Michael Kinloch
Kingston Upon Thames, England, United Kingdom
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I lead and scale the engineering function at Xceptor, a SaaS business delivering a data…
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GitHub Copilot - Are you my next hire?
GitHub Copilot - Are you my next hire?
In a world where everything is changing all of the time it's hard to keep up with advances in technology. Every time I…
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Helping employees grow at Xceptor
Helping employees grow at Xceptor
One of the most important things we can do as leaders is to help our employees grow their careers. We all want to feel…
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Michael Kinloch reposted thisMichael Kinloch reposted thisEveryone is experimenting with AI, but very few teams are actually operationalizing it across software delivery. At CTO Craft, Michael Kinloch (SVP Engineering at Xceptor) shared how they’re moving beyond pilots, working with Forte Group to build an AI-native product development lifecycle. From introducing AI into day-to-day workflows… → to scaling it across the SDLC → to enabling agents to drive parts of delivery (with humans in the loop) The result? Work that used to take weeks or months is now happening in hours. This is what it looks like to move from AI experimentation to real transformation. Watch the full talk here: https://lnkd.in/eaqRFmue
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Michael Kinloch reposted thisMichael Kinloch reposted thisHow do you move AI beyond pilots and into everyday software delivery? Alex Lukashevich joined Michael Kinloch at CTO Craft Con London, to share how Xceptor embedded AI across its software delivery lifecycle, and the lessons learned along the way. Read Alex's latest blog post to learn how Xceptor moved AI out of the pilot phase and into real delivery impact: https://lnkd.in/epDWeX3N
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Michael Kinloch shared thisGreat day at CTO Craft. Lots of interesting presentations, discussions and knowledge sharing with fellow peers. Feel very privileged to have been part of this fantastic event.Michael Kinloch shared this⚙️ Most organisations can run an AI pilot. Far fewer can turn it into repeatable business value. Michael Kinloch, SVP Engineering at Xceptor, and Alex Lukashevich, Chief AI Officer at Forte Group, share how Xceptor evolved from targeted AI experiments into a fully AI-augmented software delivery lifecycle. 📋 Key takeaways: • How to move beyond point solutions and operationalise AI across the entire SDLC • Improving efficiency, raising quality earlier, and reducing rework at scale • Creating real delivery leverage rather than isolated productivity gains #CTOCraft #EngineeringLeadership #AIEngineering #TechLeadership
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Michael Kinloch reposted thisMichael Kinloch reposted this🚀 Most AI initiatives start with a pilot, but few change how software is delivered. Plenty of teams have tested tools or launched small experiments. Making that progress stick across everyday delivery is the real challenge. At #CTOCraftCon: London, Michael Kinloch, SVP Engineering at Xceptor, and Alex Lukashevich, Chief AI Officer at Forte Group, will share how their teams moved from isolated AI use cases to reshaping how work flows through engineering. They’ll talk through how AI is being embedded across the SDLC to improve efficiency, catch quality issues earlier, and cut down avoidable rework, along with the practical changes needed so it becomes part of how teams operate rather than an add on. 👉 Find out more: https://lnkd.in/dk7iSyrs #CTOCraft #EngineeringLeadership #AI #SoftwareDelivery
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Michael Kinloch shared thisAn amazing opportunity to join our talented and growing engineering team at Xceptor.Michael Kinloch shared this📢 Xceptor are hiring: Performance Engineer – Cape Town We’re looking for an experienced Performance Engineer to join our growing team in Cape Town. In this role, you’ll work extensively across our performance engineering landscape—driving deep analysis, performance optimisation, and scalability improvements across our platform. You’ll collaborate closely with engineering, product, and architecture teams to ensure our solutions consistently meet world‑class performance standards. The ideal candidate will bring hands‑on expertise in performance testing, monitoring, optimisation techniques, and tooling—along with a passion for solving complex performance challenges in a high‑growth technology environment. Sound like you? I’d love to chat. #performanceengineering #engineeringjobs #quality #hiring #capetownjobs #xceptor Earl Seethal Malcolm Wilkinson Jean-Pierre Swart Sandeep Singh Gurdev Landa Hannah Adams Lorna Morris Nikki Feare Ina Meyer Clare Moore Beronisha Cloete Adrienne Fortuin Sinaed Douglas
