Moonpig Technology Podcast

Accessibility is an important consideration in web development. Senior Engineer Robert Smith and Engineering Manager Andy O'Brien join us to explain just how important it is, and how an accessible website is better for everyone. We are also very excited to welcome Saphie Abayomi to the hosting team.

People Director Sasha Watson (@sash_watson) and Product Manager Fabia Lewis join us to discuss how we have managed to continue our recruitment and onboarding processes while everyone is working from home. If you are interested in hearing more about our open roles, you can view them here: https://jobs.lever.co/moonpig

The iOS platform has changed a lot since it’s launch in 2007. iOS Engineering Manager Dave Perry joins us to discuss the evolution of the platform, and how Moonpig has transformed our iOS app to become a market leader.

In this episode, we are welcoming back Jaimen Lathia, who will take us through the process of deciding if a software system should be built, bought, or rented.

We are joined by CTO Peter Donlon and CPO Ronan Tighe to discuss how the technology team has helped the business adapt in response to the global pandemic.

Everyone is all about the data, but what does it actually take to build a modern data platform? How do you structure a team around this? How do I get buy in to do this? What value does it provide? What does data driven decision making actually mean within a business? And how do you do all this within a budget? We speak with VP of Engineering Gordon Pretorius who can provide some insights into the approach we took, the problems we encountered, the solutions we found and ultimately how it’s changed the business.

Head of Security Tash Norris joins us to discuss how we’re approaching security as part of our software development lifecycle. Interested in joining the team? You can find out about our open roles here: https://apply.workable.com/moonpig-group/ You can also follow us on Twitter @moonpigtech

In this episode, we are joined by Dr Leon Hewitt and Esha Bakshi, who explain how trust & psychological safety are the pillars of a high performing team.

In this episode, Engineering Manager Andy Lowry takes us through the evolution of Moonpig's load testing approach.

In this episode we are joined by Todd Yates, who takes us through the various iterations of the Android app's architecture and how each iteration improved testability. You can find the talk Todd mentions here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIMkBQpW0Q8

At Moonpig, we run code katas every fortnight. Jaimen Lathia joins us to explain how we organise the sessions, and the benefits of regular deliberate practise.

Developers Lizz and Deji tell us how they began their careers in Software Development by attending Bootcamps, and how Moonpig are helping them continue to grow.

More and more people are consuming the internet using mobile devices, to the point now where it’s overtaking traditional desktop browser usage. Given the differences in screen size, variable bandwidth and the dreaded ‘offline’ scenarios this brings with it, it’s important that Mobile clients are considered from the offset. That brings about its own challenges, especially when you are working with an existing system that was built before Mobile really gained traction. We chat with UX designer Hannah and front end developer Jesus, who guide us through the journey we’ve taken at Moonpig.

User researcher Alex Lee explains what it means to 'talk to your customer'

Richard and Jakob discuss how Moonpig support people's career ambitions, by providing clear progression options and a consistent assessment model with Head of Engineering, Neil Sheppard

In this episode Richard talks to Engineering Manager Alex Kruzewski and Senior Developer Jakob Nordlander, who explain how Moonpig went from a slow monthly release cycle to a quicker, release-when-ready process with the help of trunk based development and feature flagging.

In this episode Jakob talks to two of our Product Managers Jasper Law and Robert Crook about how we do A/B Testing. We will talk about how to get started with A/B Testing, how to find out which tests are valuable and what to learn from them.

In this, our first ever episode, your hosts Richard & Jakob introduce themselves, the podcast, give you an idea of what to expect from future episodes, and get to grips with the whole idea of podcasting.