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

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!Guests:https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-amor/, Co-Founder & Designer at Slinghttps://www.linkedin.com/in/james-routley/, Backend Engineer at SlingAbout Sling:Sling is building a world where sending and receiving money is effortless. The app leverages stablecoin and real-time payment technology to allow people to move money anywhere, in any currency, nearly instantly and for a negligible fee. Sling makes global transfers easy by enabling users to pay people, not anonymous account numbers. It’s available in 150+ countries on the Android and iOS app stores. An Avian Labs product, Sling was founded by Mike Hudack and Simon Amor, who have decades of product engineering and design experience. Learn more at www.sling.money.Sling's Social Media/community to share:https://x.com/SlingMoneyhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/sling-money/https://www.instagram.com/Sling.Money/https://slingfriends.slack.com/Sling is still in closed beta, but we've made the access code 'enginears' so up to 100 listeners can skip the waitlist.Powered by Artifeks!https://www.linkedin.com/company/artifeksrecruitmenthttps://www.artifeks.co.ukhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/agilerecruiterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enginearsioTwitter: https://x.com/EnginearsioAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginears00:00 - Enginears Intro.00:53 - Simon Intro.01:14 - James Intro.01:36 - Sling Money Intro.03:10 - Process in sending Crypto internationally.06:45 - Why blockchain technology?07:54 - How you have simplified the process through engineering?10:26 - The importance of design at Sling Money & the importance of design and engineering working together.16:09 - What are the biggest challenges of being a user-lead company?19:47 - What have the iterations looked like? The evolution of Sling Money.25:26 - How Sling Money are absorbing feedback from users?30:32 - What the next 6-12 months look like for Sling Money?36:43 - Sling Money Outro.38:51 - Enginears Outro.Edited by: hunterdigital.co.ukHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!Guest:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kpericak/https://www.super.com/careersPowered by Artifeks!https://www.linkedin.com/company/artifeksrecruitmenthttps://www.artifeks.co.ukhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/agilerecruiterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enginearsioTwitter: https://x.com/EnginearsioAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginears00:00 - Enginears Intro.01:14 - What is Kyle’s background and role at Super.com?02:30 - Who are Super.com?04:01 - What is Developer Experience like at Super.com?06:40 - Where are Super.com today?08:50 - Why did you invest in certain technologies?13:12 - How do you choose the best pieces of software for its purpose?16:24 - How have you made Super.com fault tolerant and what tools do you use?22:15 - What was the move to Coder like and why did you move?25:15 - How long does it take to get engineers up and running?28:36 - What’s been your biggest learning during that quarter of building the new environment?31:05 - Where are Super.com going in the next 12 months and where are they growing?33:48 - What are the top 3 things a software engineer needs to thrive in this climate?35:41 - Kyle & Super.com Outro.36:32 - Enginears Outro.Edited by: hunterdigital.co.uk#enginears #podcast #technologyHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!00:00 - Enginears Intro.01:56 - Who is Bob?04:15 - What drew Bob to the economic side of software?06:06 - Who are Weaviate?09:03 - What are the use cases of Weaviate?14:25 - What was the evolution of Weaviate and how did you decide what elements of the product to turn in to a business?18:25 - Are you looking to monetise Weaviate?20:11 - What have you learnt from building the business and product?29:04 - What is Conway’s law and how is it applied across Weaviate?33:03 - What are some principles you can apply to communication to ensure simplistic software?40:45 - What is Developer Experience like inside Weaviate?45:48 - What does the next 12 months look like inside Weaviate?48:05 - Bob Outro.48:44 - Enginears Outro.Guest:https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobvanluijt/https://weaviate.io/company/careersPowered by Artifeks!https://www.linkedin.com/company/artifeksrecruitmenthttps://www.artifeks.co.ukhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/agilerecruiterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enginearsioTwitter: https://x.com/EnginearsioAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.ukHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!Pigment Tech Blog: https://engineering.pigment.com/Guests:https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-hewins/https://www.linkedin.com/in/chaimaa-e-12708033/https://www.pigment.com/careersPowered by Artifeks!https://www.linkedin.com/company/artifeksrecruitmenthttps://www.artifeks.co.ukhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/agilerecruiterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enginearsioTwitter: https://x.com/EnginearsioAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk00:00 - Enginears Intro.01:02 - Chaimaa Intro.03:01 - Ben Intro.04:01 - Pigment Intro.09:05 - Performance engineering challenges at Pigment.12:45 - Responsiveness & Scale, which one is more challenging?15:17 - What volumes of data are Pigment dealing with?17:55 - How do you make sense of all the data?23:10 - Pigment's unique way of building & solving problems.29:36 - Differences between a typical Engineering Manager role vs Pigment's Engineering Manager role.32:12 - The success of the different structures of roles at Pigment.35:57 - Challenges around scalability and concurrence.43:11 - Where is Pigment growing? What skillsets and types of people Pigment are looking for?47:17 - Ben & Chaimaa Outro.48:43 - Enginears Outro.Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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?15:17 - What does the timeline look like from introduction of AI to seeing results?16:40 - Are your team aware of any risks of building AI into the product going forwards?17:37 - What other benefits (generally) has AI brought to the business?19:30 - The future of cybersecurity and AI.21:00 - GitGuardian's innovation vs growth of business.21:42 - How your teams are structured?25:56 - Where are GitGuardian hiring across the business (skillsets)?28:18 - GitGuardian Tech Stack.29:36 - What are the top 3 characteristics engineers need to thrive in today's industry?31:02 - Didier & GitGuardian Outro.31:46 - Enginears Outro.Guest:https://www.linkedin.com/in/didiercaroff/https://www.gitguardian.com/careersPowered by Artifeks!https://www.linkedin.com/company/artifeksrecruitmenthttps://www.artifeks.co.ukhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/agilerecruiterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enginearsioTwitter: https://x.com/EnginearsioAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.ukHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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 conversations look like (initial ideas phase) before asking questions like how/why (execution phase)?18:39 - Associated engineering challenges with building a low-latency platform?19:00 - General approach to engineering something at CoinShares?21:05 - The importance of having office days for collaboration.21:50 - How do you build and continue to keep high performance in your team?25:49 - Why it is important to continually develop your technology as a business.27:34 - Why should people have Crypto in their portfolio? (Not financial advice).30:06 - CoinShares & Richard Outro.31:42 - Enginears Outro.Guest:https://www.linkedin.com/in/richbell/https://careers.coinshares.com/Powered by Artifeks!https://www.linkedin.com/company/artifeksrecruitmenthttps://www.artifeks.co.ukhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/agilerecruiterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enginearsioTwitter: https://x.com/EnginearsioAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.ukHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!https://qonto.com/en/careershttps://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 data platform different to data engineering?24:24 - How do you build the data platform?28:02 - How recent is the data platform to Qonto and where do you see it taking the business?31:50 - The bigger the data, the wider variety of insights.34:19 - What are the top 3 things that an engineer needs to thrive?36:37 - Qonto's growth plans over the next 12 months.38:48 - David/Qonto Outro.40:15 - Enginears Outro.Powered by Artifeks!https://www.linkedin.com/company/artifeksrecruitmenthttps://www.artifeks.co.ukhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/agilerecruiterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enginearsioTwitter: https://x.com/EnginearsioAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.ukHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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 engineering challenges and how to prioritise the building?32:14 - What trajectory are Blackbird.AI on?35:54 - Growth plans for the remainder of 2024.40:20 - What are the top 3 things that are needed to thrive in the software engineering space?46:01 - Karim Outro.47:34 - Enginears Outro.Powered by Artifeks!https://www.linkedin.com/company/artifeksrecruitmenthttps://www.artifeks.co.ukhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/agilerecruiterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enginearsioTwitter: https://x.com/EnginearsioAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.ukHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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 Finance regarding hiring plans look like?15:48 - Where do the benchmark numbers come from for the talent teams hiring targets each month?18:00 - Have you (Rory) always tried to stay hands on while starting to managing internal talent teams?19:50 - Capacity planning; how to build an efficient TA team?23:55 - How do you flex on the scenarios given for the budget?26:56 - Other ways to flex without using embedded models/agencies?32:16 - The other functions within a TA's remit (long-term/short-term).34:04 - Has the economic situation impacted how you (Rory) build your TA teams/capacity planning?36:51 - How to decide when to use embedded/agencies? & percentages on amount of hires made by them?38:23 - Quick fire questions: Best culture you (Rory) have worked in and why?39:29 - If you (Rory) could go back to one point in your career, where would it be and why?40:00 - Best learning from someone at C-Level or Talent that you (Rory) have worked with?41:27 - What is your best piece of advice to people in Talent to ensure they hire the very best talent?43:49 - Rory Outro.44:07 - Enginears Outro.Powered by Artifeks!https://www.linkedin.com/company/artifeksrecruitmenthttps://www.artifeks.co.ukhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/agilerecruiterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enginearsioTwitter: https://x.com/EnginearsioAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.ukHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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 for Internal Mobility?17:20 - Talent mapping at Meta, how did this work?21:05 - What benefits were seen from Internal Employer Brand/Employee Engagement?23:55 - External Employer Brand.32:11 - Glassdoor usefulness.34:32 - What companies are doing a great job in having good Internal/External Employer Brands?37:25 - Have you (Laura) seen the effect of Brand Familiarity?40:03 - Quick fire questions: Best culture you (Laura) have worked in and why?41:29 - If you (Laura) could go back to one point in your career, where would it be and why?42:05 - Deloitte Employer Brand work.42:46 - Best learning from someone at C-Level or in TA?43:34 - What is the best piece of advice to people in Talent to hire the very best talent?45:25 - How will AI impact sourcing for Talent on LinkedIn without the human element (black and white approach)?47:10 - Laura Outro.47:23 - Enginears Outro.Powered by Artifeks!https://www.linkedin.com/company/artifeksrecruitmenthttps://www.artifeks.co.ukhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/agilerecruiterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enginearsioTwitter: https://x.com/EnginearsioAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.ukHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.