Moonpig Technology Podcast

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...

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.