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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead Software Engineer (Python) - **Company:** Circuit Mind - **Location:** London, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £80,000.0 - £120,000.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Augmented Reality, Computer Engineering, Database Queries, Django Web Framework, Hardware Design, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Machine Learning, Redis, Software Engineering, Software Systems, TypeScript, ReactJS, Backend, Graphql, Data Pipelines, Docker - **Published:** September 11, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5878311605 ## About the Role * 5+ years of professional software development experience. * 2+ years of professional experience in Python. * 2+ years in a senior software engineer position. * Strong communication and team-work skills. * Experience working in an agile software development environment. ## Description * Collaborate with the product team and in-house hardware engineers to understand the problems of hardware engineering teams. * Plan, design, develop, test and iterate on the software solutions to those problems, accounting for functional and non-functional requirements. * Co-design, pair on, and review the development work of other lead software developers. * Work on the entire companys backend code base: data models, algorithms, data pipelines, infrastructure, APIs, complex database queries, ML models. * Learn, use, and improve best practices and processes for high-quality software development. Technologies: * Backend * CTO * Hardware * Support * Python * Robotics * Django * Docker * GraphQL * PostgreSQL * React * Redis * TypeScript More: About Circuit Mind: Electronic circuit boards are at the core of current and future inventions - space travel, medical robotics, autonomous transportation, augmented reality, bio-engineering. Yet today designing an electronic circuit board is an extremely manual, long and tedious process. At Circuit Mind we believe that this is wrong and we are on a mission to fix it, triggering the future of hardware design. We are creating an entirely new software engine for circuit boards, that takes as inputs the requirements of a circuit board and automatically outputs a complete design, ready for manufacture. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will create simple and elegant solutions to difficult technical problems that the world has not solved before. You will work in close collaboration with a highly-functioning team of software, electronics, algorithm engineers and product managers., Technical Interview, 120 min with Rob (Principal Full-stack Engineer) and Niall (Lead Software Engineer): - Hour 1: Review a pull request for a miniature version of our main Python product. - Hour 2: Implement a new feature in a similar repository. - Final Interview, 120 min with Basilio (CTO and Co-founder) and Rob (Principal Full-stack Engineer): Deep dive into your experience with behavioral and experience-based questions. - Reference Checks: Two references that you provide will be contacted for feedback. - Offer: Based on successful completion of all stages. Equal opportunity and accommodations: At Circuit Mind we value diversity and foster an inclusive environment. If you have an additional necessity or disability that requires accommodation, please let us know so we can adjust the interview process to your needs. 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