About Us
Every business needs to know who they’re really working with whether it’s suppliers, investors, partners, or third parties. At
Xapien, we’re reinventi...
About Us
Every business needs to know who they’re really working with whether it’s suppliers, investors, partners, or third parties. At
Xapien, we’re reinventing how organisations do that, combining speed, scale and accuracy with cutting-edge AI.
Since 2018, we’ve grown from a deep-tech startup to a global player in AI-driven due diligence and risk intelligence. 2024 was a
landmark year as we closed a $10M Series A, earned recognition in the Chartis RiskTech100® and Everest Group’s Leading 50™, and
expanded our products, markets and customer base.
2025 was even bigger: With new regulations, rising compliance pressure and growing reputation risks, organisations everywhere are
demanding smarter, faster ways to work and they’re turning to us. Customers worldwide from global law firms and private banks to
universities and nonprofits rely on Xapien to turn days of manual research into trusted insights, delivered in minutes.
Our momentum so far
Customers in a diverse range of industries, with particular growth in wealth management, financial services and supply chain
onboarding.
Demand accelerating beyond our UK headquarters, across multiple continents with new customers in the Middle East, Asia, and
Oceania.
Why this is an exciting time to join
This isn’t just another job role; it’s an opportunity to shape the future of the due diligence industry with a market-leading
product trusted by global organisations. Whether you’re in marketing, communications, sales, or finance, you’ll play a critical
role in driving growth, building credibility, and defining how we connect our product to a rapidly evolving market.
We’re scaling fast with more customers, more releases, and bigger regulatory and market challenges. Expectations are rising, due
diligence now means real-time insight, delivered efficiently and with impact. You won’t just be executing campaigns, closing
deals, or managing numbers, you’ll be influencing strategy, optimising processes, and helping position a brand that’s setting the
new standard for trust and transparency.
For people who love learning, innovating, and making an impact that matters now is the moment to be a part of Xapien.
What will you do:
Reporting to Shaun O'Mahony, Co-Founder and CPTO, you'll take ownership of the product
roadmap, the team, and the day-to-day product decisions that currently sit with the CPTO.
You'll bring the B2B enterprise SaaS playbook that turns promising technology into a scalable product business — customer advisory
boards, structured roadmap communication, segmentation discipline, and the kind of evidence-based decision-making that lets the
whole organisation move faster with confidence.
What makes Xapien genuinely exciting for a senior product hire is the moment it's in. The hard technology problem is largely
solved. What's needed now is the product and commercial discipline to focus that capability on the right customers, in the right
segments and to build the organisation that can sustain and accelerate that focus as the company scales. For a product leader who
wants to pair world-class technology with world-class product management, and have their fingerprints on how a category-defining
company grows, the timing doesn't get much better than this.
Key responsibilities:
Translate company strategy into a clear product roadmap with explicit bets, sequenced priorities, and defined ICPs for each
target segment.
Establish and maintain a rigorous prioritisation framework that connects strategy and customer evidence to roadmap decisions —
and has the courage to kill work that doesn't pass the test. In a company with big ambitions and limited resources, saying no
is as important as saying yes.
Drive segmentation discipline: define where Xapien plays, how it wins, and ensure every initiative ladders up to that focus.
Partner with the CEO, CPTO, and Chief Strategy Officer to align product direction with commercial strategy and fundraising
narrative.
Establish a customer advisory board to create a structured, ongoing feedback loop with key accounts — moving beyond ad-hoc
conversations to systematic insight.
Define how the roadmap is communicated to commercial teams and customers: what's shared, what's not, how commitments are
framed, and how expectation-setting works across sales cycles.
Own the product narrative for commercial conversations — ensuring sales teams can confidently articulate what's coming, what's
possible, and what's out of scope.
Implement outcome-based metrics and feedback loops that measure whether the product is moving the needle for customers and the
business, not just shipping features.
Represent the voice of the customer in leadership discussions, grounding strategic decisions in evidence rather than opinion.
