Manager, Engineering – Payments

🕒 September 1

🇮🇳 India – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

👮‍♀️ Software Engineering Manager

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Circle

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501 - 1000 employees

💳 Fintech

₿ Crypto

🌐 Web 3

Fintech • Crypto • Web 3

Circle is a financial technology company that focuses on utilizing blockchain technology to enable seamless, faster and secure transactions. Their main product, USDC, is a stablecoin designed to provide stability by being fully reserved and redeemable 1:1 for US dollars, and is widely used in global transactions to facilitate cross-border payments, crypto capital markets, and global dollar access. Circle offers an open developer platform that allows businesses to integrate blockchain functionalities such as programmable wallets and smart contracts into their applications. The company is committed to transparency and publishes regular reports on their reserve holdings.

📋 Description

• Lead day-to-day execution of an engineering team, including planning, prioritization, delivery, and continuous process improvement • Provide technical and architectural direction for payment orchestration, ledger and reconciliation systems, and bank or PSP integrations • Partner with Product, Compliance, Risk, and Solutions Engineering to define roadmaps and deliver cross-border payouts, managed stablecoin settlement, and bulk payment capabilities • Own engineering delivery for key Payments initiatives, including regulated and managed payments expansion • Coordinate effectively across India- and US-based teams • Ensure reliability, security, operational readiness, and financial correctness of payment-critical systems • Lead incident response and on-call practices • Recruit, coach, and develop engineers • Own performance management, career development, feedback, and promotion processes for direct reports • Drive engineering goals aligned with geographic expansion, transaction growth, customer experience, and reliable market launches across APAC and Africa

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience • 2+ years of experience managing or formally leading software engineering teams • Experience designing, building, and operating distributed, highly available backend systems in production environments • Experience building or operating payments, banking, or financial transaction systems, including payment orchestration, ledgers, reconciliation, or settlement • Strong hands-on technical leadership skills, including architecture reviews, system design, technical trade-off discussions, and code-level guidance • Proficiency in one or more backend programming languages such as Java, Go, or Kotlin • Experience recruiting, coaching, developing, and performance-managing engineers, including senior-level individual contributors • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and ability to partner with Product, Compliance, Risk, and external financial partners • Regular working-hour overlap with US-based teams • Preferred: experience with cross-border payments, correspondent banking, stablecoins, blockchain-based settlement rails, or bank and PSP integrations • Preferred: familiarity with KYC/KYB, Travel Rule requirements, transaction monitoring, and regulated payments environments

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment • Inclusive work environment • Equal opportunity employment • Interview accommodations and assistance for candidates with disabilities