Circle · 1 day ago
Senior Director, Engineering
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$282K/yr - $352K/yr
15+ years expCircle 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 Senior Director of Engineering will set the vision and strategy for Circle’s platform UX engineering organization, ensuring scalable and high-performing user experiences across products while leading multiple engineering teams.
BankingBlockchainCryptocurrencyFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Lead day-to-day execution across multiple platform UX engineering teams, including planning, backlog management, agile ceremonies, and operating rhythms
Define and drive the technical vision and roadmap for Circle’s frontend platforms, design systems, and shared UX capabilities used across products
Provide hands-on technical leadership on frontend architecture, performance, accessibility, and system design for large-scale, user-facing platforms
Establish and uphold engineering standards for frontend quality, reliability, performance, accessibility, and developer experience
Partner closely with Product, Design, Brand, and Backend Platform teams to deliver cohesive, scalable, and consistent user experiences
Attract, develop, and retain high-performing frontend engineering leaders and teams through hiring, coaching, mentoring, and performance management
Identify and proactively manage UX platform risks, dependencies, and technical debt while contributing to engineering-wide initiatives and cross-functional execution
Qualification
Required
15+ years of software engineering experience, including 8+ years in senior technical leadership roles
Significant experience leading frontend or UX platform engineering organizations in a product-driven environment
Proven success managing multiple teams through senior managers and technical leaders
Deep expertise building and scaling frontend platforms, design systems, and shared UI foundations used across multiple products
Strong hands-on technical background in modern frontend architectures, with the ability to review code, guide system design, and lead critical technical decisions
Experience delivering high-quality, accessible, and high-performing user interfaces at scale, including deep knowledge of web performance and accessibility standards
Ability to balance long-term UX platform strategy with pragmatic execution and delivery
Experience partnering closely with Product, Design, and cross-functional leaders to translate user and business needs into shared frontend capabilities
Passion for coaching, developing leaders, and enabling teams to do their best work
Experience leading globally distributed, remote-first teams
Comfort operating in fast-paced environments with high autonomy and responsibility
Preferred
Experience building internal developer platforms or shared services used broadly across an organization
Background working in regulated, security-sensitive, or compliance-heavy environments
Experience scaling platforms in high-growth or rapidly evolving companies
Company
Circle
Circle helps businesses and developers utilize stablecoins for payments and online commerce.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.44BKey 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
Jared Favole
Chief of Staff to CEO
Jeremy Allaire
Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO
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