How Super.com Invests in Developer Experience and Internal Tooling to Serve 50MM+ Users | Enginears Podcast

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!Guest:https://www.linkedin.com/in/paolobruzzo/https://ago-da.co/engjobs24Powered 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.01:22 - Paolo Intro.03:52 - How did the move to Bangkok, Thailand happen?04:46 - The evolution of roles at Agoda for Paolo.08:17 - What engineering challenges to see at the start of the funnel vs the end of the funnel for the customer journey?16:49 - The end of the customer experience funnel.21:20 - How Paolo is finding the sales of new products?23:57 - How does Paolo & the team at Agoda ensure for uptime and availability?27:31 - Building out a workflow that is critical to the company and the customer.29:42 - Agoda's infrastructure.32:03 - Advice to engineering leaders to help them get to an 'Always-Ready State'?33:27 - Strategy regarding adding new products.36:31 - Where are Agoda hiring and can engineers follow in Paolo's footsteps to Thailand?39:53 - Paolo & Agoda Outro.41:44 - 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/agnes-leroy/https://jobs.zama.ai/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.00:48 - Agnès & Zama Intro.01:50 - The journey of Zama from the start.03:17 - How is Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) different from traditional encryption methods?04:26 - What made FHE possible in 2009?05:41 - What is Zama's mission and where is Zama's FHE being utilised?06:53 - Where is FHE being applied in the market today and why?10:25 - Where are the biggest challenges in protecting data at the moment?11:35 - How do you make the computations x100 faster?12:59 - Where are the performance challenges for AI?14:07 - Why is it so costly to run and train LLMs?15:11 - How & why are Zama using Rust + other technologies?16:58 - Decisions when choosing what technologies to use - how to go about choosing?18:54 - Problems Agnès & the Zama GPU team are solving today.21:24 - Zama's current environment and the type of people they are trying to attract (hiring & growing plans).24:47 - Agnès & Zama Outro.25:48 - 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/dziublinski/https://www.xapobank.com/en/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.01:11 - Kamil Intro.02:23 - Being a CTO at a Crypto native business.05:37 - Xapo Bank Intro.09:13 - How Xapo Bank is built to be accessible and secure?13:30 - How has Xapo Bank done so well on accessibility & securability vs others? Where are the common shortfalls?18:00 - From a bird's eye view as a CTO, what are the most common engineering challenges at Xapo Bank?21:43 - What is MPC and why use it over other security initiatives?31:29 - 'Creating a security culture not just for a quarter, but for a year +', how do you create this mindset/culture within a company?36:03 - What is in store for Xapo Bank over the next 12 months?40:20 - Where will Xapo Bank be growing the team?42:36 - Kamil & Xapo Bank Outro.43:41 - 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/olasitarska/https://isometric.com/careers/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.01:03 - Ola Intro.04:34 - Transition from engineering into leadership.06:19 - Move from Shopify to Isometric; why did you want to join?08:43 - Isometric Intro.11:09 - Insight into how carbon removal estimation works.15:23 - The biggest thing you have learnt working in the carbon removal industry?16:18 - Portfolio of companies Isometric are working with.20:14 - What do the software engineering challenges at Isometric look like?23:01 - Vision for building in the right way; what does that look like to Ola?25:07 - What does building with the right technologies and processes look like?29:59 - Building with strategy and purpose at a startup.32:28 - What does the growth at Isometric look like over the next 12 months?35:55 - How will Isometric be growing?37:20 - How are Isometric hiring into the business?39:45 - The 3 things a software engineer needs to thrive in the current market climate?42:30 - Ola/Isometric Outro.43:12 - 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/kellyjw/https://www.linkedin.com/company/envelop-risk/jobs/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.01:20 - Who is John?05:03 - Do you build the technology or find the market fit?06:24 - Who are Envelop Risk and what challenges are they solving?08:54 - What technology have you built and what does it do for your customers?12:06 - What exactly are you looking to assess when you use your technology?16:29 - What would a day in the life of an engineer look like at Envelop Risk?21:15 - Has the rise of LLM’s and AI moved the business forward in the last 12-18 months?23:41 - Modelling scenarios explained.38:48 - What are the top 3 characteristics engineers need to thrive?43:08 - How is the business growing?46:01 - John & Envelop Risk Outro. 46:46 - 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/bunopus/https://join.rarible.comPowered 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.01:08 - Evgeny Intro.03:16 - Transition from Web2 to Web3.07:45 - Rarible Intro.13:14 - How far away is mass adoption of Web3?22:14 - What does engineering inside of Rarible looks like?24:56 - Differences between Web2 and Web3.28:45 - Challenges with building on different chains?31:41 - Will technological standards come to the blockchain?33:52 - How does a Web2 business explore moving into Web3?38:42 - What advice would you give to someone who wants to transition from Web2 to Web3?44:10 - Next 12 months for Rarible.47:45 - Evgeny & Rarible Outro.49:09 - 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/maxorlovsky/https://www.chiliz.com/careers/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.01:10 - Max & Chiliz Intro.03:40 - Introducing blockchain into Chiliz.07:05 - What is Chiliz's mission?11:55 - What challenges come with building your own chain?16:38 - What would you change or do differently if you had to start again?18:31 - The accessibility to blockchain talent; how to find/attract them?21:24 - Engineering challenges on the EVM.25:25 - The mindset shift needed to code on the blockchain.26:38 - Direction of Chiliz and the next 6-12 months.32:20 - Chiliz Outro.33:47 - 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!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.