Committed to learning and continuous improvement, Kogan.com’s Engineering team develops its engineering talent through giving and taking responsibility, co-creation, mentorship, and internal mobility opportunities to grow and advance their careers. There are opportunities for Engineers at Kogan.com regardless of background. Some engineers at Kogan.com are Individual Contributors, Tech Leads or People Managers – and engineering growth paths and aspirations are supported throughout their journey. Featured here is Reuben Orange, our latest addition to the team who joined us through Kogan.com’s…
A famous example where telling Engineers what to do backfired was the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986. Engineers at Morton Thiokol, the contractor responsible for the shuttle’s solid rocket boosters, warned NASA management that the O-rings in the boosters could fail in cold weather. The night before launch, engineers strongly recommended delaying the launch due to unusually low temperatures. Management, under pressure to proceed, overruled the engineers’ concerns and told them to “make a recommendation based on data, not emotion.” Eventually, management told the engineers to sign…
Before AI coding assistants, a typical engineering team of 8-10 people might have been lucky to have one or two “10x engineers”, or “workhorses”, the kind of engineer that both keeps project quality and feature velocity high. AI tools have solved the workhorse half of this equation, enabling massive raw output. Today, almost every engineer can produce a high volume of code with GitHub Copilot, Claude, or Cursor. But the quality half of the equation has not kept up. Teams are shipping more code, but a greater fraction of it is AI slop: plausible-looking, locally coherent, globally wrong. Code…
Frontend Engineering at Palantir: Building Multilingual CollaborationAbout this SeriesFrontend engineering at Palantir goes far beyond building standard web apps. Our engineers design interfaces for mission-critical decision-making, build operational applications that translate insight to action, and create systems that handle massive datasets — thinking not just about what the user needs, but what they need when the network is unreliable, the stakes are high, and the margin for error is zero.This series pulls back the curtain on what that work really looks like: the technical problems we…
Could you introduce yourself and your role at Deliveroo? I’m Gina, I’m a Senior Engineering Manager at Deliveroo. I lead our Consumer Experience group in our New Verticals engineering team, and I’ve been at Deliveroo for five years. Could you walk us through your path to engineering management and what brought you to Deliveroo? I studied information systems at university and developed an interest in human-computer interaction. This field emphasises understanding users and translating business processes into technical requirements. I moved to San Francisco for a tech consulting role, where I…
The nature of software engineering is changing rapidly. At Canva, we believe our hiring process should evolve alongside the tools and practices our engineers use every day. That's why we're excited to share that we now expect Backend, Machine Learning and Frontend engineering candidates to use AI tools like Copilot, Cursor, and Claude during our technical interviews. The Reality of Modern Engineering At Canva, almost half of our frontend and backend engineers are daily active users of an AI assisted coding tool. Our engineers leverage AI to prototype ideas, understand our large codebase and…
At Kogan.com, engineering is about building software that is useful and seeing them used at scale. We work in a fast moving e-commerce environment, so the problems are real and often complex. Performance, reliability, scale, legacy constraints, new features, tight feedback loops. We ship frequently, deploy daily, and continuously improve what is already live. You can see the impact of your work quickly, and so can our customers. Yes, there are hackathons, plenty of snacks, meetup pizzas and team events. But what defines the culture is ownership. Engineers are trusted to make decisions, go…
I recently received an email from a reader of my blog that, for whatever reason, really got me thinking. Here’s what it said: Hi Philip, is it okay to ask how you become a great front-end engineer? Any advice? I have to admit, I was surprised to even be asked this question since I’ve never really thought of myself as a “great” front-end engineer. In fact, the first few years I worked in this industry, I honestly don’t think I was qualified for any of the jobs I had. I only applied for them because I didn’t realize how little I knew, and I only got them because the people interviewing me…
About this SeriesFrontend engineering at Palantir goes far beyond building standard web apps. Our engineers design interfaces for mission-critical decision-making, build operational applications that translate insight to action, and create systems that handle massive datasets — thinking not just about what the user needs, but what they need when the network is unreliable, the stakes are high, and the margin for error is zero.This series pulls back the curtain on what that work really looks like: the technical problems we solve, the impact we have, and the approaches we take. Whether you’re…
