André Pinto

Software, DevOps & Platform Engineers you are selling yourselves short🗣️ I have received roughly 40 resumes this week since offering to give advice and feedback. I learnt a lot during this process, especially when people are applying for positions more than ever, and the need to stand out is crucial. My biggest observation was that it took me too long to understand the following⬇️ What are your specialisms? Where have you made or had an impact in your role? Which key technologies have you been using regularly? What do you want to be seen as? ➡️This is a biggie What soft skills do you have? Too may resumes make it difficult for the reader to actually understand what you are doing and what you are good at. Make it easy for people to see HOW YOU CAN ADD VALUE Drop me a message if you want some feedback on your resume📩 I will come back to you as quickly as possible.

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Machine Learning Engineer - Founding Team - London £200k If you answer yes to 4/5 of these questions, then you want to check out this job (link in comments) 1️⃣ Do you have experience with quantization techniques (e.g., PEFT, DeepSpeed, TensorRT) to optimize ML models? 2️⃣  Have you ever managed or worked with a multi-node HPC cluster? 3️⃣ Are you familiar with Deep Learning using PyTorch Library? 4️⃣ Do you have experience with Kubernetes container orchestration? 5️⃣  Have you worked with some of the recent Large Language Models (e.g., OpenAI, LLaMA)? #LLM #ArtificialIntelligence #Quantization

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☕ Good morning, everyone! It's Monday again, and we're ready to kick off another exciting week. 💡 Some impressive numbers about AI growth and adoption in the UK: ▪️ The UK AI market, valued at over £16.8 billion according to the US International Trade Administration, is projected to grow to £801.6 billion by 2035. ▪️ Over the past decade, the number of AI companies in the UK has surged by more than 600%. ▪️ Government research indicates that around one in six UK organizations, totaling 432,000, have adopted at least one AI technology. ▪️ Specifically, 68% of large companies, 33% of medium-sized companies, and 15% of small businesses have integrated AI. The UK AI market is booming, creating exciting opportunities for top talent. Now is the perfect time to connect with leading AI professionals as businesses increasingly adopt cutting-edge technologies. I recently began working in the Data and AI space. Together with my experienced colleagues at Nicholson Search and Selection, we help start-ups and scale-ups connect with top-tier tech talent across the UK and Europe. Here are some examples of the roles my team can help you fill: 🤖 Head of Artificial Intelligence 🤖 AI Researcher 🤖 Chief Data Scientist 🤖 Data Scientist 🤖 Machine/Deep Learning Engineer 🤖 Data Engineer 🤖 Software Engineer If your company is looking to build a team that will take you to the next level, or if you're an engineer open to new opportunities, let's chat! 🙌 📩 Email: [email protected] 📲 Mobile: +44 (0) 7958 219078

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Senior ML Engineer (Infrastructure) - AI Safety Startup - London £300K Contact Mohammed Khaleed for more information. Cutting-edge AI safety research startup looking for a rockstar to join us in London. Don't let location hold you back! We'll sponsor and support your move to London. If you're passionate about AI alignment and have the chops to back it up, this could be your dream job. What you'll do: 🎸 Gear up the AI playground: Set up and manage powerful GPU clusters to train and evaluate cutting-edge AI applications. 🎸Become an AI safety architect: Design and build training pipelines to assess AI alignment, ensuring these systems stay on the right track. Why you'll love it: 🎸Real-world impact: Your work will directly contribute to the development of safe and beneficial AI. 🎸Stand out from the crowd: We especially value experience from top AI labs and startups backed by leading venture capitalists. This is your chance to be at the forefront of AI safety. Are you ready to rock? Link in comments #machinelearning #mlengineer #AI #artificialintelligence #startup

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Bit late to it... but better late than never, right? Rundown of Q2 in Team Java & Kotlin incoming ➡➡➡ 💪🏼 122% of our quarterly target 💸 Highest billing UK team at Understanding Recruitment 🏆 We hit our team incentive 📅 23 new client meetings ✅ 1.09 CV : 1 Interview ratio It's no secret that the last 18 months haven't been the smoothest sailing for the tech market, but one thing for certain is that things are moving in the right direction. What have we got in store for Q3? 💥 If you're looking to scale your engineering team this quarter and need some advice or support, feel free to reachout for a chat about how we can alleviate some of the headaches that come with hiring! #quarterlyupdate #hiring #techrecruitment #java #kotlin

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Results from last weeks poll. Very close call - seems we're split on this one. With demand for work / life balance on the rise. Is this an approach we might see adopted more in 2025? #4dayweek #prorated #softwareengineering

