Careers at XONIK
If you are a senior practitioner who likes to see a hard problem through to the end, we would like to hear from you. Open roles are listed here when there are any, and you can write to us whenever you like.
In brief
XONIK hires senior practitioners in consulting, advisory, research and product work, and you can write to us even when no role is listed. Tell us what you have delivered, what you owned and what you want to work on next, and we reply to say whether there is a fit.
On this page
What the work is, week to week
In a given week a senior practitioner here might talk with an executive about a decision that isn't landing, read closely how a system really runs, write a scope, do the building or reviewing it calls for, and write up what they found. Some of that writing becomes published research or a field note. The rest stays inside the engagement, under NDA.
Your week won't stay in one lane. An engagement can need a read of the architecture on Monday, an awkward conversation with a finance partner on Tuesday and a monitoring threshold on Friday. You'll be deep in one area, and you'll be expected to work beside the others and see where your piece meets theirs.
Who thrives here, and who will be happier elsewhere?
Read both lists before you write, because this work suits some people far better than others.
This will suit you if
- You've carried something from a vague brief to a result other people rely on, and you can say where it nearly failed.
- You ask why a thing breaks before you suggest a change.
- You can put a hard judgment on one page, with the reasoning, in words an executive will read.
- You're comfortable telling a senior person the plan has a flaw, and showing them where.
- You don't need a client's name on your résumé to know the work was good.
You may prefer another firm if
- You want to be credited by name for client work.
- You'd rather hand a problem on at the edge of your specialty.
- You want to manage people more than do the work.
- You want certainty about the answer before the facts are in.
The cost of working this way is visibility. Engagements are under NDA, so your best work won't appear on a client list. What people can see is what we publish, and what a client's own team is able to run after we've left.
What happens after you write?
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A senior practitioner reads it.
A person who does this work reads your note from start to finish.
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We reply, whether or not there is a fit.
The reply says whether we see a fit now, later or not at all, and why.
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We talk about work you've done.
The conversation is about one thing you owned: what it was for, what went wrong in it and what you did next.
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We show you where a role sits.
If there might be a fit, we explain how a role sits inside an engagement, so you can judge the work as well as we judge you.
What to put in your note
- A short note on what you do and what you want to work on next
- One piece of work you owned: what it was for, where it nearly failed and what you would change
- Something you've written that shows how you think, if you have it
- Where in the world you work and when you could start
- Anything you can't discuss because of an agreement of your own, so we don't ask
Where we look for depth
We look for experience in AI delivery, systems integration and architecture, governance and risk, research and evaluation, digital product engineering, and the systems behind growth and marketing. Our Expertise page describes how we examine each, and reading it is the quickest way to judge whether your experience bears on the work.
If you work independently or run a firm of your own, the Partners page describes how delivery partnerships work.
What do people ask before they write?
Are there open roles right now?
Open roles are listed on this page when there are any. When none is listed you can still write to us. We tell you whether there's a fit now, later or not at all, and suggest a conversation if there might be.
Do I need a background in AI specifically?
Not necessarily. AI is one area beside systems integration, product engineering, research and governance. We read what you've delivered and how you reasoned about it, and we look for depth in one area plus the range to work beside the others.
Will I hear back if there is no fit?
Yes. We read each note and reply to say whether there's a fit now, later or not at all. A reply that says not now is still a reply, and you can write again when your work or ours has changed.
Does the firm work with freelancers and partner firms?
Yes. If you work independently or run a firm, the Partners page describes how delivery partnerships work and how to start a conversation. Use the same address to ask about either.
Write to us
Send your note, and any work you want us to read, to hello@xonik.com
Do you want to own the outcome?
Tell us about one thing you owned and where it nearly went wrong. A senior practitioner reads it and replies, whether or not a role is open.