Owen Thomas

About the Company

Hey, we are Owen Thomas. We are a relationship first recruitment partner for Data, Product & Engineering, across Contract and Permanent roles in the UK & Europe.

Humanness matters. We believe that empathy is the core of great recruitment; bringing opportunity and businesses to life, beyond what a person can see on a website.

All done with our OT personal touch.

Our mission: To be leaders within our specialisms and create unrivalled opportunities both internally and externally.

We balance purpose and profit. Actively investing a proportion of our profits into projects that positively influence; diversity in tech & the climate crisis.

We do not claim to change the world, but we will do our very best to leave it in a better place than we found it.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Owen Thomas

Job Title

Mid - Senior Software Engineer, Full stack, iOS, TypeScript | Salary range £50 - £130k+, with Equity | Greenfield Social Media, AI, Music | London, Hy...

Job Description

Mid - Senior Software Engineer, Full stack, iOS, TypeScript | Salary range £50 - £130k+, with Equity | Greenfield Social Media, AI, Music | London, Hybrid (4 days per week)

Company:
A Mid - Senior Software Engineer, Full stack, AI, iOS, TypeScript is needed to join an exciting early stage AI social media and music start-up in London, with huge ambition.

The company is already generating crazy amounts of revenue each month and is profitable in less than one year! They have built a AI technology which is integrated into their website and has generated huge amounts of traffic, through social media.

They are now looking for a talented Software / Full-stack engineer to work closely with the Founder and other Senior Tech leaders for the company, 4 in total. You will have close contact with experts in their field, across the Front-end, Back-end, any beyond, wearing many hats as they continue to scale the platform!

Requirements for the Mid - Senior Software Engineer, Full stack, AI, iOS TypeScript:
3 years+ commercial experience
Demonstrated excellence and passion within Software engineering (ideally through personal projects or active github page)
Ideally looking for exposure to the following stack, but not a requirement if someone is confident on picking it up quickly: FrontEnd - Experience with Next.js and Tailwind ideally, but will consider React experience | BackEnd - Experience with Node.js, Python, MongoDB, AWS services
Passion for user experience and design, ideally B2C experience
Willingness to be a true generalist Full stack engineer, solve many problems and wear many hats!
Must be happy to be in Central London office, at least 4 days a week

Remuneration:
Mid - Senior Software Engineer, Full stack, AI, TypeScript can pay a Salary range circa £50 - £100k. Equity is on offer for this position. It requires your attendance minimum 4 days a week in their central London office in Vauxhall.

If you want to hear more about the Junior - Mid Software Engineer, Full stack, AI, Python, TypeScript | Salary range circa £50 - £100k | Greenfield Social Media, AI, Music | London, Hybrid (4 days per week), please apply ASAP with a CV and we will give you a call if we think you are a match! :D

London, United Kingdom

On site

07-01-2025

Company Name

Owen Thomas

Job Title

iOS Developer Contractor | Start-up, AI, Social app | £500-600pd Outside IR35 | 6-months+ | Central London, and EU remote

Job Description

iOS Developer Contractor | Start-up, AI, Social app | £500pd-£600pd Outside IR35 | 6-months+ | Central London, and EU remote

Urgent Contract Role(s) available with a start date ASAP

Details:
- Join an early stage Social app, with huge backing, that is delivering innovative features fast!
- Seeking talent with exceptional experience in early stage start-ups. Must be confident in systems design interviews...
- Located in Central London, requiring 2-4 days onsite ideally.
- Offering £500-600 per day, Outside.
- Initial 6-month contract
- Tech stack: Modern iOS techstack, focused on SwiftUI

Interested in this? iOS Developer Contractor | Start-up, Social app | £500-600pd Outside IR35 | 6-months | Central London, and UK remote

Apply here, with updated CV! We will be in touch if it's a good fit!

United Kingdom

On site

09-01-2025

Company Name

Owen Thomas

Job Title

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Contract Role, Platform, Chaos Engineering | FinTech, Enterprise | Fully Remote, UK | £ 600 - 700pd (Outside IR35), 6 ...

Job Description

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Contract Role, Platform, Chaos Engineering | FinTech, Enterprise | Fully Remote, UK | £ 600 - 700pd (Outside IR35), 6 months+

The Client:
Owen Thomas has partnered with a company that is looking for exceptional engineers that have a genuine interest in working with cutting-edge technology, in a globally renowned FinTech company.

