieve this hiring mission, we offer competitive U.S. benchmarked compensation no matter where someone’s located in the world, and we proactively seek candidates who expand representation of backgrounds, cultures and lived experiences in our teams.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Circle is an equal opportunity employer and as such, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Anywhere in the world

Remote

Mid-level

Circle