Careers / Cirlume
A design and engineering studio working hybrid from Holywell, North Wales. We build for clients across the UK and the Middle East, and run products of our own.
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Current openings
We still want to hear from good designers, engineers and specialists. Introduce yourself, and when a role opens that fits, we’ll look at introductions first.
Introduce yourselfWorking here
Time together at the office in Holywell, North Wales, and focused days working from home.
The people who design and build a product are in the room when it is scoped, not handed a brief afterwards.
We run SoulCare and SimRhythm alongside client work, so releases, support and upgrades are part of the job.
Design, engineering, applied AI and cloud work side by side, so you see how the parts of a product connect.
The work
Built with React, Go, React Native & Expo, PostgreSQL, AWS, Terraform
Built with TypeScript, React Native & ExpoSectors and stack
Each sector we work in has its own constraints. Here is one problem from each that the software has to solve.
Client projects use whatever suits the product, from the wider list on our technologies page.
What you’d learn
Software in these sectors has to respect real regulation. These are the rules our industry pages cover, and the ones the work is designed around.
AI work follows the same habit: models draft and sort, and a named person makes the decisions that matter. How we approach applied AI.
Understand the people, constraints and existing tools. In home care, that meant a coordinator, a carer and a family all looking at the same visit.
Design the visible journey and the structure behind it. In SoulCare, one visit record feeds the roster, the carer’s phone and the invoices.
Document decisions and build for the next release, with versioned infrastructure and a repeatable path to production.
Across disciplines
Design, engineering, applied AI and cloud sit together, so you can learn the parts next to your own.
Reviewed by senior people
Work is reviewed by people who have built and run software for years, with time to talk the feedback through.
Past the launch
Our own products mean you see releases, support and upgrades, not only the first build.
Ways to work with us
Permanent positions working hybrid from our Holywell office, on client projects and our own products.
Specialists who join a defined piece of work, with the scope, dates and handover agreed up front.
Early-career designers and engineers who want to learn on real products, with senior people reviewing their work.
Agencies and specialists whose skills sit next to ours, for projects that need both.
What we look for
You don’t need all of these. Depth in one area, and curiosity about the others, matters more.
How to apply
Need an adjustment to how you apply or interview? Tell us when you write, and we’ll work it out with you.
Email admin@cirlume.co.uk with “Careers” and the role or kind of work in the subject line.
Attach a CV and link to a portfolio, case studies or code. A few pieces you can talk about are better than many.
The work you want to do next, how you like to work, and whether you have the right to work in the UK.
If there is a fit, we arrange a conversation about your work, then a practical exercise or review that respects your time.
Common questions
Yes. Graduates and interns work on real products with senior people reviewing their work. Send a portfolio, projects or code you are proud of, even if it is from your studies.
Yes, for defined pieces of work. Tell us your specialism, your rates or how you prefer to work, and when you are available.
Full-time roles are hybrid, with time at our office at 14 Greenfield Business Centre, Holywell, and days working from home.
We are open to it when the skills sit next to ours. Tell us what you do, the clients and sectors you work with, and the kind of projects you have in mind.
How we think
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How to give each pull request its own database branch, with safe data, tested migrations and automatic clean-up.
Article · Applied AI · 6 min read
How to build a document assistant that cites its sources, respects permissions and says when it does not know.
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What Awaab’s Law asks of the systems social landlords use to log, investigate and repair hazards, and the records they need to keep.
Use the contact form or write to admin@cirlume.co.uk. A few links to work you’re proud of matter more than a long CV.