CircleCI
Staff Software Engineer, On-Prem
$180K–$285K
Canada (Remote) or United States (Remote) or Mexico City, Mexico (Hybrid) +1 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Location
- Canada (Remote) or United States (Remote) or Mexico City, Mexico (Hybrid)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Experience
- 8+ years building production backend and infrastructure systems.
About the job
Set technical direction and build the platform, infrastructure, and release tooling that help CircleCI teams ship services into CircleCI Server and help customers install, upgrade, operate, and troubleshoot it.
What you'll do
- Own strategy for internal tooling, test infrastructure, and release automation used to ship services into Server.
- Improve Server installation, upgrades, Kubernetes foundation, and day-to-day operations for customer-managed environments.
- Standardize observability on OpenTelemetry and build diagnostics; partner with Support, Customer Engineering, and customers to resolve recurring issues.
What they ask for
- 8+ years building production backend and infrastructure systems.
- Strong Go skills and experience with API design, data modelling, distributed systems, and operational tooling.
- Deep experience designing, deploying, and debugging production systems on Kubernetes and Helm.
- Experience shipping on-premises or self-hosted software in customer environments.
Nice to have
- Experience building internal platforms that improve engineering productivity.
- AI-native engineering practices, including daily use of AI tools.
Pay
$195,000 — $265,000 CAD (base pay); $205,000 — $285,000 USD (expected salary); $200,000 — $275,000 USD (expected pay); $180,000 — $250,000 USD (expected pay)
Tools
Go, Kubernetes, Helm, OpenTelemetry
AI focus
Use AI-native engineering practices and AI tools daily as the default approach to engineering work.
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