In this episode of the ASOS Tech Podcast, Si Jobling talks to Callum Trounce and Elizabeth Nuttall about experimentation.

Featuring...

• Si Jobling (he/him) - Engineering Manager
• Callum Trounce (he/him) - Senior II iOS Engineer
• Elizabeth Nuttal (she/her) - Associate Product Manager

Show Notes

• https://medium.com/asos-techblog/embracing-an-experiment-oriented-mindset-at-asos-9f53551f692e

Credits

• Producer: Adrian Lansdown
• Editor: Adrian Lansdown
• Reviewers: Lucy Wilson and Catherine Conyard

Check out our open roles in ASOS Tech on https://link.asos.com/tech-pod-jobs and more content about work we do on our Tech Blog http://asos.tech

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In this episode of the ASOS Tech Podcast, Leonard Atorough talks to Pearl Himpfen from our Customer Care Platform at ASOS. Pearl talks about her journey to becoming a business analyst from a non-technical background. Pearl shares tips for any aspiring business analyst and walks us through her typical day.

Featuring...

• Pearl Himpfen (she/her) - Business Analyst
• Leonard Atorough (he/him) - Quality Assurance Engineer

Credits

• Producer: Si Jobling
• Editor: Si Jobling, Lucy Wilson
• Reviewers: Paul Turner, Carmen Fletcher, Jen Davis

Check out our open roles in ASOS Tech on https://link.asos.com/tech-pod-jobs and more content about work we do on our Tech Blog http://asos.tech

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In this episode of the ASOS Tech Podcast, Lucy Wilson and Si Jobling talk to Sunaina Kohli, our Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion about her journey joining ASOS and coordinating the amazing DEI work which is happening across the business.

Featuring...

• Sunaina Kohli (she/her) - Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Lucy Wilson (she/her) - Engineering Manager
• Si Jobling (he/him) - Engineering Manager

Credits

• Producer: Si Jobling
• Editor: Lucy Wilson
• Reviewers: Paul Turner, Jen Davis, Carmen Fletcher and Lewis Holmes

Check out our open roles in ASOS Tech on https://link.asos.com/tech-pod-jobs and more content about work we do on our Tech Blog http://asos.tech

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In this episode of the ASOS Tech Podcast, Lewis talks to Charlie, Tom, Shay and Phil about our journey from Azure Cloud Services to running our services on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), including all the challenges and learnings along the way.

Featuring...

• Charlie Hoyland (he/him) - Lead Software Engineer
• Tom Scott (he/him) - Principal Software Engineer
• Shay Emambaccus (he/him) - Senior Software Engineer
• Phil Clarke (he/him) - Senior Platform Engineer
• Lewis Holmes (he/him) - Principal Software Engineer

Show Notes

• Kubernetes: https://kubernetes.io
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS): https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/kubernetes-service
• OpenLens: https://github.com/lensapp/lens
• Helm Package Manager: https://helm.sh
• Kubernetes Event Driven Autoscaling (KEDA): https://github.com/kedacore/keda
• Istio Service Mesh: https://github.com/istio/istio
• Flagger: https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger
• Prometheus Monitoring & Alerting: https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/overview/

Credits

• Producer: Si Jobling
• Editor: Lewis Holmes
• Reviewers: Si Jobling & Paul Turner

Check out our open roles in ASOS Tech on https://link.asos.com/tech-pod-jobs and more content about work we do on our Tech Blog http://asos.tech

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In this episode of the ASOS Tech Podcast, Jen F talks to Sean Coyle from our Android App team about his diverse journey into tech through social services, train photography, his side project for testing new tech and where big tech should focus energy in the future.

Featuring...

• Sean Coyle (he/him) - Associate Android Engineer
• Jen Fryer (she/her) - Engineering Manager

Credits

• Producer: Si Jobling
• Editor: Si Jobling
• Reviewers: Paul Turner

Check out our open roles in ASOS Tech on https://link.asos.com/tech-pod-jobs and more content about work we do on our Tech Blog http://asos.tech

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In this episode of the ASOS Tech Podcast, Lewis talks to Chris, Steph, Tim and Tristan about how we have created Service Templates to enable teams to scaffold, build and deploy new services in a standardised way within minutes.