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Michael Kinloch shared thisGermany's new digital tax reporting regime, MiKaDiv, is set to transform how investment income is reported starting in 2027. Institutions must understand its impact and prepare accordingly. Stay informed and ready with our MiKaDiv guide: https://okt.to/gqdRi2 #MiKaDiv #TaxReporting #TaxAutomationWhat is MiKaDiv? A Guide to the New German Tax Reporting RegimeWhat is MiKaDiv? A Guide to the New German Tax Reporting Regime
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Michael Kinloch shared thisDiscover the key details about MiKaDiv, Germany's upcoming digital tax reporting standard for financial institutions, set for implementation in 2027. Learn what data must be reported and how to prepare for this regulatory change to ensure compliance. Stay ahead of the curve by using our top tips: https://okt.to/uBYInF #LetsTalkTax #TaxAutomation #TaxProcessing #MiKaDiv
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Michael Kinloch shared thisFinancial institutions face critical changes with MiKaDiv and EU FASTER regulations. Stay compliant and scalable while enhancing digital tax reporting efficiency with these five key preparation steps: https://okt.to/JZOvoV #MiKaDiv #FASTER #TaxProcessing #TaxAutomationFive steps financial institutions must take to prepare for MiKaDiv and EU FASTERFive steps financial institutions must take to prepare for MiKaDiv and EU FASTER
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Michael Kinloch shared thisThe EU FASTER Directive is designed to simplify withholding tax relief at source, but for financial institutions, it introduces significant operational challenges. From managing complex data flows to meeting new reporting obligations, firms will need robust processes and automation to stay ahead. Our latest Xceptor blog breaks down what the FASTER Directive is, and what it means for your organisation: https://okt.to/rX5UPT #LetsTalkTax #TaxOperations
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Michael Kinloch liked thisMichael Kinloch liked thisExcited to share that Xceptor won the Best Use of IT in Investment Banking at the FStech Awards 2026. Working with a leading US investment bank, we helped digitise and automate loan notice management, delivering: • 220% ROI in four months • $1.083m in labour savings • 27,000+ hours saved This is a great example of what happens when automation meets real operational challenges. Read the full story here: https://okt.to/mPYHei #IT #InvestmentBanking #FinancialServicesAutomation #FinancialServices
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Michael Kinloch liked thisMichael Kinloch liked thisYou don’t have an AI problem, you have a data problem. Here’s how Xceptor solves it. From fragmented processes to slow manual work, data blockers stop AI from delivering real value. Learn how leading Capital Markets firms are overcoming this with intelligent automation. 👉 Watch the full video here: https://okt.to/CU3iW9 📊 Discover your potential savings and efficiency gains with our ROI tool: https://okt.to/VlTKU0 #CapitalMarkets #FinancialServices #DataAutomation #IntelligentAutomation #AIinFinance
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Michael Kinloch liked thisMichael Kinloch liked thisHeading home on the Eurostar from a fantastic KubeCon EU in Amsterdam, diving into "Platform as a Product" by Abby Bangser, Daniel Bryant, Cat Morris and Colin Humphreys (compliments of Syntasso). One thing that's already landed, the idea of the "platform façade." It's easy to stitch together familiar tools and feel like you've built a mature platform. But without genuine orchestration underneath, you're trading short-term wins for long-term fragility. Great week. Thanks to all the new and familiar faces I caught up with.
