About us - We create digital permaculture

Ologist are a digital transformation agency working with large institutions to solve big problems.

Ologist was founded by Sarah-Jane and Josh Finch in 2020, after years of frustrations with the startup sector, with the goal of rejecting trend-chasing, disposable technology, and persuing our goal of Digital Permaculture.

We work with large institutions - government departments, universities, local councils - to build long-term solutions to real problems. We're not here to push "trendy" tech-stacks or "magic" methodologies, just solid, proven engineering practices.

We're also a great place to work. From our progressive compensation, flexible working and industry- leading training and development; we try to foster a culture brings out the best in engineers.

Our culture - Happiness first; Growth second

Ologist was founded with the goal of designing a place that we would want to work. No hustle, no grind, no trends, no BS; We build sustainable solutions to actual problems - all AM, no FM.

  • Work on what fascinates you. We don't hire titles, we hire talent; our teams are free to work on the projects that make sense for their skillset.
  • No lies; no pretending. No egos. No bums on seats. No warm bodies. Only teams of skilled people making great things. Everyone is an engineer.
  • Work to live, from anywhere. We keep limited core hours and work async where possible, because what's the point of remote work if you're stuck at home?

Leadership

  • Sarah-Jane Finch

    Co-Founder / CEO

  • Josh Finch

    Co-Founder / CTO

  • Lewis Ford

    Chief Operations Officer

Books & Articles

Our team of engineers, designers and developers have a lot to talk about. Insights into the work we're doing, good practices we've picked up along the way, and news about our open source projects.

Lewis Ford joins Ologist as COO

A seasoned digital leader joins Ologist to help us scale smart, agile transformation for complex organisations.

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Announcing Magi - A better way to do IaaC

A batteries-included, cloud-agnostic framework for infrastructure-as-code, using the tools you already love.

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Our office

  • Leeds
    The Leeming Building
    Leeds LS2 7HZ, United Kingdom