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Staff Software Engineer, AI Product
Remote
$212969.75 - $349270.39
+ Data Engineering
PermanentArizona
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What You’ll Do
- Build and ship production-grade GenAI features (often 0→1)
- Own the end-user experience of AI-powered workflows
- Work closely with Product and Design to translate AI into intuitive UX
- Lead technical direction, mentor engineers, and set best practices
- Help define AI tooling, infrastructure standards, and evaluation approaches
- Balance fast iteration with scalability, reliability, and responsible AI
What We’re Looking For
- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- Staff-level mindset with proven technical leadership
- Strong frontend or frontend-leaning full-stack background
- 2-3+ years of hands-on GenAI experience
- Experience integrating LLMs into real products (not just demos)
- Strong product sense and user-first thinking
- Experience shipping features used by many users
- TypeScript experience preferred
- Cloud experience (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP acceptable)
Nice to Have
- B2C or consumer-facing product experience
- B2B experience with governance or data constraints
- Experience with chat-based UX, copilots, or assistants
- Familiarity with GenAI frameworks (e.g., LangChain)
Tech Stack
- TypeScript
- React, Node.js
- Azure (AWS/GCP acceptable)
- LLM APIs / GenAI tooling

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Director of Cloud Engineering
Dallas
$267733.4 - $304242.5
+ Data Management & Governance
PermanentDallas, Texas
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What You’ll Do
- Own the end‑to‑end strategy and execution for public and private cloud platforms
- Lead a large, distributed organization (50-100+ engineers) across the US and India, including managers and senior technical leaders
- Unify currently siloed private and public cloud functions into a single, coherent platform
- Drive delivery of cloud infrastructure spanning:
- Kubernetes and container platforms
- Compute, GPU, and storage services
- Networking, identity, security, and access
- Infrastructure‑as‑Code and automation
- Provide direction and accountability to architects and senior engineers, ensuring decisions are made and executed
- Build a strong operating model that balances autonomy, reliability, cost control, and speed
- Establish trust and credibility within a deeply technical engineering culture
- Partner closely with leaders across technology, security, and the business to ensure alignment and outcomes
- Public and private cloud are no longer disconnected-they operate as one platform
- Strategy doesn’t stall at design; platforms are built, adopted, and running in production
- Teams are autonomous, accountable, and delivering reliably at scale
- Architects are aligned and decisively driven toward execution
- Cloud platforms are cost‑effective, resilient, secure, and easy for internal teams to consume
Required Experience
- 12+ years in cloud, infrastructure, or platform engineering roles
- 5+ years leading managers and senior technical leaders
- Proven ownership of both private and public cloud environments (this is non‑negotiable)
- Strong public cloud experience across at least two of: AWS, Azure, GCP
- Deep private cloud experience (VMware, Kubernetes‑led platforms, or equivalent)
- Strong Infrastructure‑as‑Code background (Terraform, Ansible, Python, or similar)
- Experience building self‑service internal platforms or IaaS products
- Solid grounding in networking, security, identity, and distributed systems
- Taking strategy from concept to delivery
Nice to Have
- Leadership experience with OpenShift or upstream Kubernetes
- Experience building GUI‑ or portal‑based private cloud platforms
- DevOps, SRE, or Internal Developer Platform (IDP) leadership experience
- Exposure to high‑performance compute, GPU workloads, or advanced analytics platforms

