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Jai Vine

Jai Vine

Delivery Consultant

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Specialisms:
Scala
Rust
JVM
Software Engineering

Hey I’m Jai, 👋🏼

I am the Delivery Manager at UMATR, and one of the founding team members. 🦈

I have spent the last 9 years working for some of the most exciting brands and influential companies within their space. From Dubai to London, I have always had a passion for helping people. Providing my knowledge and insights to anyone I partner with, whether that be helping someone find a new home in my early career, or more recently helping Software Engineers secure dream roles at some of the worlds coolest tech companies. 🏠🌵

My recruitment career was initially launched by helping freelance and contract engineers secure positions across Europe. I am using this experience of the fast-paced market to assist clients across the Europe & United States find the top 1% of talent within the community. With a fresh approach, Software Engineer’s ‘wants & needs’ will always go at the centre of the search and I thrive off helping them navigate a competitive market to land their dream role. 🎯🏄🏻‍♂‍

Originally from Sheffield, my love for travelling the world started at a young age. I have family in Australia and the UAE, so I was lucky enough to spend my younger years experiencing and understanding the different cultures that this wonderful world has to offer. I have lived and worked in my two favourite cities, Dubai & London, and I intend to add to that list whilst growing UMATR into a global business that helps people all around the world. 🚀🌍

Helping Careers Move Forward

First I would like to say thank you to Jai for all the effort and support during the whole process. I wasn't looking for a new position but Jai approached me in a respectful way, listening to what would make me happy at work. He managed to find a suitable opportunity for my profile that quickly became a perfect match for me. Thanks again to Jai.

Lead Scala Software Engineer

By chance, Jai got in touch with me just when I became open to opportunities. We quickly agreed to a call and we discussed my experience and what type of place, projects and team I'd be happy working at/with. Once we figured it seemed like a great match for me, he described the opening, the business, and mentioned what salary the company was offering for the position and what he thought they would be willing to offer me based of my experience and skills.

He was always kind, quick to reply and was there every step of the hiring process, checking how I was feeling with it and whether he could offer his help in any way. Jai took 100% care of the salary negotiation part of the process, and he did an EXCELLENT job of it. Not once did I have to bring it up directly with the company, and I'm very happy with the result.

Senior FullStack developer

Jai has been very attentive and nurturing during my recruitment process with him, presenting me with only the best companies that match my skillset, and then staying on top of the process the whole way. In the end, he managed to place me in a great new role that I am looking forward to starting in. Thanks, Jai!

Senior Frontend Engineer

Jai was invaluable at helping me to secure a great position I would not have found otherwise. He brought me a range of potential positions, guided me through their application processes, listened to my motivations and feedback, and stayed on top of the on-boarding process afterwards. I'm very happy to recommend him!

Senior Scala Engineer

I worked with Jai while searching for a job as a Senior Software Engineer. After years of working in the software industry and job hunting, I know how time consuming the whole process is. Working with Jai, saved all the hustle of having to go through hiring websites or having interviews to then realize the job is not for you. I only followed one hiring process with a company Jai suggested, and the company eventually offered me all I was hoping for and more. As a software engineer, I highly recommend working with Jai and the team of UMATR. You'll save a lot of time and get opportunities that otherwise are not accessible.

Senior Software Engineer

Jai was a fantastic advocate and sounding board during my job search! He carefully listened to what I was looking for, helped make suggestions to prepare and was able to find several opportunities that matched what I was looking for in my search. He was instrumental in helping me evaluate opportunities and I couldn't be happier with how things worked out. Jai really knew when to push me and when to give me some space to consider next steps and I can't thank him enough for the work he did - I'm now a couple weeks into the new job and very happy with the compensation we negotiated, work I'm doing and the team is a great fit for me as well. All in all I'm really confident that I would not have been able to find as good of a spot to land in on my own - Jai really listened to what my needs and wants were and used his network and expertise to help me land an awesome opportunity.

I was in contact with Jai since I started to look around for a new role. First, he found the role that suited my profile the best, then he was working on supervision of the whole recruitment process, which was very smooth and transparent thanks to that.
Jai was very responsive and always quickly resolving all the questions and doubts I had. I can highly recommend working with him!

Senior Scala Engineer

Jai was relentless in negotiating with both sides until we found an agreement that everybody was happy with. Without his help, I might have abandoned the negotiation and settled for a less satisfactory position somewhere else

Mathias Gralle
Mathias Gralle

Scala Developer

I wasn't looking for a new position. Thus, I was rejecting most offers I would receive. Yet, Jai approached me in a respectful way, listening to what would make me happy at work. He managed to find something *really* relevant for my profile. He put me in touch with a new opportunity that quickly became a perfect match for me! I'm exciting to start this new adventure soon. That is thanks to Jai

Senior Software Engineer

Working with Jai was a refreshing change from the typical recruiter experience. Jai was attentive, encouraging, and kept the focus on a small number of opportunities with the technologies I wanted to work with. In the end I received an amazing offer with a company I am genuinely excited about. If the recruiting industry followed the approach used by UMATR, they wouldn't have such a bad reputation.

Senior Software Engineer

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