> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/3101865-founding-operations-systems-lead](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/3101865-founding-operations-systems-lead). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Founding Operations & Systems Lead - **Company:** Odin - **Location:** London, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £70,000.0 - £90,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Artificial Intelligence, Spreadsheets, SQL Databases - **Published:** September 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5899749518 ## About the Role * AI-pilled builder: Clear evidence, at work or in your own time, that you've built concrete solutions to problems with no budget and no engineers. No-code tooling, scripts, spreadsheets, vibe-coded apps and more. * Numerate: Comfortable with financial mechanics, strong mental arithmetic. You'll be working on automating a lot of numerical matters - carry, allocations, fee calculations, distributions, and the edge cases that make all of them interesting. * In the details and extremely on top of things: You understand every single aspect of our systems end to end. You close loops, you chase, you push hard to get things done. ## Description * First principles thinker: Although you're in the details and on top of execution, you also zoom out. You look at any process the way a good product manager looks at a product: What's the job? Why are we doing this at all? What's the smallest, simplest system that achieves the goal? A lot of what happens in fund admin is inherited convention, an industry "given", or a constraint of some third party. You should find it physically difficult to accept any of that. * Big plus: regulated financial services background: Fund administration, custody, payments, brokerage, audit, tax or another back office function. Useful, but not required. SQL, serious Excel and other experience piping data between systems are all worth having too. However, we care much more about the traits you have and things you can build than specific skills or experience on your CV. If you're a few years into your career and you've already automated the shit out of your last job or built something incredible with AI, we want to talk to you. * You want to operate, not manage: Odin is not a place for middle management. We all get shit done, regardless of title or seniority How we work There are five things we care about deeply: 1. Reason from the ground up: Seek to understand what is true by always asking why. Do not trust convention or experts. 2. Speed begets speed: We work fast. Speed compounds, it's the best form of defensibility, and it's energising to be around. If you work slowly, or tolerate slow work around you, you do not belong at Odin. 3. Take ownership: Do not wait for permission to do things. Find the answer, force the thing into existence and hold others to an extremely high standard - the same standard you hold yourself to. 4. Brutal honesty: If work doesn't meet the bar, people need to hear it, and the right people want to. 5. Truly excellent customer service: Be a stickler for detail in every single interaction a customer has with us, and always strive to make this experience better, smoother, faster. This role is probably not for you if * You'd rather build product than operate. 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