Best Skyscanner Engineering Podcasts (2024)

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How GitGuardian Helps More Than 450k Developers Worldwide to Secure Their Code! | Enginears Podcast 32:28

2h ago32:28

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:06 - Didier Intro. 03:42 - Purpose of your role when joining GitGuardian (mission)? 04:46 - GitGuardian Intro. 08:27 - AI and how it has crept into the business? 12:52 - How can an organisation find where AI be valuable internally within their technologies? 15:1…

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Ep. #72, Mobile Observability with Hanson Ho of Embrace 43:06

3h ago43:06

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Episode 72 of o11ycast explores the world of mobile observability with Hanson Ho, Android Architect at Embrace. Hanson unpacks how mobile's diverse device landscape impacts data collection and performance monitoring, the role of OpenTelemetry in simplifying these challenges, and the importance of tailoring observability strategies to real-world use…

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Collaboration w/ CoinShares & Why it is Vital to Help Expand Low-Latency Trading Platforms | Enginears Podcast 32:24

6d ago32:24

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 00:50 - CoinShares Intro. 03:20 - Richard's background & current role at CoinShares. 06:52 - Does your role revolve around getting your systems more optimal by asking questions? 10:45 - Trading platforms starting to build in Rust. 11:45 - Latency: what do the first…

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How Qonto's Data Modelling Practices Improve Data Driven Decisions at Scale for 500k Businesses! | Enginears Podcast 40:57

15d ago40:57

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! https://qonto.com/en/careers https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidpuleri/ 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:09 - David Intro. 04:28 - Qonto Intro. 08:14 - Where the value creation is that Qonto brings? 11:11 - Qonto 'under the hood' showcasing the engineering challenges. 18:03 - How is building a da…

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The Innovation of Narrative Protection: A Journey Against Misinformation w/ Blackbird.AI | Enginears Podcast 48:16

13d ago48:16

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:23 - Karim Intro. 05:55 - The problem Blackbird.AI are solving and how? 13:22 - Understanding the evolution of the technological journey. 18:28 - Businesses that utilise Blackbird.AI's technology. 22:55 - How big global clients are found? 24:43 - Top 3 engineeri…

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Exploring Google I/O Connect 2024: Highlights and Impressions | Maria Stylianou 53:42

13d ago53:42

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In this episode, we dive into Google I/O Connect Berlin 2024 🌐. We discuss Maria Stylianou's career journey, her progress, and goals 🎯. We explain what the Google Developer Group (GDG) is and highlight other Google programs like Google Developer Experts and Women Techmakers. We describe our experience at Google I/O Connect Berlin, detailing what Go…

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How to Build Efficient TA Teams – Experiences from Uber, Wise & Trainline | Enginears Podcast 44:49

28d ago44:49

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 00:40 - Rory Intro. 04:45 - Challenges with high volume recruitment/planning the start of the year (recruitment wise)? 06:50 - How do you work out how many people you want/need to hire? 10:42 - How many scenarios are played with? 12:33 - What do conversations with …

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Understanding Between Internal & External Employer Brand – Experiences from Meta & Spendesk | Enginears Podcast 48:05

27d ago48:05

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 00:39 - Laura Intro. 02:20 - What is Employer Brand? 05:08 - What does Internal Employer Brand/Employee Engagement look like? 09:07 - What is Facebook Connections? 11:20 - What is Internal Mobility? 15:42 - How did you (Laura) ensure the process was being followed …

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How to Build Relationships w/ Hiring Managers – Experiences from Google, Skyscanner & GetYourGuide! | Enginears Podcast 58:54

1M ago58:54

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 00:43 - Toby Barnes Intro. 03:13 - What Engineering ethos'/principles did you (Toby) use to scale at Google? 04:44 - G-Hire ATS explained. 05:18 - ATS discussion. 06:17 - Understanding different communication styles of tech/hiring managers & how to best align commu…

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Exploring Al: From Basics to Future Trends | Xenia Miscouridou 1:33:59

2M ago1:33:59

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On this episode of the hack{cyprus} podcast as we dive deep into the fascinating world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). We start by breaking down the basics of AI, data science, and their relationship with statistics. Discover the differences between machine learning and traditional statistics, and learn about the history and milestones of AI, from…