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Michael Kinloch liked thisMichael Kinloch liked this#AI is embedded across capital markets, but governance, orchestration, and clean data are what truly differentiate. Have a look at this Finextra article: Why leading firms combine rules-based automation and agentic AI, always within clear guardrails. Read more: https://okt.to/vCMjL7 #AgenticAI #AIinFinance #CapitalMarkets #Xceptor #FinextraUnlocking agentic AI at scale in capital markets operations: By Michiel VerhoevenUnlocking agentic AI at scale in capital markets operations: By Michiel Verhoeven
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Michael Kinloch liked thisMichael Kinloch liked thisMost large companies are treating AI as something that happens after the code is written. That's the wrong mental model - and it's about to become expensive. The companies that will pull ahead aren't the ones deploying AI to end users first. They're the ones rebuilding how software gets built internally. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲: 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱. AI-assisted development compresses cycles across the board - requirements, code, testing, review. SAP embedded AI into S/4HANA Cloud and saw 20-25% reduction in release cycle times. The companies embedding AI into every stage of delivery aren't just shipping faster. They're shortening the gap between a customer problem and a working solution. 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆. AI doesn't just accelerate - it catches. Automated code review, test generation, security scanning. Teams that deployed AI throughout their SDLC reported 95% improvement in defect reduction. The error surface shrinks when AI is in the loop throughout, not bolted on at the end. 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲. Your senior engineers are expensive and scarce. AI tooling lets them operate at a higher level - less time on boilerplate, more time on architecture, decisions, and work that actually requires judgment. NIX ran an experiment across 42 developers and achieved 10% average project cost savings, with business analysts seeing 18-45% task savings. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: Two engineers with the right tooling can now ship what used to require twenty. If your competitors figure out how to operate that way before you do, they won't just move faster - they'll move faster at lower cost, indefinitely. Large companies have real advantages here - existing codebases, domain expertise, customer relationships. But those advantages only matter if you can move fast enough to use them. Right now, the bottleneck is often the SDLC itself. The window where this is optional is closing. The question isn't whether to adopt AI in how you build software. It's whether you start now or spend the next two years watching smaller teams outship you. What's slowing down your AI adoption in development - technical challenges or organizational ones?
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Michael Kinloch liked thisMichael Kinloch liked thisWe had a fantastic time hosting our recent User Group in Dublin. Bringing our client community together always sparks valuable discussions and this session gave us clear insight into what teams are prioritising today. Some of the key things our users highlighted were: - A strong push to strengthen risk controls and governance. - How controlled, AI assisted capabilities can accelerate automation while keeping oversight exactly where it is needed. - Building faster, more accurate and scalable processes for complex workflows. A huge thank you to all our clients who joined us in Dublin and contributed to such a collaborative session. We're expanding our User Groups globally, and look forward to meeting more of our clients in person as we roll out sessions in additional regions throughout the year. #FinancialServices #UserGroup #CapitalMarkets
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Michael Kinloch liked thisMichael Kinloch liked this🚀 Xceptor are hiring: Lead QA Engineer – Manager in Cape Town 🚀 Quality at Xceptor isn’t a checkpoint — it’s a culture. And now, we’re looking for a Lead QA Engineer – Manager to help shape the future of our Cloud Native, AI‑first platform. If you’re passionate about raising the quality bar, leading high-performing QA teams, and using AI to accelerate testing, automation, and insight generation — this is your opportunity to make a real impact. Why a role at Xceptor ✅ Own quality strategy for your tribe and drive meaningful KPIs ✅ Lead and develop a team of exceptional QA Engineers ✅ Embed AI into daily delivery to transform how we test and ship software ✅ Influence platform-wide quality and collaborate across engineering, product, and customer teams ✅ Champion a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and customer-centricity This role is perfect for someone who loves solving tough technical challenges, mentoring others, and being a strong voice for quality in a fast-moving SaaS environment. If that sounds like you — or someone you know — let’s talk. 📩 Drop me a message or apply directly! https://lnkd.in/eBJ6hH2P #Hiring #QualityEngineering #QA #AIinTesting #Leadership #TechCareers #Xceptor #CloudNative #SaaS #CapeTown Earl Malcolm Michael Jean-Pierre Dean Nikki Clare Ina Gurdev
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Certified SCRUM Master
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ISEB Configuration Management Practitioner
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ISEB Foundation Certificate in Service Management (ITIL V3 Foundation)
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ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing (ITIL Foundation)
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MCPD Designing and Developing Web-Based Applications using the .NET Framework
Microsoft
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Certified SCRUM Master
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Coaching Agile Teams 3.0
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Developing Android Applications
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Machine Learning (Stanford University)
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Simon Browns Architecture for Developers
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