Senior Site Reliability Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Develop and manage scalable microservices, platform capabilities, and shared engineering libraries.

• Design, deploy, and sustain secure and reliable cloud infrastructure along with Kubernetes-based services.

• Enhance CI/CD pipelines, developer workflows, and automate software delivery across engineering teams.

• Engineer and maintain Circle’s autonomous coding-agent orchestration platform and AI-driven developer tools.

• Implement observability, monitoring, incident response, and operational best practices for production systems and AI services.

• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to create resilient architectures and enhance platform reliability.

• Continually improve security measures, access controls, auditability, and cost efficiency across cloud infrastructure and AI-driven workflows.

• Diagnose production issues and document operational standards.

• Assist teams in the safe adoption and operation of AI-enabled tools and workflows.

⛳️ Requirements

• 3–6 years of professional experience in software development.

• Proficiency in Golang, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or Rust.

• Practical experience in building and managing cloud-native applications on AWS or GCP.

• Familiarity with Kubernetes-based infrastructure.

• Background in engineering and operating production workflow orchestration systems, developer platforms, or autonomous agent solutions.

• Experience in integrating AI capabilities via APIs, SDKs, or workflow tools.

• Knowledge of applying observability, access controls, auditability, evaluation, monitoring, and human approval operational guardrails.

• Strong grasp of distributed systems.

• Solid understanding of RESTful API design.

• Comprehensive knowledge of SQL database design, schema modeling, and query optimization.

• Commitment to writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

• Ability to work collaboratively across distributed engineering teams and convey technical concepts effectively.

• Self-driven, with a growth mindset, eagerness to learn new technologies, and capability to excel in a fast-paced environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment.

• Inclusive workplace culture.

• Equal opportunity employment.

• Interview accommodations or assistance for disabilities.