Circle is a financial technology company at the epicenter of the emerging internet of money, where value can finally travel like other digital data — globally, nearly instantly and less expensively than legacy settlement systems. This ground-breaking new internet layer opens up previously unimaginable possibilities for payments, commerce and markets that can help raise global economic prosperity and enhance inclusion. Our infrastructure – including USDC, a blockchain-based dollar – helps businesses, institutions and developers harness these breakthroughs and capitalize on this major turning point in the evolution of money and technology.
What you’ll be part of:
Circle 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: Multistakeholder, Mindfulness, Driven by Excellence and High Integrity. Circlers are consistently evolving in a remote world where strength in numbers fuels team success. We have built a flexible and diverse work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.
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What you will be doing:
- Drive quality initiatives to improve Circle’s system availability and reliability
- Help with peer review on code changes and test cases
- Isolate issues and report to the issue tracking system
- Verify bug fixes and prevent regression bugs by creating quality tools and detecting early
- Test web applications and underlying services, API services, and mobile apps (iOS and Android)
- Participate in designing and building testing processes and test frameworks
- Plan, develop/maintain automated UI and/or API tests
- Develop test tools and programs to fulfill internal needs
- Give internal knowledge sharing on technical topics
- Mentor new hires and junior engineers
What you should have (Senior Software Engineer, Quality):
- 4+ years of experience in software engineering or automation testing development
- Bachelor’s (or higher) degree in computer engineering, computer science, or a related field
- Proficiency in writing clean and maintainable code in TypeScript or JavaScript
- Expertise in API/UI automation testing
- Strong understanding of and ability to utilize automation frameworks
- Familiarity with Linux/macOS operations
- Knowledge of network protocols like HTTP and RESTful APIs
- Experience with CI/CD practices, particularly using GitHub Actions
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes (k8s), and AWS
- Skills in effectively locating or adopting existing tools, or developing new tools as needed
- Dedication to designing and executing various types of testing (e.g., functional, stress, performance, load)
- Ability to design and build automation frameworks from scratch
- Experience contributing to in-house testing infrastructure and frameworks
- Ability to integrate automation frameworks with CI/CD pipelines
- Ability to clearly and concisely describe issues
- Agility and flexibility in fast context-switching
- Capability to guide and mentor more junior team members
- Proficiency in English communication in a professional setting
- Ability to lead internal team projects and develop practical plans to achieve predefined objectives
- Passion for pursuing extensive blockchain/testing knowledge and skill excellence
Optional
- Blockchain/cryptocurrencies related knowledge
- Know-how of smart contracts, e.g., creation, deployment, and interaction
- Experience in leading a small team
What you should have (Staff Software Engineer, Quality)
All the requirements of a Senior Software Engineer, Quality and:
- 7+ years of experience in software testing
- Skilled in leading medium to large projects with high complexity that may involve multiple engineers, potentially from other teams
- Delivers high-quality software on time, rarely missing their commitments
- Provides feedback on software decisions made by other teams
- Experience in designing scalable, reliable, and low barrier-to-entry testing or quality infrastructure
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Circle. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Additionally, Circle participates in the E-Verify Program in certain locations, as required by law.