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Circle’s platform includes the world’s largest regulated stablecoin network anchored by USDC, Circle Payments Network for global money movement, and Arc, an enterprise-grade blockchain designed to become the Economic OS for the internet. Enterprises, financial institutions, and developers use Circle to power trusted, internet-scale financial innovation. Learn more at circle.com.\nWhat you’ll be part of:\nCircle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization, we're expanding into some of the world's strongest jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values: High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence. We have built a flexible work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.\nWhat you'll be responsible for\nAs a Senior Engineering Manager on Circle's Risk and Compliance Engineering team, you will lead the engineering team responsible for building and scaling our centralized customer onboarding and lifecycle management platform, a foundational component of Circle's risk management and regulatory compliance infrastructure. Your team will develop capabilities supporting the entire customer journey, from initial engagement and onboarding through ongoing customer relationship changes, additional product adoption, and product-specific onboarding requirements. Onboarding serves as a critical first line of risk control, establishing the customer identity, eligibility, risk assessments, and compliance safeguards that shape Circle's operating environment and support downstream fraud prevention, ongoing risk management, and regulatory compliance. You will drive the development of scalable automation, partner-facing SDKs, and internal compliance tools that enable seamless, secure customer experiences across Circle's products and jurisdictions. Working closely with Product, Risk, Compliance, and Engineering stakeholders, you will guide technical architecture, engineering execution, and operational excellence while developing a high-performing, inclusive engineering team.\nWhat you'll work on\nLead and develop the engineering team responsible for Circle's centralized customer onboarding and lifecycle management platform, establishing foundational risk and compliance capabilities.\nBuild scalable business and consumer onboarding automation that supports customers from initial engagement through activation across Circle's products.\nDesign and evolve a unified customer lifecycle platform that manages changes in customer relationships, product combinations, and onboarding requirements over time.\nGuide the development of partner-facing SDKs, APIs, and integrations that enable seamless onboarding and product activation experiences within third-party applications.\nBuild extensible product-specific onboarding capabilities that support customer eligibility, additional verification, and jurisdiction-specific compliance requirements as customers adopt new Circle products.\nDevelop internal tools and partner with Product, Risk, Compliance, Fraud, and Engineering teams to support customer reviews, lifecycle changes, and downstream risk management.\nDrive architectural decisions, engineering reliability, security, and operational excellence while coaching senior and staff-level engineers and developing a high-performing, inclusive engineering team.\nWhat you'll bring to Circle\nCore Requirements\n10+ years of relevant software engineering experience, including 3+ years of people management experience.\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.\nStrong technical background designing scalable distributed systems, APIs, and complex backend platforms.\nDemonstrated ability to provide technical guidance, coach, and mentor senior and staff-level engineers while supporting their professional growth.\nExperience making architectural decisions and delivering secure, reliable systems with high standards for engineering and operational excellence.\nStrong people leadership, execution, and cross-functional collaboration skills, including hiring, performance management, and delivery ownership.\nPreferred Requirements\nExperience building customer onboarding, identity verification, KYC/KYB, or regulatory compliance platforms.\nExperience developing partner-facing APIs, embeddable SDKs, or workflow automation for consumer and business applications.\nFamiliarity with financial services, fintech, payments, or jurisdiction-specific regulatory requirements.\nCircle is on a mission to create an inclusive financial future, with transparency at our core. We consider a wide variety of elements when crafting our compensation ranges and total compensation packages.\nStarting pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to: relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and other business and organizational needs. Please note that compensation ranges may differ for candidates in other locations.\nBase Pay Range: $217,500 - $264,167We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, or any other protected status required by the laws in the locations where we hire. Additionally, Circle participates in the E-Verify Program in certain locations, as required by law.\nShould you require accommodations or assistance in our interview process because of a disability, please reach out to  for support. 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