Hannah Mackenzie

Founder, Cairn Bio - open source · product · developer tools

Cairn Bio

Manchester, UK · GMT (UTC+0)

15+ years experience

Queen's University Belfast

English

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Founder of Cairn Bio (developer tooling). 18 years of building before that. Previously built and sold a small developer tooling company. I tinker with 3D printers.

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productdeveloper toolsopen sourcecommunityRust

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Looking for founding engineers to join Cairn Bio early - developer tooling

Role: Founding engineer
Level: Senior
Type: Full-time
Work mode: Remote within country
Compensation: $128k-$169k
Team: Founding team, 7 people
Start: As soon as possible
Must have: Production experience with open source Production experience with community Clear written communication
Process: Decision within 10 days

Comp £108k-£129k. One technical chat and a paid trial day. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Manchester, UKopen sourcedeveloper toolscommunity

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Raising a $15M seed for API security for solar installers

Stage: Seed
Raising: $15M
Instrument: Priced round
Committed so far: $364k from operators in the space
Lead investor: Looking for a lead
Traction: $205k MRR after 24 months
Use of funds: Go-to-market in two new countries

$205k MRR after 24 months. Looking for investors who know edtech and can help with pricing.

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Experience

Founder
Nov 2024 - Present
Cairn Bio · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Manchester, UK
- Previously built and sold a small developer tooling company.
- Signed 190 paying customers, 10 of them enterprises.
Senior Consultant
May 2022 - Nov 2024
Morgan Stanley · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Manchester, UK
- Designed the operating model for a 3 thousand-person transformation.
Associate Partner
Jun 2018 - Feb 2022
Arm · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Manchester, UK
- Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 14 minutes to under 3.
Associate Partner
Sep 2014 - Jun 2018
Bank of Ireland · 3 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Manchester, UK
- Grew the storage team from 4 to 30 engineers.
Senior Consultant
Nov 2011 - Sep 2014
PwC · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Manchester, UK
- Ran commercial diligence on 22 deals.

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Education

Queen's University Belfast
BSc, Computer Science
2004 - 2007

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