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Mid-February ON Data Staffing was retained by a Boutique Data & AI Consultancy, to help grow their Data & ML Engineering team with Databricks-experienced hires. In just under 10 weeks, we managed to help find 5 key permanent hires, which works out one hire a fortnight. How so quickly? We focused on 3 things that the client & potential candidates should align on. Culture Cultural fit in any Data-driven SMB is key, therefore knowing a client's & a potential candidate's approach to teamwork, communication style, and work ethic is vital. Beliefs Understanding both client and candidate beliefs can provide insights into whether motivations and approaches to work align. Values It's so important that when hiring or joining a new organization people's values align from the offset, it fosters a sense of shared purpose and commitment. It goes without saying that technical ability on a profile is what gets noticed initially by a Data Headhunter, but if any of the above is not aligned then it proves no service to a client looking to hire or a candidate looking for their next move. Hours are put into speaking with stakeholders of an organization, observing and learning what their beliefs, values, and culture are REALLY like. Hours are put into shortlisting and this is where we at ON Data Staffing dive deeper into the culture, beliefs, and values of the candidate too. After that, the match-making process begins. #DataRecruitment #DataHeadhunter #BigData #DataAnalytics #DataEngineering #Databricks #Snowflake #DataConsulting

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) 📈 ✅ Projected £14 billion contribution to the UKs gross domestic product by the end of 2028 ✅ 14,000 jobs to British businesses With additional investments across Europe, announcing a €15.7 billion investment in Spain earlier this year and another €7.8 billion in Germany. Setting the speed for cloud infrastructure spending moving further into 2024! #AWS #AWSDatacentre #Datacentreinfrstructure #Datacentreinnovartion #Datacenter #Datacenterinfrastructure #Datacenterinnovation #Amazon #Amazondatacenter #Amazondatacenter #cloudinfrastructure #artificialintelligence

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💡Advertising your Senior DevOps/SRE role online is not the most effective starting point in your recruitment process💡 I spoke to 7 Engineering managers last week who said that it was taking over 6 months to fill their senior level DevOps & SRE roles🤯 All of them had advertised their positions online as a first port of call and therefore expected a healthy flow of suitable applicants to be available within a few working days👀 Some were not even allowed to do anything else until the advert had been live for 2 weeks!😓 Last week I highlighted the issues of the current high volume of applications organisations are receiving🛑 For such business critical & specific requirement roles, this approach impacts: Candidate experience, due to lack of feedback😊😕 Time lost going through volume applications⌚ The ability to really communicate what the role is📌 Opportunity to spend on other recruitment activities🤔💭 Talent teams already stacked workload🥵 Ability to engage with the target market😕 Instead, before posting your business critical SRE/DevOps role, consider: Leveraging your own network first📞🙂 Reengage with candidates previously interviewed that performed well🤝 Allow talent teams or suppliers to actively headhunt first🎯 Work out how many people within the market have the skills you require to see if advertising will even be useful🗺️ Give these activities enough time to produce results⌚ Senior level DevOps & SRE roles will not apply to a wide variety of the market given the specific skills and unique experience each organisation requires📃 Therefore, before limiting your approach and risking company reputation, organisations need to prioritise other methods to tap into their target profiles📈 The right person for the position may never see the advert; it is crucial to go to the market and not wait for it to come to you😎 #devops #sre #seniorhires #tethr #cloud

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Speed up semantic search performance with token pruning for our ELSER model: https://lnkd.in/eXD6rHU7 #ElasticSearchLabs #SemanticSearch

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The Manchester Databricks meet up will be Thursday 15th August. We have an awesome line up which I'll announce soon 👁️👁️ Check out a quick video from June's meet up below. If you'd like to sign up to the Manchester Databricks user group, please see link in comments #databricks #meetup #networking

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🤯 I was mindblown discovering Claude Artifacts: As we stand on the verge of a new transformation of education, Claude artifacts are emerging as a transformative force that could reshape how we learn and interact with artificial intelligence from the get go. These dynamic, AI-generated content modules e.g.: - interactive dashboards generated from PDFs, spreadsheets & more - data visualisation - wireframe creation / UI - code modules and so much more represent a significant leap forward in educational technology, offering a tantalizing preview of future human-AI collaboration. Claude artifacts are not mere static information blocks. They are adaptive, interactive, and context-aware pieces of content that can be seamlessly integrated into various learning environments. Whether it's a complex code snippet, an interactive data visualization, or a customizable lesson plan, these artifacts have the potential to revolutionize personalized learning and YOU can publish them to your audience! Key advantages of Claude artifacts in education: 1. Personalization at scale: AI can tailor artifacts to individual learning styles and paces, addressing the long-standing challenge of providing personalized education to large numbers of students. 2. Real-time adaptation: Artifacts can evolve based on a learner's progress, ensuring that educational content remains challenging yet achievable. 3. Interdisciplinary learning: By effortlessly combining elements from different subjects, artifacts can foster a more holistic understanding of complex topics. 4. Hands-on experience: Interactive coding environments and simulations within artifacts provide practical, risk-free learning experiences. 5. Accessibility: AI-generated artifacts can quickly translate and adapt content, making quality education more accessible across language barriers and learning differences. As we integrate these AI-powered tools into our educational systems, we're not just enhancing learning – we're actually redefining it. Claude artifacts offer a glimpse into a future where the boundaries between human expertise and AI assistance blur even more, creating what can be the beginning of a symbiotic relationship that amplifies our collective knowledge and capabilities. The future of education is adaptive, personalized, and potentially powered by the vast capabilities of AI. What are your thoughts? https://lnkd.in/gdChQ9Vz https://lnkd.in/gKup7zzE #AIinEducation #FutureOfLearning #EdTech

