Description
We created Enginears as a place to share Engineering stories and to aid knowledge sharing and discovery into how companies build their products.
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Description
We created Enginears as a place to share Engineering stories and to aid knowledge sharing and discovery into how companies build their products.
Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
191 episodes
Season 1


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.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
48min | Published on July 17, 2024


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 communication styles?10:43 - What do Talent Acquisition (TA) need and what process to implement before going to market to allow for alignment?14:09 - An example of a time where recruitment was transactional & the outcome was not reached and how it was overcome?18:01 - Managing a TA team through data and positively increasing the candidate experience.20:50 - Any more tips for TA to drive the outcome of experience over transaction?24:47 - An example of a time where a TA team has been able to communicate effectively with the technology teams.28:51 - Have there been instances where TA teams you (Toby) have managed didn't want to challenge the process?36:20 - Tips regarding sourcing talent.45:14 - What is TI to Toby and at Google?51:21 - Quick fire questions: Best culture you (Toby) have worked in?53:31 - If you (Toby) could go back to one point in your career, where would it be and why?55:51 - Best learning from a fellow colleague?58:12 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYr All Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
58min | Published on July 10, 2024


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 between Adyen vs Mollie vs Semrush? 25:24 - How you build FinOps culture within the business?30:55 - Pros and cons of using new technologies vs Adyen's mindset? 36:44 - What should people be weary of within payments?41:30 - Top 3 characteristics a software engineer needs to be able to thrive?46:25 - What engineers Semrush are looking to hire?49:10 - Having no Chief Technology Officer (CTO).51:18 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYr All Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
52min | Published on June 26, 2024


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 and why has it been chosen?16:49 - What challenges do you face with MondayDB?21:38 - What is the engineering culture at monday like?26:19 - What are the plans for 2024 and beyond?30:17 - What is your interview process, what mindset are you looking for in engineers and what has growth been like?35:45 - What are the top 3 engineering characteristics that you need in today’s market?40:58 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYr All Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
41min | Published on June 19, 2024


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?13:33 - The key critical engineering challenges in the map visualisation unit?15:33 - What is the process of taking the geospatial data to create map visuals?18:03 - Comparing the size of data.19:35 - How are TomTom process, cleaning and utilsing the data?22:24 - What tools & technologies are used and why?26:55 - Will C++ continue to be used?28:30 - The introduction of Rust language.30:05 - TomTom's organisation layout (team wise) and their day-to-day.32:57 - Growth plans at TomTom.34:42 - Use case of Booking.com (http://Booking.com) utilising TomTom.36:56 - Closing statements by Elliot.38:35 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYr All Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
39min | Published on June 12, 2024


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 (http://Regal.io) Intro.05:00 - How AI is incorporated into Regal.io (http://Regal.io)?07:30 - How Regal.io (http://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 (http://Regal.io).16:23 - The engineering challenges amongst Regal.io (http://Regal.io).19:58 - Why is it hard to monetise AI that sits on top of LLM's?24:20 - What are Regal.io (http://Regal.io)'s growth plans?26:40 - Top 3 characteristics that are important in a Software Engineer?31:43 - Elliot closing statement.32:50 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYr All Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
33min | Published on June 5, 2024


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 give a use case?26:11 - Is the data you analyse segmented?31:32 - Are there any situations where you communicate directly to customers to understand decision making?34:12 - What advice do you have for people running ML algorithms in production as well as dos and don’ts?36:44 - What can we expect from BlaBlaCar in 2024?39:20 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYr All Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
40min | Published on May 29, 2024


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 like?36:45 - What was it like to be involved in an acquisition of this magnitude?41:48 - What does 'complex systems are made up by simple systems' actually mean?50:14 - Who needs to introduce value engineering into an organisation and what does it look like?53:41 - What does the journey of losing look like?01:03:33 - What does Jonathan do now?01:08:20 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYr All Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
1h09 | Published on May 22, 2024


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 technologies are Deepnote using and why?17:55 - What is it like running arbitrary code on the cloud?19:55 - What systems and process do you have in place to protect the cloud?23:10 - Was there a point where Deepnote realised that arbitrary code could be a threat to its platform?25:38 - What does building an autonomous AI model look like?29:09 - Has autonomous AI improved team morale at Deepnote?32:21 - Are you using AI in your day-to-day life?34:24 - What are Deepnote’s plans for the rest of 2024?37:23 - Where are Deepnote hiring and what skills are they looking for?40:32 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYrAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
41min | Published on May 15, 2024


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 - Are these new concepts?14:39 - Do you think AI will change the game in terms of accessibility?17:14 - What are 3 things you would encourage new leaders to do in order to integrate accessibility within your team?19:34 - What have you built at RO?21:18 - What are the top 3 characteristics a software engineer needs to be successful In the current market?27:38 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYr All Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
28min | Published on May 8, 2024
Description
We created Enginears as a place to share Engineering stories and to aid knowledge sharing and discovery into how companies build their products.
Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
191 episodes
Season 1


