Senior Engineering Manager, Onboarding Platform

Circle; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 218,000 - 264,000; Full time

Job summary

Circle is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Risk and Compliance Engineering team, building and scaling Circle's centralized onboarding and lifecycle platform across products and jurisdictions.

You will guide architecture, drive automation and security, mentor senior engineers, and partner with Product, Risk, Compliance, Fraud, and Engineering to deliver reliable, compliant systems. This is a hands-on leadership role in a fast-growing fintech environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent
• Experience designing scalable distributed systems and APIs
• Proven ability to lead and mentor engineers and drive architectural decisions

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the Risk and Compliance Engineering team
• Architect and implement scalable onboarding and lifecycle platform
• Develop partner facing APIs/SDKs and integrations
• Collaborate with Product, Risk, Compliance, Fraud, and Engineering
• Ensure security, reliability, and regulatory compliance across platforms

Skills

People management

Distributed systems design

API design

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

APIs

SDKs

Job description

Circle is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Risk and Compliance Engineering team, building and scaling Circle's centralized onboarding and lifecycle platform across products and jurisdictions.

You will guide architecture, drive automation and security, mentor senior engineers, and partner with Product, Risk, Compliance, Fraud, and Engineering to deliver reliable, compliant systems. This is a hands-on leadership role in a fast-growing fintech environment.