Embed modern product discovery practices: continuous customer research, hypothesis-driven development, and rapid validation
cycles.
Build planning and delivery processes together with engineering that give commercial and leadership teams confidence in
commitments.
Own product quality standards — ensuring what ships actually solves the problem it was meant to solve, not just pass QA.
Bring the rigour of enterprise SaaS product management to a team with strong technical instincts but less structured product
About Us
Every business needs to know who they’re really working with whether it’s suppliers, investors, partners, or third parties. At
Xapien, we’re reinventing how organisations do that, combining speed, scale and accuracy with cutting-edge AI.
Since 2018, we’ve grown from a deep-tech startup to a global player in AI-driven due diligence and risk intelligence. 2024 was a
landmark year as we closed a $10M Series A, earned recognition in the Chartis RiskTech100® and Everest Group’s Leading 50™, and
expanded our products, markets and customer base.
2025 was even bigger: With new regulations, rising compliance pressure and growing reputation risks, organisations everywhere are
demanding smarter, faster ways to work and they’re turning to us. Customers worldwide from global law firms and private banks to
universities and nonprofits rely on Xapien to turn days of manual research into trusted insights, delivered in minutes.
Our momentum so far
Customers in a diverse range of industries, with particular growth in wealth management, financial services and supply chain
onboarding.
Demand accelerating beyond our UK headquarters, across multiple continents with new customers in the Middle East, Asia, and
Oceania.
Why this is an exciting time to join
This isn’t just another job role; it’s an opportunity to shape the future of the due diligence industry with a market-leading
product trusted by global organisations. Whether you’re in marketing, communications, sales, or finance, you’ll play a critical
role in driving growth, building credibility, and defining how we connect our product to a rapidly evolving market.
We’re scaling fast with more customers, more releases, and bigger regulatory and market challenges. Expectations are rising, due
diligence now means real-time insight, delivered efficiently and with impact. You won’t just be executing campaigns, closing
deals, or managing numbers, you’ll be influencing strategy, optimising processes, and helping position a brand that’s setting the
new standard for trust and transparency.
For people who love learning, innovating, and making an impact that matters now is the moment to be a part of Xapien.
Role Overview
In the run-up to securing Series B funding, Xapien is hiring a Head of Engineering to build and lead a high-performing, scalable
engineering organisation. Reporting to Shaun O’Mahony, Co-Founder and CTPO, you’ll own the systems, practices, and culture that
enable a ~35-person (and growing) product and engineering organisation to deliver reliably, iterate quickly, and partner
effectively across the business.
You’ll lead the engineering organisation end-to-end: driving delivery execution, scaling the team, building operational maturity,
and championing AI-augmented development practices. You will operate at multiple levels — coaching managers and ICs, owning
incident response, and setting the operational direction for Xapien’s engineering organisation. The CTPO retains product and
technical vision; you make it happen. This is a rare opportunity to both build the foundations of a scaling engineering org and
directly influence the growth trajectory of an AI-native company.
Key Responsibilities
Drive Sustainable, Agile Delivery
● Establish lightweight, agile practices that support fast iterations, predictable delivery, and continuous improvement.
● Build delivery management processes (planning, estimation, forecasting) that give product and commercial teams confidence in
timelines.
● Own QA and testing practices to ensure quality keeps pace with rapid delivery cycles — including release gating through
alpha/beta environments, feature flags, and automated regression testing.
● Implement engineering metrics and dashboards (e.g., DORA metrics) that provide visibility into delivery velocity, deployment
frequency, change failure rates, and team health — reinforcing Xapien's identity as a data-driven organisation.
Scale the Engineering Organisation
● Grow the team thoughtfully, hiring for both technical excellence and collaborative mindset.
● Define structures and roles (including QA and delivery management functions) that enable effective cross-functional
collaboration.
● Create career pathways and coaching frameworks that develop strong engineers and future leaders.
● Foster a culture of shared ownership of product outcomes, not just technical deliverables.
