Senior Site Reliability Engineer

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Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

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31 Locations
Remote
130K-140K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Consumer Web • Digital Media • Information Technology • Social Impact • Software
Circle is the world’s leading branded community platform.
The Role
Lead SRE work to keep Circle highly available and performant: respond to incidents own monitoring/alerting/log management manage and optimize MySQL/Postgres/ClickHouse/Redis databases maintain server infrastructure and deployment pipelines collaborate with engineering teams and build internal SRE tooling and automation.
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About Us

Circle is building the world’s leading all-in-one platform for online communities. We make it possible for creators coaches educators and businesses to bring together their audience with engaging discussions live streams events chat courses and payments — all in one place all under their own brand.

We’re proud to be a fully remote company of around 200 (and growing!) team members from 30+ countries around the world. We seek exceptional individuals around the world set them up to do the best work of their lives and in turn create a meaningful impact in their own lives. We don't track hours but we do manage for high expectations very closely. We collaborate across time zones are highly async and like to document a lot.

Twice a year we bring the whole company together in beautiful places around the world for our company offsites. So far we’ve hosted offsites in Turkey Portugal Mexico Thailand Colombia Italy Ireland and more with still more to come!

Check out our Careers page for more about working at Circle.

About the role

We're growing fast — and so is the demand on our infrastructure. We're hiring a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to help us scale Circle’s platform with confidence. You'll play a critical role in keeping our systems fast reliable and secure as usage climbs. This is a highly impactful hands-on role for someone who thrives in high-growth environments and wants to build for the long term.

What you'll be doing
  • Act as a first responder for system incidents and outages helping Circle stay highly available and performant
  • Own and evolve our monitoring alerting and log management systems
  • Manage and optimize our database infrastructure (including MySQL Postgres Clickhouse and Redis)
  • Maintain and improve our server infrastructure and deployment pipelines
  • Collaborate closely with engineering teams to build scalable resilient systems
  • Contribute to internal SRE tooling and automation efforts
What you'll need to be successful
  • Strong alignment with our values (find our values on our career page if you haven’t read up on them yet)
  • You are proficient in English (spoken written and reading) at a CEFR Level C2 / ILR Level 5
  • Deep expertise with AWS and Kubernetes
  • 5+ years of experience in a Site Reliability DevOps or Infrastructure Engineering role
  • Proven experience scaling production systems in a high-growth environment (startup or similar)
  • Practical day-to-day experience using AI tools to improve engineering productivity and outcomes (e.g. copilots LLM-based debugging automation or documentation workflows)
  • You’ve helped scale an early-stage product to 1M+ monthly active users
  • Experience managing incident response and production system outages
  • Hands-on experience with database operations and optimization
  • Familiarity with observability tooling monitoring and logging best practices
  • Based in North or South America (AMER region) — this is a requirement for timezone alignment with our team
Bonus points
  • Experience with SOC2 compliance or building secure infrastructure
  • Experience with Clickhouse or similar technologies
Compensation & benefits$130000 - $140000 USD per year

Circle offers U.S.-benchmarked compensation globally equity in the company with ongoing refresh grants and 35 days of paid time off each year.

We’re a remote-only team that comes together twice a year for company retreats in incredible destinations around the world. Alongside incredible flexibility and autonomy we offer a benefits package that supports health wellbeing and professional growth. Learn more in our Candidate Hub.

Learn more
  • Candidate Safety & Interview Process Notice
  • Diversity Equity & Inclusion
  • How We Use Candidate Data
  • Equal Employment Opportunity
  • Visit our Candidate Hub to learn more about working at Circle our benefits and our hiring process.

Skills Required

  • Strong alignment with company values
  • Proficient in English at CEFR C2 / ILR Level 5
  • Deep expertise with AWS
  • Deep expertise with Kubernetes
  • 5+ years experience in Site Reliability DevOps or Infrastructure Engineering
  • Proven experience scaling production systems in a high-growth environment
  • Practical day-to-day experience using AI tools (copilots LLM-based debugging/automation/documentation)
  • Experience helping scale an early-stage product to 1M+ monthly active users
  • Experience managing incident response and production system outages
  • Hands-on experience with database operations and optimization (MySQL Postgres ClickHouse Redis)
  • Familiarity with observability tooling monitoring and logging best practices
  • Based in North or South America (AMER region) for timezone alignment
  • Experience with SOC2 compliance or building secure infrastructure
  • Experience with ClickHouse or similar technologies

Circle (circle.so) Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Fair & Transparent CompensationPay is positioned as U.S.-benchmarked globally with explicit salary bands in postings annual cash-comp reviews and equity including refresh grants. This structure is repeatedly described in Circle’s own materials and current role listings.
  • Leave & Time Off BreadthTime off is described as generous with 35 days of PTO per year and the ability to carry over a portion with paid sabbaticals noted after longer tenure. This figure is reiterated across Circle’s postings and employer profiles.
  • Healthcare StrengthU.S. healthcare is presented as fully employer‑paid family medical coverage where available alongside dental and vision. Mental health benefits are also referenced with plan or reimbursement mechanisms depending on location.

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The Company
250 Employees
Year Founded: 2019

What We Do

Circle is the AI-powered home for your community.From a branded website to discussions courses events payments email marketing AI agents and more Circle gives you everything you need to build and scale your community-led business.

Why Work With Us

We're a fully remote company distributed across 30+ countries. We don't track hours but we do manage for high expectations very closely. We collaborate across time zones are highly async and like to document a lot. Twice a year we bring the whole company together in beautiful places around the world for our company offsites.

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07/06/2026

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