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How In-House Payments Can Support Custom Monetisation Across +50 Tools w/ +10M Users @ Semrush! | Enginears Podcast 52:00

2M ago52:00

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:10 - Matteo Intro. 02:55 - Semrush Intro. 06:40 - Mindset of Semrush & role of Matteo. 11:05 - What are some of the engineering challenges Semrush (building payments system)? 16:00 - Why business logic is so important. 17:50 - Difference in technology usage betw…

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Ep. #71, Evaluating LLM-based Apps with Shir Chorev of Deepchecks 40:46

2M ago40:46

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In Episode 71 of o11ycast, Jessica Kerr and Austin Parker sit down with Shir Chorev to delve into the nuances of incorporating Generative AI into applications and testing the outcomes. Shir shares her journey from a data scientist to founding Deepchecks, driven by her vision to enhance the quality and reliability of machine learning and AI in real-…

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How monday.com Try To Be One Step Ahead Of The Scale! | Enginears Podcast 41:40

2M ago41:40

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 00:31 - Who are monday and what is their mission? 02:35 - Who is Chen and how did he join monday? 04:22 - What is monday’s developer platform? 06:55 - Where do the problems that monday solve, begin? 07:56 - What is MondayDB? 13:08 - What is the tech stack at monday…

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Inside Map Visualization at TomTom: Why it Matters & What it Takes with Rok Erjavec | Enginears Podcast 39:16

2M ago39:16

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:30 - Rok Intro. 03:30 - The evolution of TomTom. 05:26 - What is map visualisation? 07:07 - Thinking behind why it is Open Source (industry driven)? 08:49 - What is the plan with the Open Sourcing mapping data? 10:26 - What do the teams on map visualisation do? …

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Regal.io Processing 10M Behavioral Events Daily to Create Personalized Conversations | Enginears Podcast 33:31

2M ago33:31

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:05 - Rebecca Greene Intro. 03:04 - Regal.io Intro. 05:00 - How AI is incorporated into Regal.io? 07:30 - How Regal.io is cleansing and processing the mass amounts of data? 10:35 - Achieving +3.5M positive ROI's per month. 13:38 - The Vision of Regal.io. 16:23 - …

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How BlaBlaCar Leveraged ML to Select Rides to Display & Generated 100k Monthly Extra Bookings! | Enginears Podcast 40:02

3M ago40:02

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:05 - Intro to Fabio. 05:54 - Who are BlaBlaCar? 09:30 - How have BlaBlaCar grown geographically? 11:09 - How does the ML platform work at BlaBlaCar? 18:14 - When does the journey of collecting data start? 21:47 - Can you explain the concept of ABC and can you gi…

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From Twitch to Amazon Acquisition and Beyond: A Chat with Twitch Founding Member Jonathan Shipman! | Enginears Podcast 1:09:02

3M ago1:09:02

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:29 - Intro into Jonathan and career dissection. 18:44 - What are 3 takeaways from your experience at Twitch? 26:09 - What is frugality and how can it be applied to engineering? 32:56 - Did you have an opportunity to work closely with Jeff Bezos and what was that…

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Ep. #70, Evangelizing Observability with Dan Gomez Blanco of Skyscanner 45:48

3M ago45:48

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In episode 70 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Dan Gomez Blanco of Skyscanner. Dan shares his expertise on evangelizing better observability practices at Skyscanner and offers insights from his experience on the OpenTelemetry governance committee. Discover how observability can minimize organizational costs, the future of auto-instrumentatio…

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How Deepnote Democratizes Data Analysis with Autonomous AI | Enginears Podcast 41:14

3M ago41:14

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:03 - Intro into Vojtech and the Czech Republic engineering boom. 02:40 - What sells Deepnote? 05:30 - What makes Deepnote’s product innovative? 10:35 - How does being customer centric and having an open communication channel work at Deepnote? 13:52 - What techno…

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Building Accessibility in the US: Insights from Telehealth & More! | Enginears Podcast 28:20

3M ago28:20

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 02:26 - Who are RO? 07:33 - What is digital accessibility? 08:43 - What is the process that a company or individual can take to make digital accessibility more accessible? 11:24 - Has the idea of accessibility changed the way you think about engineering? 13:25 - Ar…

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Delving into How Freestar Handle 137 BILLION Requests to Their API's Monthly! | Enginears Podcast 47:36

