Objectives: as part of a multinational team of developers to make the transition to a new architecture and unify the programming languages used. Timeline: March 2020 – present Technology stack: Java, React JS, SQL Team: 12 people
Collaboration and Results
1A Auto brought us in to strengthen their team in March 2020, and initially we came in as a small squad of just three people. Now there are 12 of us on the project: 3 Front-end developers, 6 Back-end developers, a designer, a Google analyst, and a PM. Everyone is engaged in different tasks. Our developers work in different teams, so the list of tasks performed together is impressive. Let’s talk about the most interesting things; about what exactly we were able to bring and change:
In the beginning, we had to set up Google analytics reports on user behavior based on the data that Google analytics was already collecting from the site, and then we installed new “sensors” on the site that would send additional information to Google analytics for further analysis.
On the whole, the feeling of cooperation is the most favorable to getting things done. The processes are very well structured, there is good interaction, and the key thing here, of course, is the people: the head of the development department, Joe, is very clear, straightforward, likes to roll up his sleeves and do something with his hands. He says he warms up this way: “I like to get my hands dirty.”
As Anna Senkina, PM of the project, says, “Projects are memorable for me not because of any particulars, but because of the people! 1A Auto is nice and easy to work with.” And we have nothing else more meaningful to do but to try to match their cooperative nature!