Owain Lewis

Co-Founder

United Kingdom16 yrs 1 mo experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

15+ years in building production systems
Led engineering teams across multiple countries
Expert in AI systems and cloud services

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Cloud Computing expert with a strong focus on AI systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

Ai EngineeringSoftware ArchitectureCloud ComputingManagementLeadershipTeam LeadershipSoftware EngineeringDistributed Systems

Other Skills

PythonSoftware Engineering ManagementJavaAI AgentsAutomationSoftware DevelopmentHiringPython (Programming Language)Go (Programming Language)KubernetesClojureScalaAmazon Web Services (AWS)Ruby on RailsC#

About

15+ years building production systems. Former Director of Engineering at Oracle, leading public cloud services and working with engineers from Microsoft, AWS, Google, Netflix. My mission: help businesses and engineers build AI systems that create real leverage. We're entering a world where AI agents do the work and humans direct. The question is which side of the gap you're on. Tool user: Prompts ChatGPT, starts from scratch every time. System builder: Has agents that research, write, and code - creating output while they sleep. Most AI content teaches you to copy paste. I teach the patterns underneath - so you can build any system, for any problem. One person with the right systems can do the work of 10. I help people become that person. What I do: → AI Engineer: Community for AI engineers. Courses, resources, downloadable AI projects → GradientWork: Custom AI development for businesses → Newsletter: Free value every week 📩 newsletter.owainlewis.com 👥 skool.com/aiengineer 💼 gradientwork.com

Experience

Gradientwork

Founder

Jan 2026 – Present · 2 mos · United Kingdom · Remote

AI freelancer building systems and custom software for businesses.

Software ArchitectureAI EngineeringSoftware EngineeringPython

Oracle

3 roles

Director, Software Engineering

Promoted

Aug 2022 – Jan 2026 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Leading an engineering org across three countries. Responsible for Tier 0 and Tier 1 public cloud services operating in 90+ global regions. API management, AI agents, AI.

Software Engineering ManagementAI EngineeringCloud ComputingJavaAI Agents

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Apr 2018 – Aug 2022 · 4 yrs 4 mos

Senior Manager and service owner for Oracle API Gateway, a public cloud service deployed and operated in 20+ countries. Responsible for customer engagement, hiring and growing teams, delivery, and roadmap.

ManagementLeadershipAutomationSoftware DevelopmentHiringSoftware Engineering Management+1

Senior Principal Software Engineer

Jul 2016 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

Service owner for CI/CD services. Managed delivery of MySQL Operator for Kubernetes and collaborated with MySQL team to ensure long-term investment in the operator. Led delivery of software used by Oracle Managed Kubernetes (OKE), including MySQL Operator, Cloud Controller Manager, Flex Storage Driver, Volume Provisioners and more.
Worked with Netflix and Google teams on Spinnaker integration for Oracle Cloud.

Team LeadershipJavaPython (Programming Language)Go (Programming Language)KubernetesAutomation+2

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Senior Software Engineer

May 2015 – Jul 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos

Built microservices with Scala, Java and Akka on IBM Cloud. Led a global remote team of engineers building secure payment APIs. Led POCs and demos for payment processing solutions to win new business with the UK banking sector. Wrote code generation tooling used by all services and teams to increase efficiency

Team LeadershipJavaSoftware ArchitectureAutomationScalaSoftware Engineering

Bbc

Senior Software Engineer

Mar 2014 – May 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos

Built and operated core BBC public services using Scala, Akka, and AWS. Our team were early adopters of Amazon Web Services (AWS) building a fault-tolerant microservice architecture using Scala, DynamoDB, Akka, and Play.

AutomationDistributed SystemsScalaAmazon Web Services (AWS)Cloud Computing