decircle

Staff Software Engineer

decircle

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: California • United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudGoJavaKubernetesMicroservicesNoSQLSQLWeb3

About the role

  • Responsible for extending Circle's in-house blockchain systems infrastructure to support the tokenization of the world;
  • Analyzing requirements, procedures, and problems to improve existing systems and modifying systems;
  • Building and owning scalable microservices that are responsible for reliable and secure APIs that transfer value and assets across all blockchain protocols as well as traditional banking protocols;
  • Collaborating with Product and Engineering teams to design, test, and shape Circle features, including developing and documenting system design procedures, testing procedures, and quality standards;
  • Troubleshooting program and system malfunctions to restore normal functioning;
  • Building publicly accessible APIs that make it simple for developers to integrate with complex payment systems;
  • Integrating Platform Services with leading banks and financial technologies;
  • Consulting with management to ensure agreement on system principles;
  • Writing the infrastructure to deliver great payment experiences, including data sources (SQL or NoSQL), messaging systems and APIs;

Requirements

  • 7 years minimum professional software development experience in object oriented languages like Go or Java.
  • Computer Science degree or a closely related field (or foreign equivalent).
  • Technical leadership of teams >4 on architecture and system design.
  • Expert in one of the domains of API design, payments processing, or blockchains.
  • Deep understanding/experience with: Architecture, design, and deployment of production-quality, scalable software
  • Web3, blockchain, smart Contract business logic
  • RESTful API design and development principles
  • Cloud services (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, etc)
  • Container orchestration systems like Kubernetes or EKS, ECS
  • SQL databases and designing schemas
  • Deep focus on coding standards and code quality -- a desire to have great test coverage to enable continuous delivery.
  • Excellent communication skills, able to collaborate with remote teams, share ideas and present concepts effectively
  • Self-starter with a curious mindset, you enjoy moving at a fast pace, shipping software that improves the user experience and constantly improving your work with little supervision.
Benefits
  • Flexible work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder
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Hard Skills & Tools
GoJavaAPI designpayments processingblockchainRESTful APISQLNoSQLcloud servicescontainer orchestration
Soft Skills
technical leadershipcommunicationcollaborationself-startercurious mindset