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Director of Data
London
£120000 - £140000
+ Data Science & AI
PermanentLondon
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Director of Data
London | £120,000 to £140,000
This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior, visible data leadership role at a pivotal moment. The organisation has already invested heavily in its data foundations and products. Now they need a commercially minded Director of Data to maximise value, embed insight across the business, and turn data into a true growth driver.
The Company
They are a global marketing and rewards organisation working with major consumer brands to help them better understand, engage, and retain their customers. Operating internationally and backed by private equity, they are on a fast paced growth journey with a clear roadmap for their data capability. Data already underpins their products and client offering, and leadership is committed to evolving this into a more advanced, insight led and predictive proposition.
The Role
You will take ownership of an established data function and focus on execution rather than strategy creation. This role blends leadership, stakeholder engagement, and hands on analytical direction.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading and developing a small, high calibre data team across analytics and engineering.
- Driving adoption of data and insight across the business, improving data literacy and decision making.
- Maximising the value of existing data products and platforms, identifying where deeper insight and advanced analytics can unlock commercial impact.
- Delivering predictive and advanced analytics use cases that support campaign optimisation, customer understanding, and product performance.
- Acting as a senior data voice with stakeholders, confidently presenting insight and influencing at leadership and board level.
- Partnering closely with product, technology, and commercial teams to ensure analytics is embedded into day to day operations.
- Contributing to the evolution of AI and advanced analytics capabilities, with a pragmatic and commercially focused approach.
Your Skills & Experience
To succeed in this role, you will bring:
- Strong experience leading analytics or insight functions within a commercial environment.
- Proven ability to translate data into clear, actionable insight for senior stakeholders.
- Hands on experience with advanced analytics, predictive modelling, or applied data science, without needing to be a deep specialist modeller.
- Solid technical understanding across SQL and Python, and modern data platforms such as Snowflake and product analytics tools.
- Experience executing against an existing data strategy and delivering measurable outcomes at pace.
- Confidence working in lean teams and remaining close to the detail, rather than managing large functions.
- Exposure to global data environments or international stakeholders.
- Experience within loyalty, consultancy, agency, or marketing led organisations is highly beneficial.
- Familiarity with AI or generative AI concepts, such as RAG systems or vector databases, and where these approaches add real business value.
What They Offer
- Salary between £120,000 and £140,000.
- London based role with an office first culture and some flexibility, ideally up to one day per week working from home.
- A highly visible leadership position with genuine influence on commercial outcomes.
- The chance to shape how data and advanced analytics are used across a global business.
- A collaborative, fast moving environment backed by committed senior leadership.
How to Apply
If you are a hands on data leader who enjoys turning insight into impact and leading from the front, please apply with your CV or get in touch to discuss the role in more detail.

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Customer Analytics Manager
£45000 - £55000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentLancashire
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Customer Analytics Manager
£45,000-£55,000
Lancashire
The Company
A customer-centric UK retail brand with a strong digital and multi-channel presence is seeking a Customer Analytics Manager! This business is known for its people-first culture and long-term commitment to customer experience, and they continue to invest heavily their in data, CRO, and CRM capability to support growth and personalisation
The Role
As Customer Analytics Manager, you’ll sit within the CRO & Data team, working closely with CRM, Marketing, Trading, and Tech teams to ensure customer data is accurate, well-governed, and used effectively to drive insight-led decision making. This role blends customer data management with hands-on analytics, supporting CRM strategy through segmentation, reporting, and behavioural analysis. You’ll also play a key role in optimising customer data integration and supporting projects around customer identity and unique customer IDs
Your Skills & Experience
- Strong SQL skills
- Hands-on experience with data visualisation and BI tools, ideally Power BI
- Experience developing customer segmentation and supporting CRM personalisation strategies
- Confident communicator, able to translate data into clear insights for non-technical stakeholders
The Benefits
- £45,000-£55,000
How To Apply
Please register your interest by sending your CV to Adam Osborne at Harnham via the Apply link on this page

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Senior SEO Executive
£30000 - £33000
+ Digital Analytics
PermanentDerbyshire
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Senior SEO Executive
£30,000-£33,000
Derbyshire (Hybrid)
THE COMPANY
This role sits within a high-growth retail group, offering the chance to work on one of the UK’s largest eCommerce platforms; SEO is a highly visible and well-respected function, playing a key role in driving traffic and revenue across the business!
THE ROLE
You’ll support the SEO Manager in delivering organic performance, with a focus on day-to-day optimisation and execution. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to step up into a more impactful role within a fast-paced environment.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting SEO strategy execution
- Making recommendations to improve rankings and performance
- Conducting keyword research and analysis
- Carrying out technical SEO audits and resolving issues
- Optimising site structure, internal linking and on-page content
- Supporting content creation (category pages, blogs, guides)
- Assisting with link-building activity
- Reporting on SEO performance
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Strong understanding of SEO fundamentals
- Proactive and able to manage multiple priorities
- Comfortable working at pace
Tools:
- Screaming Frog (essential)
- Google Search Console
- GA4
- Botify / Pi Datametrics / SEMrush (nice to have)
THE BENEFITS
- £30,000-£33,000
HOW TO APPLY
Please register your interest by sending your CV to Adam Osborne at Harnham via the Apply link on this page.

