Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Design Systems

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Design Systems

Circle is building the world's leading all-in-one platform for online communities. We make it possible for creators, coaches, educators, and businesses to bring together their audience with engaging discussions, live streams, events, chat, courses, and paymentsall in one place, all under their own brand.

We're proud to be a fully remote company of around 200 (and growing!) team members from 30+ countries around the world. 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. We don't track hours, but we do manage for high expectations very closely. We collaborate across time zones, are highly async, and like to document a lot.

Twice a year, we bring the whole company together in beautiful places around the world for our company offsites. So far, we've hosted offsites in Turkey, Portugal, Mexico, Thailand, Colombia, Italy, Ireland, and more, with still more to come!

About the Role

We're looking for a Full-Stack Engineer (Internal Tooling) to join our Design Systems team as we aim to make Circle the top choice for creator / brand-led communities.

In this role, you'll build and maintain internal applications and automation tools that streamline our operations and improve team efficiency. You'll work across the full stack, creating user-friendly interfaces, designing APIs, integrating with third-party services, and building systems that help our design team work smarter. You'll participate in all stages of the development lifecycle, from understanding workflow problems to deploying production solutions. As a full-stack engineer, you'll identify process bottlenecks, build custom tools to solve them, integrate multiple services (Slack, Notion, Figma, etc.), and create dashboards that provide visibility into design operations. This role requires strong technical versatility, comfort working across frontend and backend, and an understanding of how to build practical tools that solve real workflow challenges.

What You'll Be Doing

• Build full-stack internal applications using modern web technologies (Next.js, React, Node.js, databases)
• Create tools that integrate multiple services and APIs (Slack, Notion, Figma, etc.) to streamline workflows
• Design and implement databases and APIs to support internal tooling needs
• Work with LLMs and AI APIs to automate classification, analysis, and reporting tasks
• Develop dashboards and interfaces that provide visibility into design team operations
• Identify workflow inefficiencies and build custom solutions to address them
• Integrate with our Ruby on Rails backend and existing systems where needed
• Work closely with design leadership to understand operational needs and iterate on solutions
• Deploy and maintain internal tools, ensuring reliability and usability
• Improve the quality of our internal tooling codebase and establish best practices

What You'll Need To Be Successful

Bonus Points

$130,000 - $140,000 USD per year

The cash compensation range shown is a starting point. In addition to equity, benefits and perks, your cash compensation is subject to an annual review and increase on a once per year basis.

The Fun Stuff

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

As a fully-remote international company, diversity is baked into our DNA. Here's how our CEO, Sid Yadav, frames our hiring mission : "let's find talent in underserved and under-represented corners of the world, set them up to do the best work of their lives, and in turn, change their life." To achieve this hiring mission, we offer competitive U.S. benchmarked compensation no matter where someone's located in the world, and we proactively seek candidates who expand representation of backgrounds, cultures and lived experiences in our teams.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Circle is an equal opportunity employer and as such, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

How We Use Candidate Data

At Circle, we are committed to protecting your personal information. As a job applicant, the personal data you provide to us is collected and processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the EU and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This notice outlines the types of personal information we collect, the purpose for collecting it, and your rights.

Information We Collect : We collect the following categories of personal information from job applicants :

Purpose of Collection : We