Software Development

How we work and what the process looks like

Everything starts with a good understanding of the business goals, variables and limitations, so a very “vertical” form of thinking is required by all engineers, even before the first lines of code are written.

Once the larger goal is set, everything else can be standardized into a robust workflow, leveraging our experience with agile scrum-like methodologies which gives us a good starting point when shaping new projects. We break the work down into small tasks, prioritize and plan the tasks into time frames, and make sure every piece is covered by a single person responsible for shipping the working end result.

Technologies we use

In order to minimize lock-in to heavyweight products or vendors we usually go for modular architecture and pick the best tool for each functional layer. Whenever possible — use widely adopted tools that are actively maintained and have convincing product roadmap themselves, even better if open source. Depending on particular project context and goals the final choices can vary from incumbent proprietary solutions to free to use toolsets and industry challengers.

• Data platforms — Hadoop, Spark, AWS Redshift, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle DB, Vertica, Teradata
• Reporting and Business Intelligence — Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Oracle BI EE, Qlik
• General tools — Python
• Web development — JavaScript, ReactJS, PHP, Laravel
• Data integrations and ETL — SQL, Python, Microsoft SSIS, Pentaho, Talend