$195,000 – $257,500
Listed on Circle’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
Circle is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to architect and build scalable blockchain infrastructure and payment systems that move value across multiple protocols and traditional banking networks. This role suits experienced engineers with deep expertise in payments, APIs, or blockchain who can lead technical teams and drive system design at the company's scale.
Our summary, not Circle’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
Skills this role names
- Amazon ECS
- Amazon EKS
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Blockchain
- Go
- Google Cloud
- Java
- Kubernetes
- Microsoft Azure
- Smart Contracts
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What they ask for
Required
- 7 years professional software development in object-oriented languages
- Computer Science degree or related field
- Technical leadership of teams larger than 4 on architecture and system design
- Expert-level knowledge in API design, payments processing, or blockchain
- Production-quality scalable software architecture and deployment
- Web3 and blockchain experience
- Container orchestration systems
- SQL database design
Nice to have
- Deep focus on coding standards and code quality
- High test coverage practices
- Experience with NoSQL databases
- Integration experience with banks and financial technologies