4M ago47:36

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:35 - Who is Nick? 06:30 - Who are Freestar and what do they do? 12:07 - What product and engineering challenges do you face and what does a day at Freestar look like? 18:07 - What automation features are used at Freestar? 20:36 - What technologies and tools do y…

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How Catawiki Strategically Invests 20% of its Engineering Capacity to Manage Long-Term Tech Health! | Enginears Podcast 49:00

4M ago49:00

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:25 - Who is Tyler and what is his background? 06:35 - What do Catawiki do? 12:45 - How tough is objective 1 to reach for a CTO? 15:49 - What changes has Tyler brought to Catawiki and what impact has it had on the teams? 28:53 - How does team communication work a…

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Ep. #69, Collecting Cybercrime Data with Charles Herring of WitFoo 49:01

4M ago49:01

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In episode 69 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Charles Herring of WitFoo. Together they dive deep into the world of cybercrime investigations. Discover the intricate processes of data collection and analysis in the realm of cybersecurity, all while balancing the imperative of cost-effectiveness and citizen privacy. The post appeared first on…

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How Attune Built up to Insure OVER 56,000 SME’s | Enginears Podcast 40:43

4M ago40:43

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:10 - Intro in Azeem & Attune. 04:05 - Commercial mindset software engineers are adopting - why? 06:15 - How customers interact with Attune? 09:10 - Is Attune industry-wide? 09:57 - What challenges are Attune tackling and solving? 13:27 - How Machine Learning Mod…

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From 0 to 50 MILLION Contracted Accounts in Less Than 10 Years w/ Kraken Tech! | Enginears Podcast 30:15

4M ago30:15

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:27 - Intro to Fred. 02:50 - When did the transition from Data Science to Software Engineering happen? 04:40 - Who are Kraken? 07:21 - What has the growth been like at Kraken and how are the engineering standards maintained? 09:29 - What are conventions and what …

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The Value of CPTO in Scale-Ups w/ Dimitra Retsina | Enginears Podcast 33:29

4M ago33:29

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 00:33 - Background into Dimitra. 03:37 - Where has the CPTO role emerged from? 05:51 - How can the structure of an organisation change with the introduction of a CPTO? 08:13 - How does implementing “Winning by design” benefit the organisation? 10:32 - Where is the …

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Next-Gen HealthTech: How Thoughtful's Bots are Outpacing Humans by 95%! | Enginears Podcast 30:21

5M ago30:21

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Intro to Enginears. 01:16 - Intro to Thoughtful. 02:44 - Who is Jesal? 06:48 - What is the difference between a bespoke platform compared to an all-in-one platform product? 08:57 - What challenges do Thoughtful face in the HealthTech industry? 11:45 - Why is developer experience so…

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Understanding Hyper-personalization & Future Data Privacy Law Impacts w/ Crosshatch | Enginears 27:24

5M ago27:24

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears intro. 01:16 - Introducing Soren and his past career. 03:20 - What can users expect from Crosshatch? 06:25 - What is hyper personalisation? 10:20 - What is meant by the rise in data portability? 14:10 - How do you think changes in data privacy law will impact Crosshatch? …

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Ep. #68, Observa-What? with Michele Mancioppi of Dash0 47:17

5M ago47:17

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In episode 68 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Michele Mancioppi of Dash0. This talk examines what it takes to make observability more accessible to non-experts in the space. Additional topics explored include the differences between monitoring and observability and Michele's shift from staff engineering to product management. The post appea…

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How to Create a Great Developer Experience While Managing Digital Challenges w/ Plumery | Enginears Podcast 32:38

5M ago32:38

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Intro to Enginears. 01:15 - Who is Ben and who are Plumery? What are they building? 04:46 - What does developer experience mean to Plumery and why? 06:10 - What impact does good developer experience have on engineering and product teams? 09:35 - What are your thoughts around measur…

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How Preply Have Innovated the Learning Space Through Experimentation Culture! | Enginears Podcast 45:30

6M ago45:30

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00:00 – Intro to Enginears. 01:24 – Intro to Ihor. 02:14 – Intro to Vadym. 03:06 – Is there a crossover between divisions? 04:12 – Background to Preply. 06:02 – What changes have you seen in consumer and user behaviour and how it has impacted Preply? 08:00 – How are you able to assess what features customers want? 09:44 – What technology changes ha…

