Team Lead of Software Engineering, Circus Group
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Office located in Munich, Berlin
AI robotics for the food industry
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AI robotics for the food industry
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Stock options
Office located in Munich, Berlin
101-200 employees
Company mission
To fuel humanity by providing global access to balanced nutrition, for everyone, anytime.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a leadership role
- Strong backend experience in Java (Spring Boot) and/or GoLang
- Proficiency in modern frontend frameworks like React or Flutter
- Experience building distributed systems and APIs in a cloud-native environment (AWS preferred)
- Bonus: Experience in robotics, IoT, food-tech, or operational tooling
- Collaborative, product-minded, and comfortable in fast-paced environments
- Fluent in English; German is a plus
What the job involves
- As Team Lead Software Engineering, you’ll take responsibility for one of our cross-functional product engineering teams. The squad develops core user-facing and operational components of the Circus ecosystem—software that connects real-time customer experiences with complex backend orchestration and robotics
- In this role, you’ll combine hands-on technical leadership with team development, system architecture, and cross-functional collaboration
- Lead and grow a multidisciplinary software engineering team
- Guide system design and architecture across backend (Java/GoLang) and frontend (React/Flutter) stacks
- Build intuitive tools and APIs that power real-world automation and user interaction
- Collaborate with Product, Robotics, and Culinary teams to translate workflows into robust software
- Ensure code quality, maintainability, and scalable deployment pipelines
- Foster a high-trust, learning-focused, and outcome-driven team culture
Our take
German startup Circus Group - formerly Circus Kitchen - was initially founded to develop a delivery app for creating micro kitchen ecosystems. Since acquiring Aitme in 2023, it has maintained its micro-kitchen hub and delivery app but pivoted towards autonomous robotics for kitchen automation.
Aitme's cooking robot will add another level of low-cost, high-quality cuisine to Circus’s offering. Reduced food waste, overhead costs and cooking times are a distinct value-addition to the Hamburg company.
Backed by BlackMars Capital and 2bx, the company expanded its operations into other German cities in 2023. It has since expanded into Beijing, where it will install 5400 autonomous kitchen robots across more than 90 of the city's educational institutions. Projections report that this significant expansion for a European company will raise Circus to Unicorn status. Time will tell if this prediction becomes reality.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Nov 2023
$10.5m
EARLY VC
Jul 2023
$6.4m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $31.4m
Company benefits
- Work-Life Balance: Enjoy regular team events, a hybrid work setup, 2 months per year of remote work ("Worcation"), unlimited vacation days, and a corporate pension plan
- Personal Development: €500 personal budget for training, in-house training, and growth opportunities in a fast-paced environment
- Mobility: Benefit from a €50 monthly budget for mobility or other expenses, and a subsidized Dance Mobility subscription for e-bikes/e-mopeds
- Well-Being: Get access to discounted Urban Sports Club membership and Wellhub offerings for well-being activities
Company HQ
Altstadt, Hamburg, Germany
Leadership
Nikolas Bullwinkel
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded the fresh food delivery service, Flink. Also worked as a Communications Manager at Digital Hub Logistics Hamburg and as a Project Manager at Weischer.Media.
Helge Plehn
(Co-Founder & CTO)Serial Entrepreneur having co-founded poolynk, DoctorPrime, and Medikamendo. Also worked on the Executive/Supervisory Board at initions.
Carsten Wille
(Co-Founder & CCO)Previously founded etepetete and FUTURE STORIES where they served as the CEO.
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