[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer @CircleCI

Role Description

CI/CD has been solved. Now it's being reinvented. AI agents don't just run pipelines. They write code, trigger builds, interpret failures, and propose fixes. The interfaces that developers use to understand and trust that work don't exist yet. We're building them.

At CircleCI, our guiding principles aren't posters on a wall. We learn fast: we run experiments, accept failure, and scale what works. We think like the customer: every decision connects back to the developer sitting in front of a failing build at 2 am. We own the outcome: not just our slice of it, but the whole thing. If that's how you already work, you'll fit here.

We don't hire for a team. We hire for CircleCI. Where you land depends on where your strengths create the most leverage, and we figure that out together. You might own the CI pipeline experience, deploy and release tooling, notification infrastructure, monetization flows, AI agent surfaces, or the foundational web platform. The through line across all of it is the same: full-stack ownership, a high bar for craft, and work that directly shapes how tens of thousands of developers experience CircleCI every day.

What You'll Do

• Build AI-natively.
• Own technical strategy for your domain.
• Invent new interfaces.
• Own the full stack, at scale.
• Connect engineering to the business.
• Champion observability.
• Mentor at scale.

Qualifications

• AI-native engineering practices.
• A track record of shipping at scale.
• Full-stack depth.
• System design, across domains.
• Business acumen.
• Technical leadership.

Requirements

• 8+ years of production full-stack experience.
• Strong across the stack — React and TypeScript on the frontend, Go on the backend.
• Ownership of API design, data modeling, and service integration.
• Ability to make tradeoff calls and document reasoning.

Benefits

• Canada Base Pay Range: $195,500 — $244,500 CAD.
• Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities during the job application or interview process.

Company Description

CircleCI is the world’s largest continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform, and the hub where code moves from idea to delivery. As one of the most-used DevOps tools - processing more than 3 million jobs a day - CircleCI has unique access to data on how the most effective engineering teams work, and the tools to help software companies successfully leverage the power of AI into their commercial applications.

Founded in 2011 and headquartered in downtown San Francisco with a global, remote workforce, CircleCI is venture-backed by several prominent investors.

CircleCI is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.