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Circle is a financial technology company at the forefront of the emerging internet of money, enabling value transfer like digital data—globally, almost instantly, and at lower costs than traditional systems. Our infrastructure, including USDC—a blockchain-based dollar—supports businesses, institutions, and developers in leveraging these technological advances.
What You’ll Be Part Of
Circle values visibility and stability. As we expand into key jurisdictions, we prioritize speed, efficiency, and our core values: High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence. Our diverse, flexible work environment encourages innovation and stakeholder involvement.
What You’ll Be Responsible For
As part of the Data Platform Engineering team, you will own the core Data/ML platform, including data ingestion and processing (traditional and blockchain data), ETL/ELT pipelines, data governance, security compliance, analytics, visualization tools, data modeling, and warehousing. You will also develop systems for monitoring data pipelines and on-chain activity to ensure reliability and observability, supporting Product, Engineering, Analytics, and Data Science teams in experimentation, operational excellence, and insights for business growth.
What You’ll Work On
* Design, build, and operate data platform services such as warehousing, orchestration, data catalogs, and ingestion frameworks.
* Develop scalable ingestion pipelines, including blockchain data, with robust handling of node APIs, rate limiting, and data consistency.
* Implement data alerting mechanisms for critical events or anomalies.
* Handle ingestion pipelines across various scales, from small datasets to high-throughput blockchain streams.
* Improve platform operations through monitoring, performance tuning, and resource optimization.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams on data contracts, governance, and lifecycle management.
* Serve as a domain expert in data warehousing, modeling, pipeline orchestration, and data quality.
* Provide ML/AI platform capabilities for data scientists, including experiment management and feature engineering.
* Build and maintain services like data cataloging, lineage tracking, versioning, quality metrics, auto-backfilling, and access control.
What You’ll Bring To Circle
* 2+ years of software engineering experience, especially with data systems.
* Experience with scalable data infrastructure for batch, micro-batch, or streaming pipelines.
* Knowledge of payments, banking, or blockchain domains is a plus.
* Understanding of data governance concepts such as lineage, quality, and access control.
* Interest in open-source data tools and technologies.
* Ability to troubleshoot technical problems proactively.
* Curiosity, eagerness to learn, and collaboration skills.
Nice To Have
* Familiarity with blockchain data and cryptocurrency technologies.
Circle aims to create an inclusive financial future with transparency. Compensation is based on experience, skills, and organizational needs. The provided salary range is $120,000 - $162,500, varying by location and candidate profile.
We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, or other protected statuses. We participate in the E-Verify Program where required.
If you need accommodations during the interview process, please contact accommodations@circle.com.
Additional Details
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
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