I studied computer science in university, but I never expected it to be my full-time job. During my second year, I seriously considered pivoting into consulting. However, I’m glad I stayed the course, as it led to immense growth and the discovery of a renewed passion I had never expected. At the start, I had a general feeling of unpreparedness and lack of direction, as I knew nothing about the tech fields out there. Web Development? Sounds fun, but I’m not much of a UI person. Data Engineering? Sounds complicated. Systems Engineering? Wait, what was that again? Basically, there wasn’t a…
Hey everyone, I’m Kartik Visvanathan, an Engineering Manager at Deliveroo, based in India. I joined the team in 2023, and it’s been an exciting ride ever since. I’ve built some truly impactful products here, including an advertising platform that we scaled into a profitable business, and a corporate orders product that touched every part of our systems—from restaurants to delivery to customer service. But while building cool stuff is awesome, what I really want to share today is the secret sauce behind it: how we work as a team here in India. A Truly Global Hub Our engineering hub in India is…
About this SeriesFrontend engineering at Palantir goes far beyond building standard web apps. Our engineers design interfaces for mission-critical decision-making, build operational applications that translate insight to action, and create systems that handle massive datasets — thinking not just about what the user needs, but what they need when the network is unreliable, the stakes are high, and the margin for error is zero.This series pulls back the curtain on what that work really looks like: the technical problems we solve, the impact we have, and the approaches we take. Whether you’re…
About this SeriesFrontend engineering at Palantir goes far beyond building standard web apps. Our engineers design interfaces for mission-critical decision-making, build operational applications that translate insight to action, and create systems that handle massive datasets — thinking not just about what the user needs, but what they need when the network is unreliable, the stakes are high, and the margin for error is zero.This series pulls back the curtain on what that work really looks like: the technical problems we solve, the impact we have, and the approaches we take. Whether you’re…
Could you introduce yourself and your role at Deliveroo? I’m Antonio, a Senior Staff Engineer at Deliveroo. I have been with Deliveroo for six and a half years, overseeing the entire New Verticals domain as well as the Catalogues space, as an Individual Contributor (IC). Can you tell us a little bit about your career journey into engineering and how you found yourself at Deliveroo? I have been passionate about computers since childhood, which led me to pursue studies in software engineering. I began my career working for consultancy firms in Italy, my home country, before moving to London,…
For a long time, engineering interviews had this unspoken rule: Close ChatGPT.Turn off Copilot.How dare you use AI to code! That's not real engineering. We're not doing that. If you're interviewing for an engineering role at Kogan.com, you can use AI. Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, whatever's already part of your workflow. Honestly, we'd rather see how you actually work with these tools. Why we changed it Our engineers use AI constantly. It helps write, debug, refactor, and unblock work across Kogan.com, Mighty Ape and the rest of the group. So banning it for sixty minutes during an…
Authors: Auriane Bonmarchand, Carolina Tealdo & Minh-Quyên NGUYENAt Criteo, Engineering Program Managers (EPMs) sit at the heart of our most complex, cross-team initiatives. We connect business ambition with technical reality, helping engineering teams ship impactful products at scale. In this article, three EPMs share what the role really looks like, why we love it, and how your career can grow in this path.If you ask ten people what an EPM does, you’ll probably get ten different answers… So let us explain our vision of the EPM role: what we do (and don’t), why so many of us love this job,…
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The Right Team for the Job: From Engineering to Product: A Superpower for Developer Platform StrategyIntroducing Danny Cassidy, Senior Technical Product Manager, Developer Productivity in Developer PlatformsIllustration by Claire MerchlinskyBy Geethu Jacob, Daniel Cassidy, Nikki Larson and Erica Vendetti“PMs actively and effectively engage with engineering and technology decisions, understanding possibilities and consequences.”This article is part of a New York Times Open series showcasing the breadth of experiences and backgrounds of our Product Managers.Engineering can fuel product…
AI fatigue is hitting some development teams hard. In our original research study, engineering, product and technology leaders from US healthcare companies told us they’re feeling pressured to evaluate a firehose of new AI trends and tools while struggling to navigate AI-generated code alongside legacy systems. This isn’t entirely new. The industry has gone through waves like this before, from the rise of the internet and the advent of social media to mobile development and every new round of web technology in between. But the rapid progression of LLMs speeds up this cycle, which can leave…
Cet article étudie pourquoi le brownfield est si différent du greenfield, propose 5 grandes raisons qui font que l’accélération promise par l’Agentic Engineering, n’est pas toujours atteinte et propose quelques leviers pour effectivement s’accélérer.
