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Owen Convey

@owenconvey

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Senior software engineer and engineering leader specializing in backend, distributed systems and Go.

United Kingdom

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What I'm looking for

I’m seeking roles where I can build and scale reliable backend/distributed systems, grow engineering teams, and drive high-impact product outcomes in high-ownership, collaborative environments.

I’m a senior software engineer and engineering leader with 15+ years building high-load backend systems, distributed infrastructure, and Web3 products, with recent hands-on experience in Go and a strong JVM background. I’ve led and grown engineering teams, delivered multi-million dollar product launches, and built production services that secured over $60B in value across the blockchain ecosystem.

I take pride in hiring and mentoring engineers, shaping technical direction, and delivering reliable, scalable systems across SaaS, gaming, and Web3. I thrive in lean, high-ownership environments where I can both contribute as a senior engineer and lead teams to measurable business impact.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Engineering Manager

Chainlink Labs

Apr 2024 - May 2025 (1 year 1 month)

Led a 12-engineer team for Chainlink Data Feeds, securing over $60B in ecosystem value and expanding Proof of Reserve customer deployments from 6 per quarter to 30+, while delivering the highest number of blockchain integrations and first non-EVM integrations.

Go Smart Contracts Distributed Systems Blockchain Integrations Team Leadership Scalability Reliability

Engineering Manager

Sourcegraph

Nov 2020 - Oct 2023 (2 years 11 months)

Managed three distributed teams (14 engineers) delivering semantic code navigation, expanding precise code intelligence from partial to full support for 14 languages and driving product launches that generated multi-million dollar deals.

Distributed Teams Code Intelligence Go Backend Engineering Hiring Roadmapping Recruitment

Engineering Manager

Help Scout

Aug 2019 - Nov 2020 (1 year 3 months)

Managed three fully distributed teams (8 engineers) responsible for high-throughput APIs (1B+ requests/month) and internal tooling, advocating for engineers and enabling autonomous delivery through clear product focus and growth feedback.

APIs Distributed Systems Team Management AWS Monitoring Coaching Service Oriented Architecture

Senior Software Engineer

Help Scout

Aug 2014 - Aug 2019 (5 years)

Worked remotely on backend services using Play Framework, Java/Kotlin and AWS, contributing to core APIs and data stores to support a globally distributed product.

Java Kotlin Play Framework AWS MongoDB MySQL Spring Remote Collaboration

Lead Engineer

Bee Square

Jun 2013 - Jul 2014 (1 year 1 month)

Designed and deployed low-latency REST APIs and cloud-based services for mobile social games, achieving average latency under 10ms and operating across Hetzner and AWS with Java and Ruby services.

Java Ruby REST APIs Redis Couchbase AWS Monitoring

Senior Engineer

Digital Chocolate

Sep 2012 - Jun 2013 (9 months)

Developed CRM and BI systems in a high-volume environment (5k req/s), reimplemented multithreaded Java messaging libraries to improve scalability and reliability, and maintained frontend integration libraries.

Ruby on Rails Java High Throughput Systems Scalability MySQL Messaging Performance Tuning Frontend

Java Developer

William Hill

Sep 2008 - Aug 2012 (3 years 11 months)

Built automated pre- and in-play trading platforms in Java with Oracle, integrating multiple data feeds and real-time analysis to support concurrent trading across 150 live matches and drive substantial platform profits.