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.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
48min | Published on July 17, 2024


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 communication styles?10:43 - What do Talent Acquisition (TA) need and what process to implement before going to market to allow for alignment?14:09 - An example of a time where recruitment was transactional & the outcome was not reached and how it was overcome?18:01 - Managing a TA team through data and positively increasing the candidate experience.20:50 - Any more tips for TA to drive the outcome of experience over transaction?24:47 - An example of a time where a TA team has been able to communicate effectively with the technology teams.28:51 - Have there been instances where TA teams you (Toby) have managed didn't want to challenge the process?36:20 - Tips regarding sourcing talent.45:14 - What is TI to Toby and at Google?51:21 - Quick fire questions: Best culture you (Toby) have worked in?53:31 - If you (Toby) could go back to one point in your career, where would it be and why?55:51 - Best learning from a fellow colleague?58:12 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYr All Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
58min | Published on July 10, 2024


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 between Adyen vs Mollie vs Semrush? 25:24 - How you build FinOps culture within the business?30:55 - Pros and cons of using new technologies vs Adyen's mindset? 36:44 - What should people be weary of within payments?41:30 - Top 3 characteristics a software engineer needs to be able to thrive?46:25 - What engineers Semrush are looking to hire?49:10 - Having no Chief Technology Officer (CTO).51:18 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYr All Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
52min | Published on June 26, 2024


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 and why has it been chosen?16:49 - What challenges do you face with MondayDB?21:38 - What is the engineering culture at monday like?26:19 - What are the plans for 2024 and beyond?30:17 - What is your interview process, what mindset are you looking for in engineers and what has growth been like?35:45 - What are the top 3 engineering characteristics that you need in today’s market?40:58 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYr All Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
41min | Published on June 19, 2024


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?13:33 - The key critical engineering challenges in the map visualisation unit?15:33 - What is the process of taking the geospatial data to create map visuals?18:03 - Comparing the size of data.19:35 - How are TomTom process, cleaning and utilsing the data?22:24 - What tools & technologies are used and why?26:55 - Will C++ continue to be used?28:30 - The introduction of Rust language.30:05 - TomTom's organisation layout (team wise) and their day-to-day.32:57 - Growth plans at TomTom.34:42 - Use case of Booking.com (http://Booking.com) utilising TomTom.36:56 - Closing statements by Elliot.38:35 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYr All Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
39min | Published on June 12, 2024


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 (http://Regal.io) Intro.05:00 - How AI is incorporated into Regal.io (http://Regal.io)?07:30 - How Regal.io (http://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 (http://Regal.io).16:23 - The engineering challenges amongst Regal.io (http://Regal.io).19:58 - Why is it hard to monetise AI that sits on top of LLM's?24:20 - What are Regal.io (http://Regal.io)'s growth plans?26:40 - Top 3 characteristics that are important in a Software Engineer?31:43 - Elliot closing statement.32:50 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYr All Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
33min | Published on June 5, 2024


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 give a use case?26:11 - Is the data you analyse segmented?31:32 - Are there any situations where you communicate directly to customers to understand decision making?34:12 - What advice do you have for people running ML algorithms in production as well as dos and don’ts?36:44 - What can we expect from BlaBlaCar in 2024?39:20 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYr All Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
40min | Published on May 29, 2024


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 like?36:45 - What was it like to be involved in an acquisition of this magnitude?41:48 - What does 'complex systems are made up by simple systems' actually mean?50:14 - Who needs to introduce value engineering into an organisation and what does it look like?53:41 - What does the journey of losing look like?01:03:33 - What does Jonathan do now?01:08:20 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYr All Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
1h09 | Published on May 22, 2024


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 technologies are Deepnote using and why?17:55 - What is it like running arbitrary code on the cloud?19:55 - What systems and process do you have in place to protect the cloud?23:10 - Was there a point where Deepnote realised that arbitrary code could be a threat to its platform?25:38 - What does building an autonomous AI model look like?29:09 - Has autonomous AI improved team morale at Deepnote?32:21 - Are you using AI in your day-to-day life?34:24 - What are Deepnote’s plans for the rest of 2024?37:23 - Where are Deepnote hiring and what skills are they looking for?40:32 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYrAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
41min | Published on May 15, 2024


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 - Are these new concepts?14:39 - Do you think AI will change the game in terms of accessibility?17:14 - What are 3 things you would encourage new leaders to do in order to integrate accessibility within your team?19:34 - What have you built at RO?21:18 - What are the top 3 characteristics a software engineer needs to be successful In the current market?27:38 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYr All Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk (http://hunterdigital.co.uk) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
28min | Published on May 8, 2024