circleci + docker-compose + layers cache

config.yml

version: 2
jobs:
  build:
    docker:
        - image: docker:17.06.0-ce-git
    steps:
      - checkout
      - setup_remote_docker
      - run:
          name: Install Docker Compose
          command: |
            apk add --no-cache 'py2-pip'
            pip install 'docker-compose==1.16.1'
      - restore_cache:
          keys:
            - v1-docker-{{ .Branch }}
      - run:
          name: Load Docker layers cache
          command: |
            set +o pipefail
            docker load -i ~/docker-layers.tar | true
      - run:
          name: Build Docker images
          command: docker-compose -p $CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME build
      - run:
          name: Save Docker layers cache
          command: |
            DOCKER_IMAGES=$(docker images --format "{{.Repository}}" --filter=reference="${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}_*")
            DOCKER_LAYERS=$(for image in $DOCKER_IMAGES; do docker history $image -q | grep -v missing; done)
            docker save -o ~/docker-layers.tar $DOCKER_LAYERS
      - save_cache:
          key: v1-docker-{{ .Branch }}-{{ epoch }}
          paths:
            - ~/docker-layers.tar

really smart, if you want you can also skip installing docker-compose starting from image docker/compose

https://hub.docker.com/r/docker/compose/?