Senior Site Reliability Engineer
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values: High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence. We have built a flexible and diverse work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder. What You'll Be Responsible For As a Site Reliability Engineer on the Blockchain Infrastructure team at Circle, you'll play a pivotal role in designing, operating, and scaling our blockchain node infrastructure across multiple public cloud environments. You'll work hands-on with Kubernetes, manage distributed blockchain systems, contribute to reliability engineering practices, and support our AI-driven tooling and supply chain management system. This role is ideal for someone who is deeply motivated, thrives in high-ownership environments, and is passionate about building resilient systems at scale to support a fast-growing blockchain platform. If you're a crypto enthusiast with a drive to learn and lead within a highly innovative environment, this role is for you. What You'll
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decisions. Here Is Our Team Hierarchy For Individual Contributors Staff Site Reliability Engineer (IV) Senior Site Reliability Engineer (III) What You'll Bring To Circle (not All Required) * 4+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering, ideally within a cloud-native or blockchain environment * Demonstrated experience operating and debugging blockchain nodes and distributed systems * Solid experience administering and developing on Kubernetes, including Helm charts, controllers, operators, RBAC, and observability * Experience with CI/CD pipelines, container image builds, and deployment strategies like blue-green and canary * Proficiency with coding and/or scripting with the following languages (Go, Python, Shell) * Hands-on with public cloud providers, especially AWS and/or GCP * Strong grasp of SQL databases, schema design, and stateful services in production. * Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools or experience exploring agentic workflows in infrastructure contexts is a big plus * Critical thinker with a strong sense of ownership and the ability to make decisions independently in ambiguous situations * Excellent communication skills for cross-functional collaboration * Experience with interacting with smart contracts * Genuine passion for crypto and blockchain infrastructure Staff Site Reliability Engineer (IV) * 6+ years of experience in SRE, 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. * Deep expertise in: o Blockchain protocols and their infrastructure demands o Kubernetes internals and tuning for large-scale workloads. o Agentic automation strategies and applying AI tooling in real-world engineering workflows. o Observability and chaos engineering techniques to stress-test reliability. * Experience mentoring engineers and scaling SRE best practices across teams. * Strong opinions on code quality, testing strategy, and automation culture. Circle is on a mission to create an inclusive financial future, with transparency at our core. We consider a wide variety of elements when crafting our compensation ranges and total compensation packages. Starting pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to: relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and other business and organizational needs. Please note that compensation ranges may differ for candidates in other locations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Circle. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Additionally, Circle participates in E-Verify Program in certain locations, as required by law. Should you require accommodations or assistance in our