Mongoose Gray

Tech recruitment, by techies, for techies.™

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*** 𝗛𝗢𝗧 𝗢𝗙𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦: 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗘 ***

AI Remediation Engineer | High-growth SaaS startup | London, UK | 3+2 | £100,000 + bonus | Immediate start

➡️ Mission-critical role acting as the conduit between senior business stakeholders and our tech guys.

➡️ Work closely with our senior engineers (we can’t remember the last time we hired a junior).

➡️ Enjoy full ownership and the autonomy to redesign our architecture from first principles.

➡️ Untangle all the spaghetti code we’ve vibe coded into production.

𝘖𝘒 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘺... 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺? 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬.

#AI #vibecoding #mongoosegray #mongoosejobs

[Mongoose Gray @MongooseGray]

In pop culture, rubies often symbolise allure and mystery. Think of AI models as powerful, precise, and transformative. Apply for this job before the opportunity snaps shut like Julia Roberts reaching for that ruby necklace.

By the way this role pays up to £63,000 not £630,000. If you want to earn the bigger number (not than anyone outside the top 0.1% will) then you know where to apply… ;-)

Link: https://t.co/LSyqIBshyT

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A statecraft masterclass.

Perfect depth, tone, pitch and balance. Bravo!

Stick that in your AI.

#AI-is-great-human-is-better

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In the Godfather movie, Vito lovingly pets a grey striped tabby cat on his daughter’s wedding day.

Said cat was actually a stray found in the car park and not part of the original script.

This role is a bit like that - unscripted - namely you should thrive on ambiguity rather than fear it.

Read more at: https://t.co/xg0N3g3lbv

#dotnet #backend #startups #scaleups #mongoosegray #mongoosejobs

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Yes it’s true, DevOps peeps love a remote role.

Well, this is hybrid. We know. Keep reading.

Savour the Goldilocks moment. Not too big, not too small.

Hyper-growth scaleup with Artemis levels of rocket fuel behind it.

Series A rocket. Ground floor ticket. Hybrid, but worth it.

Read more at: https://t.co/JjOnpjkKsi

#devops #seriesA #startups #scaleups #mongoosegray #mongoosejobs

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The traditional seniority yardstick for software engineers is broken 👉

❇️ Junior 1-3 years
❇️ Midweight: 4-7 years
❇️ Senior: 8+ years

AI scrambled everything.

And with it - salaries.

Not what any hiring manager wants to hear but...
salaries are trending upwards as the battle to secure top AI talent intensifies.

You now have “junior” AI-native engineers commanding “senior” salaries.

And “senior” AI-deficient engineers dropping down to “midweight” salaries just to get back in the game.

#AI #NewRules #mongoosegray #mongoosejobs

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Time to face the music.

If you want a future in software engineering you ought to be aiming for conductor or first desk.

AI is coming for second desk and everything else.

Prestissimo.

#AI #software #dev #mongoosegray #mongoosejobs

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In olde English, the K in knight was actually pronounced. So you might holler "G’night Knight!" as you nonchalantly unseated your rival in a joust.

Make no mistake, you will work hard in this DevOps role, but you’ll also have a lot of fun along way.

No jousting maybe, but we do organise lots of other social, team-building activities on a regular basis.

Want to know more? See: https://t.co/tpwtrE39T0

#DevOps #mongoosegray #mongoosejobs

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"I have reviewed what you guys do and it’s really impressive."

Followed by 👉

< sales pitch > 99% of the time asking if we’d considered using AI to...

Err, no you haven’t. We’re just next up on your list of prospects.

We must see the same opener (or variations thereof) a dozen times per week.

It’s boring.

At this stage we’d be more inclined to respond to:

"Hey! Have no idea what you guys actually do. And haven’t even bothered to look. But here’s what we do..."

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Aren't you curious?

What’s the end goal when using AI to cheat an interview?

The telltale signs are obvious 👉 micro pauses before answering a question, responses that are just too polished, conversation that doesn’t flow with a natural cadence (no ums, ers, ahs - i.e. everything you’d expect from normal human dialogue).

OK, let's assume someone, by sheer miracle or screener incompetence, manages to pass this first stage.

How will they navigate the technical assignment? This usually involves not only a solution but a deep dive into the methodology behind it.

Fine, let’s play. Assume they manage to hoodwink their way through that too.

So fast forward to a theoretical but highly improbable first day in the job. They outta there by lunchtime innit?!

Either way, hiring managers are already taking proactive, preventative steps.

And we predict a resurgence of in-person interviews.

#AI #interviews #mongoosegray #mongoosejobs

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Clawdbot is now Moltbot.

Call it anything you want.

Still a bot. Still a security hellscape.

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Clawdbot.

Fantastic.

For amplifying your attack surface.

There may be trouble ahead... 🎶

#Clawdbot #Cyber #Ri

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Alanis Morissette would be proud.

“Please don’t use AI to submit answers to our application questions. We would like to see your unassisted thought process and a genuine approach.”

The same nameless, faceless corporation ->

“Disclaimer: we may use AI tools in our recruitment process to analyse CVs, evaluate applications and generate initial responses.”

Huh.

#mongoosegray #mongoosejobs #MakeItMakeSense

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K for Kubernetes.

K is how you ask “why?” in Spanish with a really bad anglophilic accent.

For this role, you won’t need to speak Spanish but superb English (written and oral) communication skills are a must.

If you want to know more the details are at: https://t.co/KTt1RVOC36

K?

#mongoosegray #mongoosejobs #aws #devops #startup #scaleup

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K for Kubernetes.

K. Funny ol' character.

K does what it wants. Sometimes silent - knife, sometimes loud - kick, sometimes deadly - kill.

We’re a friendly, open-minded bunch but please: no knifes, no kicking, no killing. Thank you!

Read more about this AWS DevOps Engineer role at: https://t.co/KTt1RVOC36

#mongoosegray #mongoosejobs #aws #kubernetes #devops

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We're curious. Is anyone building an AI Centre of Excellence at all?

All the talk right now seems to be shadow IT heavy e.g. "I’m using the latest model and it’s a 10x improvement on the last blah blah..."

Fully expect AI governance to become increasingly important, especially when the gloss wears off and the cracks start to appear.

There are some obvious parallels from a few years ago when building a CoE was the obligatory starting point for any RPA transformation programme.

#AI #RPA #CoE #mongoosegray #mongoosejobs

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Is nothing sacred anymore?

Some things should never be smartified.

#AI #SmartTech #mongoosegray #mongoosejobs

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"I am genuinely excited about the prospect of working remotely, with the flexibility to contribute in an agile manner from my respective workplace, and to collaborate with your talented team on innovative projects that push maximum technological boundaries."

No-one talks like this. So why write it?

Unless you didn't.

Top tip 👉 don't use AI to respond to a simple "Why are 𝘆𝗼𝘂 interested in this job?"

At best, you run the risk of sounding just like everyone else.

#mongoosegray #mongoosejobs #BeMoreHuman