Saoirse Kennedy

Overview

Building Cobalt Care in Dublin - HR software. Raised $9 million across 2 rounds. Grew the team to 64 people across 2 countries. Before that: Rightmove and NatWest.

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Experience

1. Co-founder & COO

   Sep 2024 - Present
   Cobalt Care · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Dublin, Ireland
   • Grew the team to 98 people across 2 countries.
   • Took Cobalt Care from zero to $11 million ARR.
2. Director of Engineering

   Mar 2021 - Sep 2024
   Rightmove · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Dublin, Ireland
   • Wrote the sales service that now handles 9 million requests a day.
3. Engineering Manager

   Jul 2018 - Mar 2021
   NatWest · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Dublin, Ireland
   • Wrote the HR tech service that now handles 78 million requests a day.
   • Mentored 7 engineers through their first promotion.
4. Staff Software Engineer

   May 2017 - Jul 2018
   Salesforce · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Dublin, Ireland
   • Led the migration of 24 services to sales.
5. Staff ML Engineer

   Feb 2015 - May 2017
   Booking.com · 2 yr 3 mo · Contract · Dublin, Ireland
   • Taught SQL to 79 non-analysts.

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Education

1. University of Bristol

   BSc, Business Administration
   2001 - 2004