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Lead Marketing Analyst
London
£60000 - £80000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentLondon
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Lead Marketing Analyst
Location: Fully remote (UK-based)
Salary: Up to £80k + 10% bonus
About the Business
A long-established, consumer-focused digital business backed by private equity. The company is undergoing a significant transformation under new leadership, with a clear three-pillar growth strategy centred around:
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Expanding and strengthening its core digital products.
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Enhancing customer experience to drive engagement and loyalty.
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Building stronger community connections and marketing reach.
The business is in the process of modernising its approach to data and analytics, with major work underway on evolving its subscription model and diversifying revenue streams.
The Role
This is a newly created position within the central Analytics, Data, and Engineering function, designed to add an extra layer of leadership within the marketing analytics space.
You’ll take full ownership of the marketing analytics function, line-managing one Senior Analyst, and act as the go-to expert for marketing insight and reporting. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders across marketing, commercial, and product to ensure data-driven decision-making, presenting confidently at executive and board level.
What You’ll Be Doing
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Leading a small analytics team delivering insights to guide marketing targeting, spend, and impact.
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Owning full-funnel, cross-platform customer analysis (web analytics, attribution partners, CDPs).
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Improving campaign decision-making through attribution, incrementality, and media mix modelling.
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Partnering with Data Science to build predictive models (LTV, churn).
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Owning and refining marketing forecast models for budget and performance planning.
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Using statistical analysis to optimise testing methodologies and outcomes.
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Developing best practice, transparent reporting, and actionable insights.
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Managing stakeholders across the business to improve marketing decisions.
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Building strong cross-functional relationships to promote a data-driven culture.
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Working with Data Engineering to manage data requirements and ensure quality deliverables.
Candidate Profile
Background
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Ideally from gaming, but open to e-commerce, ad-tech, or subscription/dating apps.
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Must have a strong B2C focus.
Experience
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Proven track record in marketing analytics.
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Comfortable leading and mentoring others.
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Strong stakeholder management and presentation skills.
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Line management experience (desirable but not essential).
Technical Skills
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SQL (essential).
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Power BI / Looker.
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Data visualisation expertise (Snowflake desirable).
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Knowledge of attribution, forecasting, incrementality testing, MMM, LTV/churn modelling (advantageous).
Package & Benefits
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~£80k base salary + 10% bonus.
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Private healthcare (including dental).
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6% pension contribution.
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Life insurance + employee assistance programme.
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Enhanced family leave.
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25 days holiday + bank holidays (buy/sell option).
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Flexible working hours.
Interview Process
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1st stage: Zoom interview with senior marketing leadership.
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2nd stage: Take-home task + panel presentation.
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3rd stage: Final interview with executive team.