Lin Zhu | Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer; Manan Kalra | Machine Learning Engineer II; Logan Jeon | Sr. Machine Learning Engineer; Ye Liu | Staff Machine Learning Engineer; Xiangyi Chen | Sr. Machine Learning Engineer; Jaewon Yang | Principal Machine Learning Engineer; Jinwen Xu | Manager II, Machine Learning Engineering; Tingting Zhu | Sr. Manager, Engineering; Sudarshan Lamkhede | Director, Machine Learning EngineeringPinterest is built to get inspired and then turn the inspiration into realization — a dinner, a renovation, a wedding, a new skill. That only works if we understand more…
Ruby on Rails Engines are miniature applications whose purpose is to supplement a larger Ruby on Rails application. If functionality can exist independent from a main application, an Engine can provide a wonderful degree of encapsulation. Recently, I created the and “gemified” the Passages Ruby on Rails Engine to help alleviate some routing frustration. This gem will be the be used as the example for demonstrating what goes into creating a Ruby on Rails Engine. Revving Up There are two ways to start building an Engine. One option is to use the built in generators to create directories and…
Authors: Longyu Zhao (Staff Machine Learning Engineer), Gwendolyn Zhao (Staff Machine Learning Engineer), Peng Yan (Senior Machine Learning Engineer), Yuanlu Bai (Senior Machine Learning Engineer), Yuan Wang (Senior Machine Learning Engineer), Yao Cheng (Staff Machine Learning Engineer), Ang Xu (Principal Machine Learning Engineer), Zhaohong Han (Manager II, Ads Lightweight Ranking)IntroductionPreviously¹, we launched the next-generation serving stack for standard ads, which we call Nexus. Nexus decoupled candidate generation from scoring and moved us beyond the classic two-tower-only world,…
Lei Pan | Senior Software Engineer; Salina Wu | Senior Software Engineer; Cristian Lopez | Software Engineer I; Guangtong Bai | Staff Software Engineer; Soam Acharya | Principal Engineer; Saurabh Vishwas Joshi | Principal Engineer; Chia-Wei Chen | Staff Software Engineer; Ambud Sharma | Principal EngineerWhy VLM Serving Matters at PinterestPinterest is a visual search and discovery platform, so its AI systems must reason over both language and visual content. Vision-language models (VLMs), which can interpret images, compare visual candidates, and respond naturally to user intent, are…
This was originally written and published by Christophe Spy (Director of Engineering, Medium) as an internal Medium Eng post.Desired outcomes (what “good” looks like)🙏🏻 These are the kinds of changes we want to see if AI is going well at Medium.Less drudgery, more leverageEngineers use AI to remove repetitive, low‑leverage work (e.g. tedious refactors, boilerplate, large test suites), not just to ship more tickets.We see examples like:“We took a part of the codebase that was basically untestable and, with AI, made it testable and added meaningful coverage in days instead of months.”“We…
We talk a lot about outcomes over outputs and how engineers are supposed to get us over the water, not blindly build a bridge because someone asked for a bridge. But how do you do that in practice?
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