Technical Requirements

Infrastructure Expertise:
-Advanced experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), including designing, -deploying, and maintaining scalable infrastructure.
-Strong knowledge of container orchestration tools like Kubernetes and Docker.
-Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.

Chaos Engineering Proficiency:
-Hands-on experience with chaos engineering tools like Gremlin, Chaos Monkey, or LitmusChaos to design and execute fault injection experiments.
-Proven track record of implementing resilience testing strategies across distributed systems.

Monitoring and Observability:
-Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, Elastic Stack).
-Strong understanding of metrics, logging, and tracing in distributed systems.

Automation and Scripting:
-Proficiency in scripting and automation languages (e.g., Python, Go, Shell, Ruby, or Java).
-Demonstrated ability to automate infrastructure and operational processes.

Incident Management and Root Cause Analysis:
-Expertise in incident response processes, including triage, mitigation, and communication.
-Familiarity with incident management tools like PagerDuty or Opsgenie.

Resilience and Scalability Design:
-Advanced understanding of system design principles, scalability, and high-availability architectures.
-Practical experience with load testing and performance benchmarking tools (e.g., JMeter, Locust, k6).

Soft Skills and Additional Qualities

Strong Problem-Solving Skills:
-Ability to debug and resolve complex issues in production environments.

Cross-Team Collaboration:
-Experience working closely with development, DevOps, and QA teams to implement best practices in reliability and availability.

Proactive Communication:
-Clear and concise communication skills to collaborate with diverse stakeholders and write detailed documentation.

Mentorship and Knowledge Sharing:
-Willingness to mentor other team members in chaos engineering principles and SRE best practices.

Desirable Extras

Certifications:
-Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, CKA, CKAD, or Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer).

Experience in Highly Regulated Industries:
-Familiarity with compliance frameworks (e.g., PCI DSS, GDPR, ISO 27001) is advantageous.

Exposure to Emerging Tools and Practices:
-Knowledge of modern chaos engineering trends, such as adaptive resilience testing or AI-driven fault detection.

Performance Monitoring in Legacy Systems:
-Ability to apply SRE and chaos engineering principles in legacy system environments.

If you are interested in applying, please apply here and we will get back to you if it's a good match for the client! We appreciate your patience :)

United Kingdom

Hybrid

15-01-2025

Company Name

Owen Thomas

Job Title

Back End Developer, Algorithms/Data Structures, GoLang | Crypto Exchange, Scale up | Salary Range $100,000-$130,000 Base + Stock Options + Benefits (F...

Job Description

Back End Developer, Algorithms/Data Structures, GoLang | Crypto Exchange, Scale up | Salary Range $100,000-$130,000 Base + Stock Options + Benefits (Fully Remote)

We’re seeking a talented multifaceted Back-End Developer, who is comfortable building end-to-end processes for a hyper growth scale-up - and is ready to nail a Leetcode/System Design interview...

The Company:

Series B, with circa 50 employees with 60% of them being in Engineering. They operate a fully-remote work culture (on EU timezone) that is ambitious, dynamic and fast-paced.

You will be joining the API team, bolstering the backend team of 4 currently. They encourage trust and autonomy, so this is a great opportunity to have impact and grow fast in your career.

Requirements for the Back End Developer, Algorithms/Data Structures, GoLang:

Solid knowledge of basic Algorithms, Data structures and Design Patterns
Confidence with complex System design
Minimum 4 years of experience in designing and building distributed backend technologies/services (ideally start-up experience)
Ideally, experience with Go or Python
Familiarity with the AWS cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, MongoDB, Postgres, Cassandra, Sentry, Prometheus and Grafana

BONUS: Familiarity with Blockchain systems, Smart Contracts, Web 2 or 3, Solidity

Remuneration: The Back End Developer, Algorithms/Data Structures, GoLang role can pay a salary range between $100,000-$130,000 Base, however are open to reviewing candidates with expectations above or below this range.

This opportunity comes with attract stock options, and other great benefits to make you feel valued and supported - if successful.

If you are keen to hear more about the Back End Developer, Algorithms/Data Structures, GoLang | Crypto Exchange, Scale up | Salary Range $100,000-$130,000 Base + Stock Options + Benefits (Fully Remote) then apply to the role and we will give you a call if we think you are a match!

United Kingdom

On site

22-01-2025