S3 Ep7: The DevLab Podcast with Dave Whittingham of Auto Trader

09/19/22 • 34 min

What could make you want to stay at a company for 10 years? We asked Dave Whittingham, who's been a part of the Auto Trader UK team for over a decade what drew him to the company, the types of projects he gets up to in the Data Platform side and what Auto Trader UK is doing to improve the lives of their employees.
First, we get into Dave's role. As Technical Lead of Data Platforms at Auto Trader UK, he's certainly been involved in some exciting projects.
Next, we take a look at how Auto Trader has made the transition to a tech-first company and how they're delving into the latest cloud technologies.
Lastly – and stay tuned for this part especially – we get to know all of the amazing perks and benefits you could enjoy by joining their tech team.
You can reach out to Dave here.

Powered by Tech, Auto Trader is a company that help everyone achieve more - their consumers, retailers and most importantly their people. As the UK and Ireland’s largest digital automotive marketplace, they use some of the most innovative technologies and are currently looking for more engineers, analysts and more to join their growing team.

With other are 10 million transactions each year, you could get stuck into an amazing dataset, and help transform the world of tech for good. Interested in a tech role with AutoTrader? Then head on over to hackajob.co or visit Auto Trader UK here.

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S3 Ep6: The DevLab Podcast with Mike Broughton of Waters Corporation

Working at the crossroads of science and tech, Waters Corporation is truly a force for good. With some of their instrumentation impacting lives globally, they do tech that matters. But what's it like working there and what kind of projects could you get stuck into as an engineer? We speak with Mike Broughton, Chief Engineer at Waters Corporation to find out what we can.

You can reach out to Mike here.

Waters Corporation is one of the world's leading specialty measurement companies. Working in both the Tech and Science sectors, Waters operates directly in 31 countries and is looking for more engineers to join its team. Focused on improving human health and well-being through the application of high-value analytical technologies and industry-leading scientific expertise, there’ll be no shortage of interesting projects to get involved in. You can visit Waters Corporation here.

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S3 Ep8: The DevLab Podcast with Chris, Jordan and Ami of Huel

In the first of our two-part special, we take a look at the magic behind the tech at Huel and we're joined by the incredible Aminata Kabba (QA Engineer), Jordan Dobrev (Lead Backend Engineer) and Chris Traverse (Engineering Director). They take us through the good, the great and the tech of working at Huel as well as delving into all things data, QA and some exciting new releases.
First up we take a look at what Huel does differently and how technology underpins everything they do.
Next, we get into their amazing perks and benefits, including services to help with mental health.
Lastly we hear about their latest releases and what they're doing to improve their platform.
You can reach out to Chris here, Jordan here and Ami here.
Huel is a food brand. And one that loves the planet too. Founded in 2015 by Julian Hearn in the small town of Aylesbury in the UK, Huel has gone from strength to strength. Over six years later and Huel is now sold in over 150 countries worldwide with 3 offices in the UK and 1 in NYC. They offer nutritionally complete meals that are a solution to some of the world's most challenging problems and as a problem-solver brand, they do things differently.

If you want to build applications in modern web technologies, work in greenfield projects, and love all things typescript, DevOps, and serverless then head on over to hackajob.co or visit Huel here.

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