Oliver Bernard

Myself and Jessica Keightley hosted Oliver Bernard's second Product-focused Roundtable last night on 'Navigating the AI hype cycle' and it was a very insightful session chaired by Jacob Sullivan. Thanks again to our knowledgable attendees Paul Jackson Odd Nydren Yanislava Petrova Grant Hodgkinson Nicholas Whitford. If you are interested in attending or hosting a future event, please reach out.

Last week we were delighted to welcome six inspirational girls through Oliver Bernard’s Future CodeHers to our East London Studios for a week's work experience in our technology department. FutureCodeHers partner with schools across the UK and connect girls interested in a future in technology with industry professionals who are passionate about nurturing young talent and opening up opportunities to explore the industry. Team members Cassandra Nicholson and Krystyna K. Wood coordinated an action packed week of activities for the group across the different functions in our technology department. This was all done in partnership with Oliver Bernard’s Naushine Robinson Assoc CIPD and Ewan Marshall so together we knew we had an enlightening week of activities ahead to benefit each of the attendees. The week included time with our business analyst, digital product owner, project management, IT service desk, information security and data functions. Needless to say we couldn’t have hosted it without the support of Suzi Colman, Hollie Buzer, Dara Kolajo, Jake Dormer, Hamzah Choudry, Kezia D., Spencer Scott CISSP GCIH, Sonali Patel and Alain Peroumal who introduced the students to their day to days and involved them in a variety of activities in their functions. We were all inspired by this wonderful group of future female talent. What a privilege to play a small part at the start of their career journeys! #WeAreAllSaints

🗞 New Role 👨💻 Contract .NET Developer  👕 Energy Trading  🌍 London Zone 1, Hybrid working 💷 £750/day, OUTSIDE IR35 Contract .NET Developer – Energy Trading – ETRM   Oliver Bernard are currently working with an established Energy Trading company who are looking for a Contract. NET Developer with extensive experience working with C#, .NET and AzureDevOps   Our client is now in a real growth and modernisation phase with quality engineering at the heart of everything they do. They’re now about to go through a greenfield implementation programme, so looking to expand the team with a contractor that can help drive this forward.   To be considered for this opening, you must have the following experience: Microsoft .NET and C# ASP.NET WebAPI Modern web UI frameworks (Vue.js or Angular) Experience of continuous integration and deployment - Azure DevOps SQL Server 2014 onwards Excellent knowledge of SOLID principles, design patterns and re-factoring Knowledge of any of the following would be an advantage; ASP.NET MVC, RabbitMQ, SpecFlow, MongoDB, Typescript or Python   This role can offer up to £750/day (DOE), OUTSIDE IR35 for 6 months, and operates a hybrid working model (2 office days per week in London).   Contract .NET Developer – Energy Trading – ETRM If this role sounds of interest please get in touch with Tom Nicholls on tom.nicholls@oliverbernard.com 💻

Last Friday was the end of the 4 week Digital (Tech) T-level industry placement supported by Argus Media. We remember conversations with Caroline Loubert, Andrew Godfrey and Jon Peterson started back in May 2023 about a collaboration and it went along the lines of "we love the talks and insight days you're doing, we would love to do something longer, something impactful" ...and so just over a year later we have had Karolina Kamionka Rona Nteeba Gainelle Sarmiento and Nyashadzashe Zinyuke from Ursuline High School Wimbledon join the team at Argus Media for 4 weeks as full-time apprentices. 🙌 This is a major contribution to their 45-day mandatory company placement they need to get their qualification! At the age of 16/17, the students have gained invaluable insight across tech including: 🗞 Different roles across Product Management, UX Design, Engineering, QA, Service desk. 🐞 They found a software bug in their first week! 😯 They've been surprised about how similar their course content is to the real world ↗ Different pathways people took to get into tech 👍 👎 What jobs they like and what they don't want to do! ...and outside of the above, they loved how friendly, welcoming and supportive the team are and will miss you (and the pool table 🎱 ) Thank you to everyone at Argus Media for this unforgettable opportunity 👏👏 Meltem Dincer Tunde Jinadu Theodora Winful Naushine Robinson Assoc CIPD Halima Bhayat Oliver Bernard

