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Senior Staff Data Engineer

Circle

San Francisco, CA · Remote · Senior

$225,000 – $290,000

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What this role is

Circle seeks a senior data engineer to establish company-wide standards for data quality, reliability, and governance across their blockchain and financial platform. The role involves designing scalable frameworks, leading cross-functional initiatives, and shaping architectural decisions to reduce risk and operational failure.

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What they ask for

Required

  • Design and operate scalable data platforms with focus on reliability and quality
  • Experience with data architecture including modeling and distributed systems
  • Define and implement data quality frameworks with SLAs and data contracts
  • Establish SLI/SLO frameworks and monitoring for large-scale data systems
  • Lead complex cross-team technical initiatives and drive stakeholder alignment
  • Define and scale data engineering best practices including testing and CI/CD

Nice to have

  • Experience in high-growth or regulated environments like fintech or payments
  • Familiarity with modern data tooling ecosystems
  • Experience with Astronomer, BigQuery, dbt, Dataplex, Kubernetes, Python, or Go
  • Track record of influencing platform strategy and architectural decisions

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