SaaS platform enabling telco operators to launch digital brands and transform into tech companies
Circles builds a SaaS platform for telecom operators to spin up digital-first brands, operating at scale across 14 countries with customers including KDDI, Etisalat, AT&T, and Telkomsel. The company runs dual revenue streams—a SaaS licensing model plus two owned brands (Circles.Life in Singapore, Jetpac for travel eSIM)—which explains the broad hiring profile: engineering and product teams scaling the platform, while marketing and sales drive go-to-market for both operator partnerships and consumer brands. Active projects around MENA expansion and new brand launches indicate aggressive geographic and product-line growth, though cost efficiency appears on the pain-point list, suggesting margin pressure as they scale internationally.
Notable leadership hires: Sales Director, Design Director, Head of Product, Marketing Head, Commercial Head
Circles operates a three-part business: a SaaS platform sold to telco operators worldwide; Circles.Life, a digital-first mobile brand in Singapore; and Jetpac, a travel eSIM and roaming solutions brand. The SaaS platform is the core—it enables telecom operators to launch innovative digital brands without building from scratch, addressing the telco-to-techco transformation challenge. The company is headquartered in Singapore and employs 501–1,000 people across 12+ countries including Singapore, UAE, India, Pakistan, Japan, the US, and Southeast Asia. Infrastructure runs on AWS (with RDS, EKS, and Karpenter for orchestration), analytics via Looker and Grafana, and product/design tools including React, UserTesting, and Oracle Fusion for back-office operations.
Circles uses AWS infrastructure (RDS, EKS, Karpenter), Kubernetes for orchestration, React for frontend, Python and Go for backend services, Looker and Grafana for analytics, and Oracle Fusion for financial operations.
Circles is actively launching a new digital telco brand in MENA (Middle East North Africa), listed as a top project. The company hires across 12 countries including UAE, Pakistan, India, Japan, US, Philippines, France, Mexico, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam.
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