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Circle · 1 day ago

Manager, Software Engineering

Circle is one of the world’s leading internet financial platform companies, building the foundation of a more open, global economy through digital assets and payment applications. The Manager of Software Engineering will oversee day-to-day activities of engineering teams, provide technical direction, and lead agile processes while ensuring alignment with company objectives.

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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Run day-to-day activities of a dynamic engineering teams, including requirements grooming, scrums, retrospectives and team outings
Design, build, and maintain APIs, user-facing experiences, services, and systems
Provide technical and architectural direction for the development, design, integration, testing, and maintenance of our platform
Lead agile software processes for engineering teams and introduce best-in-class industry practices
Partner with stakeholders to ensure the teams' contributions align with company objectives, develop technology roadmaps and set realistic product release schedules
Perform full lifecycle of team management to attract, engage, retain, coach and performance manage teams of exceptional engineers (e.g., mentoring, recruiting, training and development, performance evaluation)
Act as an internal ambassador for the engineering team to other groups, communicating the opportunities and constraints technology offers to the development of projects
Manage technical debt to ensure our development velocity stays responsive and predictable while minimizing production incidents of our operations
Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives as a member of Circle's engineering management team
Coordinate the execution of these activities working with cross-functional teams within Circle

Qualification

Software engineeringAPI designDevelopmentAgile processesTechnical leadershipGo programmingJava programmingJavaScript programmingCoachingTeam managementCross-functional collaborationMentoringRemote team managementFast-paced environment adaptability

Required

3 or more years of experience with technical leadership
7 or more years of experience with software engineering
3 or more years experience coding in one of the following languages: Go, Java, and/or Javascript
Hands on technical manager experienced in designing, building and deploying secure, scalable products and services
You love the idea of coaching and building leaders (both within your direct team and outside of your team)
You have a passion for enabling and motivating people to do their best work
You work very well cross-functionally, and are able to think rigorously and make hard decisions and tradeoffs
You have experience managing remote teams
The ability to thrive on a fast pace environment with high level of autonomy and responsibilities

Company

Circle helps businesses and developers utilize stablecoins for payments and online commerce.

H1B Sponsorship

Circle has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (32)
2024 (41)
2023 (43)
2022 (25)
2021 (4)
2020 (2)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$2.44B
Key Investors
ARK Investment ManagementCoinbaseAlameda Research
2025-11-19Post Ipo Secondary· $17.7M
2025-08-14Post Ipo Secondary· $1.04B
2025-08-14Post Ipo Equity· $260M

Leadership Team

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Jared Favole
Chief of Staff to CEO
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Jeremy Allaire
Co-Founder and CEO
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