Lead Engineer, Member Growth
Circle · Engineering · Lead · 7d ago
$162k
per year
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Anyone, anywhere in the world can apply.
“We seek exceptional individuals around the world, set them up to do the best work of their lives, and in turn, create a meaningful impact in their own lives.”
Circle has around 270 team members across 30+ countries worldwide.
- Async-first
- Circle operates across global time zones, works highly asynchronously, and documents heavily.
- Contractor / B2B
- No mention of hiring international contractors or invoicing.
- Global stipend
- No home office or equipment budget mentioned.
- Annual retreat
- The company gathers twice a year for team retreats in locations worldwide.
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About the role
As Lead Engineer for Analytics and Member Growth, you will lead a small team of engineers while actively shipping code, reviewing pull requests, and making architectural decisions. You will own the technical strategy for Circle's analytics stack—spanning data visualizations, ClickHouse, and LLM-powered natural-language Q&A—along with member onboarding and activation roadmaps.
What you'll do
- Lead, grow, and mentor an engineering team across Analytics and Member Growth while remaining hands-on with daily coding and code reviews.
- Architect and drive the technical strategy for Circle's analytics stack, including ClickHouse data infrastructure and LLM-powered experiences.
- Own technical execution and roadmaps for member onboarding, activation, and friction reduction.
- Partner with product, design, and data leadership to convert ambiguous requirements into a data-driven growth roadmap.
- Design and execute A/B experimentation to optimize member retention and engagement.
- Drive an AI-first workflow utilizing agents for planning, coding, review, and triage.
What you bring
- 7+ years of experience shipping production web applications using Ruby on Rails, MySQL or PostgreSQL, React, and TypeScript.
- Prior experience leading or managing engineering teams and large initiatives while remaining a hands-on contributor.
- Strong track record in analytics/data infrastructure (e.g., ClickHouse, data warehousing, BI) or growth/lifecycle product engineering.
- Product-minded approach with the ability to question requirements and operate effectively in ambiguous spaces.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English (CEFR C2 or equivalent).
About Circle
Circle provides an AI-powered, all-in-one community platform for creators, coaches, and businesses to host discussions, courses, events, and payments under their own brand. The company operates fully remotely with over 270 team members across 30+ countries.
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