● Develop a workforce strategy that accounts for AI-augmented development — understanding where agentic tooling can amplify output
and where human judgement is essential, to build a right-sized, cost-effective engineering organisation.
Operational & Technical Leadership
● Drive and govern platform scalability, reliability, and maintainability — working with strong technical leads who own
architectural decisions within a domain-driven design structure.
● Establish engineering-wide standards for code quality, review processes, and technical governance.
● Build observability, incident management, and on-call practices that scale with team growth and deployment frequency.
● Embed DevOps, MLOps, security, and compliance practices into day-to-day workflows.
● Balance technical debt with feature delivery needs, making trade-offs transparent to the business.
Cross-Functional Partnership
● Collaborate with product leadership to translate business priorities into technical roadmaps and realistic delivery commitments.
● Partner with commercial teams to align engineering focus with commercial drivers and business objectives.
● Partner with compliance, security, and data protection stakeholders to ensure engineering practices meet regulatory requirements
— particularly important given Xapien's role in handling sensitive due diligence data.
● Facilitate clear communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders, contributing to company-wide planning.
What We're Looking For
● Delivery Leadership: 5+ years leading multiple cross-functional engineering teams through significant growth, including
experience managing managers and scaling delivery, QA, and testing functions.
● Agile Collaboration: Proven experience embedding agile practices, fast iterations, and effective QA/testing processes.
● Scaling Experience: Built or scaled engineering orgs during high-growth early stage phases (Series A/B).
● Technical Credibility: Strong background in cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and modern delivery practices
(CI/CD, automated testing, observability). Experience with cloud cost management and infrastructure optimisation.
● Operational Maturity: Experience building observability, on-call rotations, and incident management practices as engineering
organisations scale — reducing MTTR and increasing deployment confidence.
● Range & Flexibility: Comfortable operating at multiple levels — from directly managing ICs and leading incident response, to
defining long-term operational strategy and scaling the organisation. You make things happen.
● Leadership Qualities: Systems thinker, excellent communicator, strong people developer, and commercially minded.
● Manager of Managers: Proven ability to build, coach, and empower engineering managers to lead their own teams effectively.
● Architectural Judgement: Ability to evaluate and challenge technical decisions without needing to own every design — ensuring
the right level of rigour as systems scale.
● Bonus: Familiarity with AI/ML technologies and their operational requirements, including experience with AI-augmented
development workflows.
Success in This Role Looks Like
Within 12 months:
● Agile delivery practices in place, with predictable velocity and clear quality standards.
● QA, testing, and delivery management embedded as integral parts of the engineering function.
● Effective collaboration processes established with product and commercial teams.
● Scalable management structures and career pathways defined.
● Engineering career framework published and actively used for development conversations.
● Incident management and observability practices established — clear SLAs, fast detection and resolution.
Within 24 months:
● A self-sustaining, high-performing engineering organisation that delivers at speed and scale.
● Product and commercial teams have high confidence in engineering reliability and quality.
● The platform supports growth with minimal operational overhead and measurably improving incident response times.
● Strong engineering culture — with clear career progression, coaching, and an environment that attracts and retains top talent.
Why This Role Matters
At Xapien, engineering isn't just about building features, it's about creating the technical foundation that enables the entire
business to scale. As Head of Engineering, you'll be instrumental in ensuring that our technical capabilities grow in step with
our business ambitions, while building a team and culture that can sustain high performance over the long term.
This is an opportunity to shape the organisational architecture and operational backbone of a rapidly growing AI company, working
alongside a technical co-founder who retains the product and technical vision — and needs a partner who can turn that vision into
reliable, scalable execution.
Here’s our promise to you:
* We are going to work with you - to build a rewarding and fulfilling career with the opportunities, challenges and resources you
need to do you your best work.
* We succeed together- you will own a meaningful part of the business through our employee shares & equity programme.
* Private health insurance to keep you in tip-top condition.
* Life Insurance – let's hope nobody ever needs this!
* Unlimited holidays – yes, it really is uncapped – take the time you need, when you need it.
