TechLead Story: Clemens Utschig-Utschig, CTO/Head of Technology Strategy at Boehringer Ingelheim

TechLead Story: Clemens Utschig-Utschig, CTO/Head of Technology Strategy at Boehringer Ingelheim
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Clemens Utschig-Utschig

Team

Size and Roles:

  • Multiple product teams in IT, distributed across different locations with up to 10 members each.
  • Each team includes at least 4 engineers, 2 in frontend and 2 in backend.
  • A startup incubator with 50 colleagues, including 20 engineers, working on innovations in various specializations like Data Engineering/Science, Mobile, IoT.

Organization and Methodology:

  • Utilizes Scrum and Product Teams with a 100% focus on products.
  • Teams spend about 20% of their time on Open Source contributions or collaborative initiatives.
  • Disciplines organize into Chapters.
  • Emphasis on proximity to the market where products are deployed and alignment with Product Owner's function.

Distinctive Aspects:

  • Emphasizes diversity and agile freedom within small teams.
  • Backed by a stable, family-owned pharmaceutical conglomerate with over 55,000 employees.
  • Provides a sandbox for team members to work happily every day.

Recruiting

Integration in Recruiting Process:

  • Engineers play a crucial role in recruiting, following the approach of "Engineers hiring Engineers."
  • Involved from the initial screening to the final decision, taking responsibility beyond.

Onboarding Procedure:

  • Implements a Buddy System and multi-week/month transitions for new employees.
  • Regular Jour Fixes and small community gigs are part of the onboarding process.

Qualities Beyond Technical Skills:

  • Values the willingness to transform a large company, acquire and share new knowledge.
  • Looks for individuals with potential and envisions success when employees are sought after by top companies.

Technologies

Technical Challenges:

  • Engages in a wide range of activities from data science to e-commerce.
  • Building all products on a unified stack and methodology poses a significant challenge but is essential for scalability.

Technologies in Use:

  • Openshift, Kubernetes, AWS, Node.js, Spring, Python, Scala, Ionic, Angular, Vue.js, React, Hadoop, Postgres, Triplestores.
  • Codebase available on GitHub.

Evolution of Technology:

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Clemens Utschig-Utschig

Clemens Utschig-Utschig

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