Featuring...

• Chris Newark (he/him) - Principal Software Engineer
• Lewis Holmes (he/him) - Principal Software Engineer
• Steph Lee (she/her) - Lead Software Engineer
• Tim Mills (he/him) - Lead Software Engineer
• Tristan Vien (he/him) - Senior Software Engineer

Show Notes

• Good Introduction To Service Templates: https://blog.thepete.net/blog/2020/09/25/service-templates-service-chassis/
• Backstage Software Templates Feature: https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-templates/

Credits

• Producer: Si Jobling
• Editor: Lewis Holmes
• Reviewers: Si Jobling, Paul Turner and Lucy Wilson

Check out our open roles in ASOS Tech on https://link.asos.com/tech-pod-jobs and more content about work we do on our Tech Blog http://asos.tech

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In this episode of the ASOS Tech Podcast, Jen D talks to Jon Crofts from Paytech about his unconventional journey into tech as an Associate QA Engineer, from aspirations as a scientist through to education in Japan followed by bootcamping into tech, and what a QA does in Paytech.

Featuring...

• Jon Crofts (he/him) - Associate QA Engineer
• Jen Davis (she/her) - Engineering Manager

Credits

• Producer: Si Jobling
• Editor: Si Jobling
• Reviewers: Lucy Wilson, Jen Davis & Paul Turner

Check out our open roles in ASOS Tech on https://link.asos.com/tech-pod-jobs and more content about work we do on our Tech Blog http://asos.tech

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In this episode of the ASOS Tech Podcast, Lewis talks to Dylan, Aimee and Lakshmi about the rise of generative AI and how this is being used in tools like GitHub Copilot to support engineers in ASOS Tech.

Featuring...

• Dylan Morley (he/him) - Lead Principal Software Engineer
• Aimee Simmons (she/her) - Software Engineer
• Lakshmi Pradip Mukkawar (she/her) - Senior Machine Learning Engineer
• Lewis Holmes (he/him) - Principal Software Engineer

Credits

• Producer: Si Jobling
• Editor: Lewis Holmes
• Reviewers: Jen Davis, Paul Turner, Adrian Lansdown

Check out our open roles in ASOS Tech on https://link.asos.com/tech-pod-jobs and more content about work we do on our Tech Blog http://asos.tech

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In this episode of the ASOS Tech Podcast, Lucy and Adrian talk to David Barrows, Mofe Adeyemi and Dave Megins-Nicholas about all the training and personal development opportunities in ASOS Tech.

Featuring...

• David Barrows (he/him) - Engineering Trainer
• Mofe Adeyemi (she/her) - PMO Analyst
• Dave Megins-Nicholas (he/him) - Senior Software Engineer
• Adrian Lansdown (he/him) - Engineering Manager
• Lucy Wilson (she/her) - Engineering Manager

Show Notes

• Day In The Life Of… Dave MG (Senior Software Engineer)

Credits

• Producer: Adrian Lansdown, Lucy Wilson
• Editor: Si Jobling
• Reviewers: Jennifer Fryer, Jen Davis, Paul Turner

Check out our open roles in ASOS Tech on https://link.asos.com/tech-pod-jobs and more content about work we do on our Tech Blog http://asos.tech

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In this episode of the ASOS Tech Podcast, Tom Evans talks to Ashton Hills, Dave Mills, Jacob Lang, Priscilla Fearn & Sukrit Bahadur from our Data Science department about the benefits of cross-functional teams.

Featuring...

• Ashton Hills (she/her) - Machine Learning Engineer
• Dave Mills (he/him) - Principal Software Engineer
• Jacob Lang (he/him) - Senior Machine Learning Scientist
• Priscilla Fearn (she/her) - Senior Product Manager
• Sukrit Bahadur (he/him) - Senior Data Engineer
• Tom Evans (he/him) - Data Science Manager

Credits

• Producer: Jennifer Fryer
• Editor: Adrian Lansdown
• Reviewers: Si Jobling & Paul Turner

Check out our open roles in ASOS Tech on https://link.asos.com/tech-pod-jobs and more content about work we do on our Tech Blog http://asos.tech

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