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Software & platform engineering
Application, platform and product engineering on programmes that run in production for the biggest banks, telcos and governments.
Professionals
Circle8 connects technology professionals with the enterprise and government organisations running the programmes that matter. Better projects, stronger clients, and the room to grow with an international platform behind you.
Specialists
16,000+
across the group
Operating companies
10
one platform
Footprint
EU · US
New Jersey · Amsterdam · Zurich
Career areas
8
Engineering to corporate
Why Circle8
A career built on what you ship.
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The work is real
You ship into production for the biggest banks, telcos and governments. We do not sell slideware that never gets built.
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One accountability
Circle8 owns the outcome end to end, so you see your work land, instead of handing it over and hoping.
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Senior from day one
Operator-led teams. The people who win the work have shipped it, and so will you, on real programmes.
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A platform behind you
Specialist companies across two continents, one engineering bench, and the Loop platform for payroll, perks and a peer network.
What you'll do
A full-spectrum technology career.
Not three routes. The full range of roles a technology company offers, from engineering and security to delivery, operations and the corporate functions behind them, hired continuously across the group through the same standard we apply to client work.
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Cloud & infrastructure
Design, migrate and operate cloud and hybrid estates. Platform engineering, DevOps and infrastructure as code.
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Cybersecurity
Security operations, identity, testing and assurance. Protect regulated estates end to end.
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Data & AI
Data platforms, machine learning and applied AI, governed for production use.
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Consulting & advisory
Strategy, architecture and target operating model, embedded with delivery and accountable for what gets built.
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Programme & delivery
Programme, project and delivery leadership. One owner for the outcome, from the team through to the solution.
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Managed services & operations
Round-the-clock operations, service desk and managed teams that keep critical estates running.
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Corporate & commercial
Sales, finance, legal, people and marketing. The functions that run the platform behind the work.
Life at Circle8
True here, on every team.
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One standard
Every engineer, advisor and lead is measured against the same bar. No exceptions for speed.
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Operator-led
Run by people who have delivered at scale. Less theatre, more shipping.
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Direct
Plain English in writing. We tell you the programme and the gap on the first call.
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Accountable
We sign for the result. You own outcomes, not just tasks.
We hire for what you have shipped, not where you trained. The bar is the same for everyone, and we say what it is up front.
Growth and development
Build range, not just tenure.
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Work across the stack
Move between disciplines and operating companies as your career grows.
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Senior mentorship
Learn from operators who have run delivery, infrastructure and talent at scale.
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Responsibility early
Ownership of outcomes from the start, with the support to carry it.
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A network, not a silo
The Loop platform connects peers across Europe and the United States.
Rewards
A platform behind every engagement.
Group-rate perks
Benefits and perks for everyone, through the Loop platform.
Compliant payroll
Payroll, invoicing and admin handled, in every market we operate.
Ownership of the work
You see your programmes run in production, not handed off and forgotten.
A career, not a posting
Continuous hiring across the group means the next move can be internal.
Where to start
Two ways in.
Experienced hires
Senior operators
Engineers, advisors and programme leaders with technical depth and a bias for execution. Hired continuously across the group, not against a fixed list.
Early careers
Start on real programmes
Begin inside an operating company and learn the craft on live delivery, mentored by senior operators from your first week.
Where we operate
Two continents. One operating model.
The group's coverage across Europe and North America. You work where the programmes are, on hybrid and client-site terms.
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Germany
Austria
United Kingdom
France
Spain
Wider Europe
United States
How we hire
Senior, short and honest.
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A senior first conversation
You meet the people you would work with, not a screening layer. We tell you the programme and the gap on the first call.
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A short, relevant exercise
Where it helps, a focused written or technical exercise on a real challenge. No take-home marathons, no trick questions.
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Decisions in days, not weeks
Short reference loops and a clear answer either way. Plain English in writing throughout.
Apply
We read every serious application.
Tell us what you have done.
Because we hire continuously rather than against a fixed list, the best route in is a direct, specific note: the discipline, the kind of programme you want to work on, and what you have shipped. If there is a fit now or soon, you will hear from a senior person, not an autoresponder.