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Ep. #67, Managing Infrastructure Costs with Performance Engineering 43:31

6M ago43:31

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In episode 67 of o11ycast, Martin, Jess, and Liz dive deep on performance engineering. Pulling heavily from Liz’s extensive experience in the field, they share insights on utilizing data to balance resources like developers’ time and infrastructure costs. Listeners can expect to learn helpful lessons on infrastructure optimization, performance data…

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Exploring Why Data at Criteo is so Vital w/ Over 1 TRILLION HTTP Requests Daily! | Enginears Podcast 39:00

7M ago39:00

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00:00 - Intro. 01:33 - Who is Maxime and what have your roles been at Criteo? 05:19 - What does Criteo do and what makes its platform compelling? 07:01 - Why do you think data is so important to Criteo? 08:28 - How much data are you ingesting and what are the challenges around processing it? 10:33 - How is ML and AI related to the data Criteo is in…

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How LLMs Help Workera Measure Over 3.2 MILLION Skills (and Counting)! | Enginears Podcast 45:01

7M ago45:01

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00:00 - Enginears Intro. 00:52 - Who is Matija? 03:20 - What has been you biggest challenge when shifting from an embedded engineer to a product engineer 05:23 - How did that transition occur? 07:13 - Who are Workera? 10:00 - What data are you capturing and how are you capturing it? 13:40 - How have Large Language Models (LLM’S) used in the platfor…

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Building Robust & Scalable AI to Serve 1400 Hectares Across 200 Greenhouses w/ Source.ag | Enginears 32:32

7M ago32:32

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00:00 - Enginears Intro. 00:44 - Intro to Daan and his career. 03:10 - Why and how did you (Daan) transition from music to Software Engineering? 05:34 - Who are Source.ag and what do they do? 07:57 - How do Source.ag use AI within the business and what does it do? 10:37 - What challenges do you face as VP of Engineering when managing your team? 18:…

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Ep. #66, Building Observability Platforms with Iris Dyrmishi of Miro 34:35

7M ago34:35

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In episode 66 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Iris Dyrmishi of Miro. They dive deep on what it takes to build an observability platform with open source tooling. Additionally, they explore the expense of outsourcing observability, the journey from logs to traces, tips for adopting new tools, and the spread of the FinOps movement. The post a…

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Scaling Success: 5 Years at Klaviyo - A Journey through Data, Engineering, & Culture | Enginears Podcast 1:04:24

7M ago1:04:24

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00:00 – Enginears Intro. 01:15 – Insight into role at ventures and how are you impacting the core products of the business. 06:31 – What makes Klaviyo so compelling? 11:15 – Is Klaviyo most powerful within a particular sector or customer type? 16:09 – What was Klaviyo like as a business when you joined 5 years ago? 32:25 – Do you feel now in terms …

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Discovering How Over 30-40% of ALL NEW MUSIC is Distributed w/ Distrokid! | Enginears Podcast 43:44

8M ago43:44

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00:00 – Enginears Intro. 03:15 – What is it like to become a CTO? 05:35 – What does a CTO do? 08:30 – Intro into Distrokid. 12:45 – What tech have you inherited & what do you see the mindset of engineers being like today? 20:20 – How have you changed how developers & teams worked? 27:00 – People growth & challenges you have seen as a CTO. 30:00 – W…

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Scaling the Birdie App to Deliver 30 MILLION Care Visits in 2023! | Enginears Podcast 43:44

8M ago43:44

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00:00 – Enginears Intro. 01:10 – Intro into Birdie & what has changed over the last 5 years engineering wise. 04:20 – What are some of the prominent changes you have seen, even just business wise? 06:30 – Mobile journey & how far the business has come. 08:40 – Talk about the changes over the years, why they made sense back then and not now. 12:50 –…

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Building a Global Payments System from 0 to 120 Million App Downloads w/ Hopper! | Enginears Podcast 39:04

9M ago39:04

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00:55 – Intro to Jitendra 01:40 – How have you seen travel evolve over the last couple of years through your eyes? 03:05 – Intro on Hopper 04:30 – You’ve almost built the baseline of those FinTech products and then re-sell them; what’s that experience been like? 05:35 – Talk to us about these fleet of FinTech products, how they make up Hopper and w…