* Everyone is learning, developing and challenging themselves so we have a £1k professional development fund per year if you want
to learn new skills, even new things outside of work.
* Most importantly of all, we will work with you, to help you realise your fullest potential, always.
About Us
Every business needs to know who they’re really working with whether it’s suppliers, investors, partners, or third parties. At
Xapien, we’re reinventing how organisations do that, combining speed, scale and accuracy with cutting-edge AI.
Since 2018, we’ve grown from a deep-tech startup to a global player in AI-driven due diligence and risk intelligence. 2024 was a
landmark year as we closed a $10M Series A, earned recognition in the Chartis RiskTech100® and Everest Group’s Leading 50™, and
expanded our products, markets and customer base.
2025 was even bigger: With new regulations, rising compliance pressure and growing reputation risks, organisations everywhere are
demanding smarter, faster ways to work and they’re turning to us. Customers worldwide from global law firms and private banks to
universities and nonprofits rely on Xapien to turn days of manual research into trusted insights, delivered in minutes.
Our momentum so far
Customers in a diverse range of industries, with particular growth in wealth management, financial services and supply chain
onboarding.
Demand accelerating beyond our UK headquarters, across multiple continents with new customers in the Middle East, Asia, and
Oceania.
Why this is an exciting time to join
This isn’t just another job role; it’s an opportunity to shape the future of the due diligence industry with a market-leading
product trusted by global organisations. Whether you’re in marketing, communications, sales, or finance, you’ll play a critical
role in driving growth, building credibility, and defining how we connect our product to a rapidly evolving market.
We’re scaling fast with more customers, more releases, and bigger regulatory and market challenges. Expectations are rising, due
diligence now means real-time insight, delivered efficiently and with impact. You won’t just be executing campaigns, closing
deals, or managing numbers, you’ll be influencing strategy, optimising processes, and helping position a brand that’s setting the
new standard for trust and transparency.
For people who love learning, innovating, and making an impact that matters now is the moment to be a part of Xapien.
The role
We are looking for an experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineer to help lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of our
cloud infrastructure. Working directly with our Head of Platform Engineering, you will play a key role in shaping the technical
future of our product. This position involves a mix of hands-on technical expertise and strategic planning, with a focus on
optimizing our systems for scalability, reliability, and maintainability. We are seeking someone with a strong background in
building and deploying scalable cloud-native applications on AWS, experience with microservices architecture, and a track record
of automating and improving infrastructure processes to improve overall developer experience.
Here’s what you will be responsible for
· Designing, building, and maintaining scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS using technologies including
EC2, ECS, Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, RDS, Cognito, S3, and SNS.
· Developing and deploying cloud-native applications following microservice design patterns.
· Implementing infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation to automate deployment and scaling processes.
· Automating deployment pipelines and CI/CD processes to ensure rapid and reliable delivery of software.
· Monitoring system performance, troubleshooting issues, and optimizing infrastructure for performance and cost-efficiency.
· Collaborating with the development team to ensure seamless integration and deployment of applications.
· Ensuring best practices in security, compliance, and data protection are followed across all infrastructure components.
· Mentoring and providing guidance to junior engineers, promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
Your skills & experience
Must-haves to be successful in this role
· Strong experience in Go or C# programming languages (ideally both).
· Extensive experience in building and deploying scalable cloud-native applications on AWS using technologies including EC2, ECS,
Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, RDS, Cognito, S3, and SNS.
· Experience architecting cloud-native applications following microservice design patterns.
· Proficiency with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
· Deep understanding of AWS services, cloud architecture, and best practices.
· Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes or ECS.
· Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Github Actions, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.
· Strong understanding of networking concepts, security principles, and system monitoring.
· Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to break down complex problems into manageable tasks.
· Track record of designing and implementing scalable, reliable distributed, heterogeneous systems.
· Deep knowledge of cloud architecture and development best practices, design principles, and patterns.
· Experience working with everything from relational databases though to a multitude of NoSQL stores.