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Narakeet - a neural network for voicing text in 100+ languages - is going viral on the net. Now the AI can voice any text in 20 languages, but the developers promise to "finish" up to a hundred soon. Testing 🔊 https://lnkd.in/eKwh2GdE #AI #aIdevelopers #languages #outstaffing #remote

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How is Uber using machine learning to deliver 10M real-time predictions per second?   Foxtek's May Data & AI report has the answer and other latest updates, including:   ✔️ Synq’s crucial findings on data accuracy and the need for specialised testing. ✔️ LinkedIn’s LakeChime: Unifying data trigger semantics across modern and traditional table formats. ✔️ Innovations from Slack’s female data engineers using Apache Airflow and Kubernetes.   Get all the details in the blog: https://lnkd.in/er-3cbxH   #MLOps #AI #MachineLearning #TechNews

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How can YOU, as a start-up, compete with top tech companies to hire talented Engineers? I'm working on a short read on how start-ups CAN hire talented individuals. WHY? There was a 22% increase in tech companies incorporated in the UK last year, with 51,017 tech teams formed, up from 41,972 the year before (RSM, 2024). However, start-up hiring remains challenging due to budgeting and time constraints. Including (not limited to): - Strategies to attract talented engineers - Tips for retaining top talent - What a compelling package looks like (when on a budget!). Happy to also chat in more detail on why you may struggle with offer acceptance rates, combat short tenures, increase workforce productivity. Drop me a note if you would like a copy. #techstartups #data #talentacquisition #startuphiring #UKTech #artificialintelligence #techrecruitment #datascience #dataengineering #AI

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In the past two weeks, we’ve reviewed over 450 CVs for a Head of Architecture search and more than 400 for a Head of Engineering search, each from a range of different sources. The common issue? Most CVs are just a job description in disguise. They tell us what the person was responsible for but not what they actually achieved. What’s missing? The outcomes. The impact. In such a competitive market, you can’t rely on job titles and responsibilities to tell your story. You need to show the impact you’ve made in your career. 🔑 Here’s how to stand out… 1️⃣ Be specific – What did you deliver? What projects or challenges did you face? 2️⃣ Explain the how – the methodologies, technologies, or strategies you employed. 3️⃣ Show the outcome/impact – with context, both from a technical and business perspective. What was the result of your work? How did it benefit the organisation? It’s crucial to make it easy for people to understand the difference you’ve brought. If you’re not clearly showing the value you’ve delivered, you’re relying too much on assumptions—and in today’s market, assumptions won’t cut it. Make your CV more than a job description. Make it your story! #Recruitment #TechLeadership #CVTips #CareerDevelopment

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Machine Learning Engineer - Founding Team - London £200k If you answer yes to 4/5 of these questions, then you want to check out this job (link in comments) 1️⃣ Do you have experience with quantization techniques (e.g., PEFT, DeepSpeed, TensorRT) to optimize ML models? 2️⃣  Have you ever managed or worked with a multi-node HPC cluster? 3️⃣ Are you familiar with Deep Learning using PyTorch Library? 4️⃣ Do you have experience with Kubernetes container orchestration? 5️⃣  Have you worked with some of the recent Large Language Models (e.g., OpenAI, LLaMA)? #LLM #ArtificialIntelligence #Quantization

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Some of the BEST Software Engineers I've worked with have some of the WORST CVs I've ever seen. And some simply do not have one. The top 5% of talent are not scouting out new roles and applying to adverts... ..they're headhunted. So there's simply no need to create a CV. And that's where the job of a Recruiter comes in, to shine a spotlight on those who are unseen in the market, or to fill in the gaps on those awfully written CVs. So the next your recuiter show's you a horrible CV, they might just be showing you a superstar. G.Digital | G&T (girls and tech!)

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Hello to my network 👋 To all my DevOps, Cloud & Mobile Engineers... when was the last time you reviewed your CV? CVs get you through the door and into an interview, they represent you before a hiring manager knows who you really are as a person. I don't believe that CVs are the only thing that hiring managers should be taking into consideration however, they are the initial point of contact and are therefore, super important to get right. Tech role CVs are different to most as hiring managers are very focused on Tech stack and certifications BUT they still have to feature all the important information in a concise and informative way. I believe the best layout of your CV should be 1. Your full tech stack (as this is what hiring managers want to be able to see straight away) 2. Your key skills listed in a concise way and based on your relevant recent projects. 3. Your relevant certifications. 4. Your work experience 5 . Your education. 6. A short summary of your interests. (Gives a bit of your personality). I am always happy to review peoples CVs if they are looking for a new job and want some help. Feel free to reach out! #devopsjobs #cloudjobs #mobilejobs #CVreview

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