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Delving into Adevinta’s Common Platform Accommodating over 4 BILLION Requests PER DAY! | Enginears Podcast 37:51

9M ago37:51

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01:40 – Who is João and intro to Adevinta. 05:00 – Investing in the journey of platform engineering; where this came from? What’s that journey been like? What have you learnt? 08:00 – What has Joao learnt over the last 3 years and the impact. 13:30 – What does the technical complexity mean day to day? 16:00 – What the platform means to Ebay and som…

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How Observability Provides Insights For Businesses & Why Data Control Is Vital | Enginears Podcast 47:44

9M ago47:44

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- Intro to Chronosphere and Paige Cruz. - Tell us some typical engineering challenges Chronosphere has to tackle. - Understand DoorDash case study and how Chronosphere have helped them scale. - Evolution of Paige Cruz as a Senior Developer Advocate. - Where will Chronosphere be in the next 6-12 months? Prefer to watch your podcasts? Check us out on…

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Making Data Accessible to all Through Low-Code Data Science Apps from KNIME | Enginears Podcast 50:47

9M ago50:47

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- Who are KNIME? - What is Low-Code? - Common misconceptions about low-code and it’s capabilities - How KNIME’s low-code approach can deliver complex tasks across AI - How to get trained ML models into production, and out to customers Prefer to watch your podcasts? Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Enginearsio Edited by: hunterdigit…

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Tide on the One Platform Initiative & Challenges when Expanding into New Markets | Enginears Podcast 34:20

9M ago34:20

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Prefer to watch your podcasts? Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Enginearsio Edited by: hunterdigital.co.uk Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.By Enginears

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Revolutionising EV Charging Through High-Quality Hardware Integrations | Enginears Podcast 38:41

9M ago38:41

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01:00 – Intro into Ashley and elevator pitch for ev.energy 03:00 – What are some challenges you see around the software and hardware intersection? 08:30 – Data ingestion of the platform; the collection & cleanliness of data across millions of EV’s that ev.energy are sourcing info from and how they do that. 15:00 – How and what are ev.energy using t…

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Marshmallow’s Mission and the Challenges in Disrupting the InsurTech Space | Enginears Podcast 43:14

9M ago43:14

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01:35 – Intro to David 03:56 – Marshmallow’s mission & product offering 07:40 – Engineering solutions to engineering problems 09:30 – Breaking down engineering sub-sections 16:00 – Understand backend challenges & how you offer a really good customer experience (how you build it) 18:30 – Explain the systems evolution over the last couple of years 21…

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Software Engineering Journey: From Skyscanner to Jinius | Angelos Constantinides 1:14:43

9M ago1:14:43

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Σε αυτό το επεισόδιο του Hack Cyprus, ετοιμαστείτε να ανακαλύψουμε μαζί το Software Engineering με τον tech lead της Jinius. 🚀 Συντονιστείτε μαζί μας καθώς ανακαλύπτουμε την ιστορία του από τις φοιτητικές του ημέρες στη Σκωτία μέχρι τον διορισμό του στη Skyscanner. 💻 Ο Άγγελος αναλύει τη δυναμική της ομάδας, το SDLC και τις προσδοκίες του ρόλου του…

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Ep. #65, Simplifying Tracing with Sophie DeBenedetto of GitHub 35:42

9M ago35:42

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In episode 65 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Sophie DeBenedetto of GitHub. This talk explores observability at GitHub, the value of tracing, the BEAM ecosystem, the Elixir language, and insights on leveraging observability at scale. The post appeared first on Heavybit.By Heavybit

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Ep. #64, Shared Language Concepts with Austin Parker of Honeycomb 34:47

10M ago34:47

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In episode 64 of o11ycast, Jessica Kerr and Martin Thwaites speak with Austin Parker of Honeycomb. This talk explores how observability within an organization provides a shared language between teams to discuss reliability. Other topics examined include numeronyms in the tech space, OpenTelemetry, and Kubernetes. The post appeared first on Heavybit…

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Road.io and Building out EV Infrastructure | Enginears Podcast 43:53

11M ago43:53

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- Intro to Road.io and who is Michael - Mission of Road and the role of a VP of Engineering - Cultural approach to technology choices - How Road.io are assessing problems and then solving those challenges - When to event source, when not to event source? - Growth & Hiring at Road.io Prefer to watch your podcasts? Check us out on YouTube: https://ww…

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