🗞 New Role 🗞 👨💻 Data Scientist  👕 Sports / Football Industry 🌍 Central London   💷 Up to £85k + Bonus We have partnered with an established sports firm who are looking for a Data Scientist in London. This role would be suitable for someone with an interest and good understanding in football. The ideal candidate will have worked in a start up environment and enjoy working in a fast paced team.    You would be joining a team of 6 data scientists helping to build predictive models to predict match outcomes and player performance. You will need to be pragmatic and particularly strong in Statistical Analysis.     Technical environment: Python, SQL, AWS, Machine Learning, Statistical Analysis, Predictive Modelling, Regression Modelling. Salary paying up to £85k + a strong package including bonuses, pension, cover etc.    This role would require 4 days onsite in London (non-negotiable), with flexibility around core working hours. If this role sounds of interest, please get in touch with Charlie Gallogly: Charlie.gallogly@oliverbernard.com

We can’t believe it’s already July; the first half of the year has flown by! Below are some highlights so far: 🧠 We welcomed Anita Patel to deliver Neurodiversity training to both our team and clients, fostering a more inclusive and understanding environment. 🙋🏽♀️ We created OB Women's Employee Resource Group (ERG) which has already arranged free sanitary products and period days. ⃝ We kicked off OB Roundtables including discussions with OB Senior Tech Leaders on AI, Product teams on Operating Models and Kotlin's community Q&A Evening hosted at OB HQ. 🏃♂️ We launched the OB running club, clocking over 5,000km together! Including a city run for Men's Mental Health awareness week 2024 💪 👏 Hosted some fabulous tech community meetups with monday.com, Skyscanner, Mindful Chef | B Corp, UnderwriteMe, Builder.ai, LexisNexis and 1ovmany | B Corp™. This is part of our continued commitment to fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing within the tech community. 🏳️🌈 Volunteering for Pride by training and supporting over 800 amazing volunteers who made this year's parade unforgettable. 👧 Future CodeHers inspired over 2000 girls involved in Tech Careers Fairs, Insight Days, Careers talks, Tech lunches , work experience with AllSaints and not forgetting the 4-weeks T-level Industry experience with Argus Media ⚽ And not forgetting our surprise visit from the legendary Bryan Robson, our director Billy Jenkins all time hero! We are looking forward to seeing what the next 6 months brings 🙌

🤘🏽Tech Lunches🤘🏽 When we invite students from all year groups to listen to a 'career in tech' talk during their lunch break to perk their interest. This week, Central Foundation Girls' School was joined for their third and final #TechLunch by the lovely Sophia McDermott, a Senior Manager in Change & Release Management as well as the ERG Lead of BEAD (Black Employees of African Descent) at Anaplan. This talk was 10/10 ⭐️ What perked the students interest? 👏 Hearing about Sophia's personal struggles and how she overcame them 🧐 The power of curiosity, and how asking lot's of questions can help progress 🚪Just get in the door, it doesn't mean you have to stay in that role 👀 Look out for opportunities such as secondments/ ask for them 💰and Salaries in tech/ earning potential! Thank you Sophia McDermott and Laila Miah for enabling this event to take place!

🚨 New Java/React Job Alert 🚨 👨💻 Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Java & React)   👕 eCommerce / Retail 🌍 Watford offices, 4-days a week initially, flexible with remote working long-term  💷 £85k-£100k   My client who are an exciting start-up/scale-up within the Retail/E-Commerce sector, where innovation is at the heart of everything they do, are looking to add a highly skilled Senior Full-Stack Java Developer to their engineering team. The ideal candidate will come with prior Retail/E-Commerce experience as well as experience with architectural decisions. Java, Spring, React, AWS 💻 Pays £85k-£100k 💷 Hybrid in Watford with long-term flexibility for Remote working 🏢 You must be UK based to be considered for this role 🌍   If this role is of interest and you'd like to find out more, please your CV to ewan.marshall@oliverbernard.com

Another great turnout at Agile London with Skyscanner last night! Thanks to everyone who attended and to Skyscanner for hosting 👏

🏳️🌈 We are loving this year's Pride theme, #WeAreEverywhere and are thrilled that Naushine Robinson Assoc CIPD our DEI Manager, is serving as a Core Volunteer for Pride in London! Naushine's been heavily involved with Pride’s volunteer team, training and supporting over 800 amazing volunteers who will make this year's parade unforgettable. Her dedication and hard work are truly inspiring, and we're so proud to see her play a vital role in celebrating London's vibrant LGBTQ+ community. To everyone attending Pride on Saturday 29th, we wish you an incredible day filled with joy, love, and acceptance ✨ #DEI #PrideMonth #LGBTQ+