· Experience working with technologies, including message queues, event streams, authentication, caching, API hosting, containers,
lambdas, FaaS patterns, orchestration / workflow engines and search engines.
· Strong communication skills—our ideas are nothing if we cannot communicate them.
· Analytical mindset with the ability to articulate your thinking.
· Ability to work autonomously and within a team, engaging flexibly to develop solutions.
Nobody can do everything but here’s a few related things we’re interested in
· Experience working with multi-region cloud deployments, designing for availability, resilience and maintainability.
· Security best practices and compliance standards in cloud environments.
· We are primarily on AWS but experience working with GCP and Azure would be helpful.
· Experience with Elastic Cloud, MongoDB, and Temporal orchestration engine.
· Experience deploying machine learning systems and particularly LLMs.
· Familiarity with Elastic Observability or equivalent observability platforms.
· Good understanding of core DevOps concepts (containers, CICD etc).
Here’s our promise to you:
* We are going to work with you - to build a rewarding and fulfilling career with the opportunities, challenges and resources you
need to do you your best work.
* We succeed together- you will own a meaningful part of the business through our employee shares & equity programme.
* Private health insurance to keep you in tip-top condition.
* Life Insurance – let's hope nobody ever needs this!
* Unlimited holidays – yes, it really is uncapped – take the time you need, when you need it.
* Everyone is learning, developing and challenging themselves so we have a £1k professional development fund per year if you want
to learn new skills, even new things outside of work.
* Most importantly of all, we will work with you, to help you realise your fullest potential, always.
About us
Hacksaw Studios is a Stockholm-based game studio focused on creating innovative, high-quality gaming experiences. With a focus on performance and precision, we bring ideas to life through technical expertise and creative collaboration. We have wide distribution, and our games are played by millions of people every month by players all over the world.
We are looking for an experienced Head of Product to lead the development and growth of our future game portfolio. This is a senior leadership role for someone who combines deep product instinct with a strong understanding of what makes games successful, someone who can define what we build and how it contributes to the long-term direction of our portfolio.
The Role
As Head of Product at Hacksaw Studios, you will own the product vision, roadmap, and concept pipeline, ensuring a continuous flow of innovative, high-quality game opportunities. Working closely with product, design, and management teams, you will ensure that game concepts are clearly defined, well-prioritized, and set up for success throughout development.
Your key responsibilities include:
Lead the ideation, development, and evaluation of new game concepts and product opportunities.
Actively contribute to concept creation, feature development, and product innovation initiatives.
Establish a structured and sustainable pipeline of future concepts, ensuring continuity and strategic direction.
Identify emerging market trends, player preferences, and industry developments that inform future product strategy.
Drive the creation and maintenance of Game Design Documents and product specifications through the GDD function.
Work closely with production, designs and management teams to ensure product decisions are grounded in both creative ambition and business objectives.
Serve as the creative leader and trusted product authority throughout the concept development process.
Continuously seek new opportunities to evolve and strengthen the portfolio.
What We're Looking For
You bring:
Proven experience in a senior product role within the gaming industry, with a strong track record of bringing successful games or products to market.
A deep understanding of game mechanics, player psychology, and what makes products successful.
The ability to define and communicate a clear product vision, and the conviction to make difficult decisions when needed.
Strong leadership skills with experience working cross-functionally across creative and technical teams.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Nice-to-have:
Experience in the regulated real-money gaming or iGaming industry.
Familiarity with game production pipelines and development processes.
A personal passion for games and a genuine curiosity about where the industry is heading.
What We Offer
A modern office in central Stockholm.
Work with experienced, passionate colleagues in the gaming industry.
The opportunity to shape a global game portfolio played by millions of players.
Real influence, ownership, and personal growth opportunities.
Wellbeing perks including wellness allowance.
Practical Details
This is an on-site position in Stockholm.
Unfortunately, we cannot assist with relocation or visa sponsorship.
Ready to Join the Game Makers?
Apply now! We review applications on a rolling basis.
