Lead Engineer, CMS Builder

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October 13

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B2B • SaaS • Marketplace

Circle is an all-in-one community platform designed for creators, brands, and startups to build, engage, and monetize their communities. It integrates tools for discussions, events, courses, and membership management into a seamless experience under one customizable brand. Circle offers features such as live streaming, gamified rewards, member directories, and extensive integrations with existing tools, allowing users to create private spaces, automate workflows, and manage payments. This platform is ideal for building different types of communities including customer, course, and coaching groups, providing a space for collaboration, interaction, and growth.

51 - 200 employees

🤝 B2B

☁️ SaaS

🏪 Marketplace

📋 Description

• Leading development of high-scale backend systems that power our new website builder experience. • Collaborating closely with product, design, and leadership to shape what we build and how we build it. • Shipping thoughtful, high-quality code—balancing speed with care. • Mentoring, guiding, and building out a globally distributed team of engineers, while leading by example. • Owning end-to-end project execution—from early technical planning through delivery. • Driving performance optimizations and architectural improvements where milliseconds matter. • Designing and analyzing A/B tests to validate changes and improve the product. • Engaging regularly with stakeholders to align on priorities and technical direction.

🎯 Requirements

• Strong alignment with our values. Find our values on our career page if you haven’t read up on them yet. • You are proficient in English (spoken, written, and reading) at a CEFR Level C2 / ILR Level 5. • 8+ years of experience in full-stack or backend-heavy development, with deep knowledge of Ruby on Rails and supporting technologies (e.g. Sidekiq, Kafka, Postgres). • Experience building performant applications at scale—you're mindful of load time, bottlenecks, and architectural trade-offs. • 3+ years of experience leading or mentoring engineers in high-growth, fast-paced environments. • Clear, confident communicator who can align technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Strategic thinker who can also dive into the weeds and own execution end-to-end. • Self-starter who thrives in a remote, async-first culture and takes initiative without waiting for permission.

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote: work from anywhere in the world! • Autonomy and trust to do your job: we care about outcomes over everything else. • Paid time away: all employees are given 35 days of PTO annually. We also offer a paid sabbatical after 5 years. • Generous U.S. benchmarked compensation and startup equity no matter where you are in the world.* • Awesome medical coverage with 100% coverage for you and your family, or medical reimbursement options where applicable!* • Parental leave for parents expanding their family, or just starting one. • Home office stipend to help you get up and running. • Learning & development stipend to help you level up your professional skills. • Annual bonus potential for roles that don't already receive variable income or commission. • Company retreats: Twice a year, the Circle team gets together for a fully paid company retreat in incredible places around the world! We’ve had past retreats in Colombia, Portugal, and Mexico, with more planned on the horizon.