About the company
Circle is a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of digital currencies and public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications worldwide. Circle is also the principal operator of USD Coin (USDC), which has become the fastest growing, regulated and fully reserved dollar digital currency. USDC now stands at more than 45 billion and has supported about $1.4 trillion in transactions over the past year.
Job Summary
What you'll work on:
šAs the Senior Manager of Technical Operations, you will serve as a key leadership node for our global infrastructure. You will manage a high-density talent team of site reliability engineers, guiding them through the operational challenges of running high-performance blockchain nodes and AI-enhanced cloud systems. šTeam Leadership & Growth: Perform full lifecycle management for a team of 6+ SREs. Mentor the team on integrating AI coding assistants and LLM-based tooling to accelerate velocity. šArc Network Operations: Oversee the reliability and performance of the Arc blockchain infrastructure. This includes managing validator sets, bootnodes, and consensus participation (via the Malachite engine) to ensure sub-second finality and zero downtime for our sovereign chain. šMulti-Chain Infrastructure (3rd Party): Manage the fleet of RPC nodes, indexers, and bridge infrastructure for Ethereum, Solana, and chains. Ensure high availability for our connectivity to these external networks, optimizing for the unique latency and throughput challenges. šSmart Incident Management: Act as the primary Incident Commander during critical APAC events. Champion the use of AI to automate root cause analysis (RCA) and generate real-time incident summaries, particularly for cross-chain bridge events or consensus stalls. šAIOps & Observability: Drive the adoption of AI/ML capabilities within our observability stack. Move beyond static thresholds to dynamic anomaly detection that can distinguish between a cloud hardware failure and a blockchain network fork. šInfrastructure as Code: Oversee the architecture of our cloud infrastructure (AWS/Kubernetes). Lead initiatives to use generative AI for scaffolding infrastructure code (Terraform/Helm), ensuring strict adherence to security standards for key management and signing services. šTechnical Debt & Toil: Ruthlessly prioritize the elimination of toil. Use intelligent automation to handle repetitive node upgrades and patch management, freeing your Staff Engineers to solve complex architectural problems.
What youāll bring to Circle (not all required):
šExperienced Leadership: 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams, with a track record of leading SRE, DevOps, or Blockchain Protocol teams. šBlockchain Native: You understand the difference between running a validator and running an RPC Node. You have experience managing infrastructure for L1 chains (e.g., Solana, Sui) or EVM-based networks (Arbitrum, Base, Ethereum). šTechnical Pedigree: 8+ years of experience in software engineering or systems operations. You have a pulse on generative AI (LLMs) and how to apply it to DevOps, as well as deep knowledge of distributed ledger technology (DLT). šCloud Native Mastery: Deep understanding of public cloud (AWS, GCP) and Kubernetes. šCoding Proficiency: Proficiency in Go, Rust, or Python. The ability to read and debug smart contract interactions or node configurations is highly valued. šGlobal Mindset: Experience working with distributed teams across multiple time zones. You communicate complex technical concepts, like consensus failures or bridge latency, clearly to both humans and automated systems.
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