Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Design, build, and own scalable microservices and secure APIs that transfer value across blockchain and banking protocols. Extend in-house blockchain infrastructure, integrate with banks and cloud services, troubleshoot production issues, document system and testing procedures, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver reliable payment experiences.

Lead long-term technical direction and architecture for Circle's core platform. Drive cross-team initiatives, mentor senior engineers, improve observability, reliability, and performance, and address platform-wide technical debt while influencing engineering standards and developer experience across the company.

Lead exploration and design of a native token and governance for the Arc network: define tokenomics, model incentives and staking, operationalize onchain/offchain governance, collaborate cross-functionally, and engage the community.

Design, build, and operate the core data warehouse, ingestion, orchestration, and cataloging platform. Develop batch and streaming pipelines, ensure data quality, governance, observability, and provide ML data platform capabilities. Lead architecture, improve platform reliability and performance, and collaborate with product, engineering, data science, security, and compliance teams.

Lead day-to-day Product Risk Management operations: identify, assess, mitigate, and report product risks; define processes, standards, and tools; run risk assessments and executive reporting; partner with product, engineering, legal, compliance and auditors to embed ERM and ensure post-launch monitoring and issue remediation.

Lead quality control and assurance for Compliance Operations, perform AML process reviews (KYC, transaction monitoring, screening), drive process improvements, partner with stakeholders and vendors, deliver quality reporting and scale the quality program.

Lead regional growth strategy for USDC by building partnerships with exchanges and OTC desks, delivering regionally compliant product initiatives, and creating AI-driven, automated growth platforms. Own experimentation frameworks, dashboards, and metrics to scale liquidity, adoption, and measurable share shift versus competing stablecoins through cross-functional execution and data-driven prioritization.

Lead and manage Circle's KYC team overseeing B2B onboarding, enhanced due diligence, and periodic reviews. Ensure SLA adherence, audit readiness, and high-quality risk memos. Drive team development, implement AI-driven workflow improvements, and partner cross-functionally with Product and Engineering while monitoring regulatory changes in the digital asset ecosystem.

Lead Product Designer for Circle's Identity Team to design platform-level systems like Authentication, Roles & Permissions, and Billing. Audit fragmented workflows, create cohesive, scalable UI systems, and craft high-fidelity visual design while balancing security flows (MFA, SSO) and developer/designer consumable components.

Own long-term product strategy and roadmap for Circle's digital assets and capital markets platform. Lead cross-functional initiatives, manage regulatory and market risks, define forecasting and liquidity models, influence executives, and mentor product managers to scale global stablecoin and capital access infrastructure.