TechLead-Story: Martin Bachler, CTO at Netconomy

Team

Size and Roles:

• The team consists of 21 members, with 7 forming the Dev Team.
• Dev Team experts in JavaScript, PHP, CSS, HTML, and various APIs, primarily focused on WordPress.

Organization and Methodology:

• Works on a license-based complete solution for companies and freelancers in the online and web business.
• Emphasizes development cycles incorporating long-term goals, product expansions, and user feedback.
• Lead Developer acts as a Team Lead coordinating activities with other teams.

Distinctive Team Aspects:

• Fully remote team distributed globally, benefiting from diverse cultural contributions and innovative solutions.
• Long-term employees foster a strong team spirit and a familial working atmosphere.

Recruiting

Integration in Recruiting Process:

• Team collaboratively defines areas needing reinforcement or additional expertise.
• Creates a new employee profile based on team discussions, and management initiates further steps.

Onboarding Procedure:

• Welcome package tailored to each department, including information about tools, environments, regular team meetings, etc.
• Team meeting for easy integration, involving discussions about employees' personal backgrounds, coupled with a starting project.

Qualities Beyond Technical Skills:

• Seeks team players committed to long-term collaboration on creative problem-solving and user-friendly products.
• Values a high identification with customers and the company, along with qualities like humor and honesty.

Technologies

Technical Challenges:

• Adapting to the rapid evolution of WordPress and supporting partner technologies.
• Handling product support due to a large customer base and incorporating user feedback into product development.
• Addressing UI/UX development and complex new features, requiring constant adaptation and sometimes reinvention.

Technologies in Use:

• Primarily focused on WordPress, utilizing JavaScript (including frameworks), PHP, CSS, HTML, MySQL, and various APIs.

Evolution of Technology:

• Technology stack has remained largely consistent.
• Recent emphasis on JavaScript with a modular approach and increased focus on code reusability.