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Analytics Manager
London
£75000 - £90000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentLondon
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Analytics Manager
London (Hybrid – 2 days in office, Tuesdays required)
Up to £90,000 base salary
An established data and analytics provider within the FS and property sector is looking for an Analytics Manager to lead and deliver high-impact client-facing projects. Sitting at the intersection of data, product, and commercial teams, this role offers the opportunity to influence strategic decision-making across some of the UK’s most prominent banks and mortgage lenders.
You’ll manage a small team of analysts while staying close to delivery – combining technical expertise with business insight to shape how financial institutions use housing market data to drive smarter lending decisions.
Key Responsibilities
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Team Leadership: Mentor and support 2-3 analysts; oversee workload and ensure high-quality output
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Client-Facing Analytics: Present insights directly to clients, translating complex data into strategic value
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Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with product, commercial, and presales teams to develop tailored solutions
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Strategic Thinking: Stay ahead of market trends and customer challenges to guide analytics direction
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Project Delivery: Lead the end-to-end delivery of analytics projects across multiple stakeholders and timelines
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Innovation Support: Help evolve the product set through insight-led thinking across financial services use cases
What We’re Looking For
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5-7 years’ experience in analytics, ideally within financial services, credit risk, mortgages, or related sectors
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Proven experience mentoring or managing analysts (or strong readiness to step into a team lead role)
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Strong technical toolkit: SQL, Python, and Excel proficiency
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Skilled communicator – confident presenting to both technical and non-technical audiences
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Experience working with or alongside banks, lenders, or credit decisioning teams
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Highly numerate, creative problem solver with strong business acumen
Nice to Have
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Exposure to property, housing, or mortgage markets
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Experience in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
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Interest in combining product thinking with data analytics
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Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders
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Strong presentation skills and a curious, solutions-driven mindset
Why Apply?
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Strategic, visible role with direct impact on how financial clients use data
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Competitive salary up to £90,000
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Hybrid working – 2 days/week in the London office (Tuesdays required)
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Work within a high-calibre analytics team under supportive leadership
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Be part of a mission to simplify and modernise property data in financial decisioning
Interview Process
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Initial interview (30-45 mins) – with Analytics Leadership
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Task stage – demonstrate analytical thinking and communication
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Final round – culture fit and stakeholder interaction
One stage may take place in person at the London office (London Bridge), where possible
Ready to shape the future of data in property and financial services? Apply now to join a high-performing team that blends deep analytics with real-world impact.

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Senior Product Manager
London
£90000 - £105000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentLondon
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Senior Product Manager
Remote-first (UK based) | £105,000 + benefits
This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior, high-impact product role at a scaling, science-led technology business. You will shape the future of a complex AI-driven product used in pharmaceutical research, moving it from strong foundations to a more mature, commercially aligned product offering with a clear go-to-market strategy.
The Company
They are a venture-backed, Series A technology business operating at the intersection of life sciences, data science and artificial intelligence. Their platform applies AI and natural language processing to unlock insights from vast volumes of scientific data, supporting more efficient and informed drug discovery. The organisation is founder-led, mission-driven and entering an exciting phase of growth, with a highly experienced leadership team and a collaborative, ego-free culture.
The Role
As Senior Product Manager, you will take ownership of product strategy and roadmap definition, elevating product maturity and ensuring delivery of meaningful, real-world value for customers in pharmaceutical R and D. You will act as a senior voice within product, mentoring existing product managers while working closely with engineering, commercial and customer-facing teams.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning and evolving the product strategy and roadmap, aligned to business and commercial objectives
- Refining product foundations, processes, tools and operating principles
- Translating complex customer needs into clear, prioritised product opportunities
- Partnering with engineering to connect product vision to technical delivery
- Bringing a strong go-to-market mindset to product development
- Tracking and optimising product performance against commercial KPIs
- Supporting the development of future product iterations and new market opportunities
Your Skills and Experience
- Strong end-to-end product management experience across the full product lifecycle
- Proven ability to define and execute product strategy in a complex technology environment
- Experience working with data, AI or advanced analytics products
- Commercially minded, with exposure to go-to-market planning and execution
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, scaling environments
- Able to mentor and uplift other product managers without formal line management
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams
- Exposure to life sciences, pharma, biotech or adjacent sectors is beneficial but not essential
What They Offer
- Salary of £105,000 plus benefits
- Share options and company performance bonus
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave, plus strong sick leave provision
- Remote-first working across the UK
- Clear progression for someone aspiring to step into a Head of Product role
- The chance to work on genuinely meaningful technology alongside world-class scientists and engineers
How to Apply
If you are a Senior Product Manager looking to take ownership of strategy, influence company direction and work on cutting-edge AI products in life sciences, please apply.

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