Senior Engineering Manager, Onboarding & Compliance

Circle; Minnesota; On-site; USD 218,000 - 264,000; Full time

Job summary

Circle is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for the Risk and Compliance Engineering team in the United States. You will lead an engineering team building Circle's centralized onboarding and lifecycle platform, enabling risk management, regulatory compliance, and secure customer experiences across products and jurisdictions.

You will guide architecture, drive operational excellence, and mentor senior engineers while collaborating with Product, Risk, Compliance, and Fraud teams to deliver

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with leadership
• Strong background in scalable backend systems and APIs
• Experience guiding senior engineers and managers

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale Circle's onboarding and lifecycle platform for risk and compliance
• Drive architectural decisions and reliability across teams
• Mentor senior and staff engineers and foster inclusive team culture
• Partner with Product, Risk, Compliance, Fraud, and Engineering
• Develop scalable automation and partner-facing SDKs/APIs

Skills

10+ years software engineering

3+ years people management

Technical leadership

Architectural guidance

Distributed systems design

API design

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Circle is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for the Risk and Compliance Engineering team in the United States. You will lead an engineering team building Circle's centralized onboarding and lifecycle platform, enabling risk management, regulatory compliance, and secure customer experiences across products and jurisdictions.

You will guide architecture, drive operational excellence, and mentor senior engineers while collaborating with Product, Risk, Compliance, and Fraud teams to deliver