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Production Engineering at OVO
It’s been 8 months since our Tech Director, Ed Conolly, wrote a blog post about our technology culture at OVO, describing the way we enable both product and technical autonomy through our take on a host of Agile and Lean patterns. This month I open recruitment for a new team and function at OVO: Production Engineering, and I wanted to share how this intends to support the continued success of that culture.
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On Refactoring. Part 1: Data sources
OVO’s iOS mobile application is - on the surface - very straight forward: a user can log in, submit a meter reading, download their statements and compare their energy usages with national averages. However, the app was built in such a way that we found ourselves with difficulty adding new features, and difficulty debugging customer issues. We’ll see how we managed to create a separation between UI and Data…
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Technology Culture at OVO
Attempting to define a culture in words is challenging, often when we discuss tech culture we’re really talking about a set of behaviours that we ask ourselves and our teams to exhibit. Creating the right environment to work in is arguably the most important thing any technology company can do. We take it really quite seriously here, and truly believe that creating a forward thinking, leading technology culture enables us to perform at our best and attract, develop and retain top talent. This translates to a faster, more agile organisation that consistently delivers products and experiences that customers value, ultimately enabling us to build a successful business.
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