It isn’t easy to summarise the complex and rewarding job of a Data Engineer and the way they affect so many lives, so we spoke with Valiantsin Shkvarko, Lead Software Engineer at Godel, who provides an insight into his role, and explains why he loves it so much…

Building a software product from scratch takes a lot of technical and business knowledge from everybody with a stake in the product’s success. It’s a considerable challenge when the product is internal – but when it needs to be a high-usage platform which must also be integrated with various third-party systems, the complexity becomes formidable. […]

Recently we wrote an article about some of the best and simplest ways to reduce cloud spending – you can read it here. Our software engineering teams that work on cloud-based architectures strive to apply measures that cut spending without damaging performance. One case was particularly effective – a Godel data engineering team has applied […]

Godel’s software engineering divisions has been running technology education meetups for a long time, sharing experiences and lessons that everyone can learn from. One of these events in particular led to an impressive result, delivered by Godel software engineers Angelina Panteley and Lada Hardziyenkava.

In order to understand what system thinking is, and how it can help development teams, we must first understand systems themselves: what they are, the problems they can have, and how different team members might interact with them. The ‘system thinking perspective’, explains that because of their different points of view, each stakeholder involved in […]

For product development teams, there are a set of useful tips which can be treated as a checklist to follow, which will help to release a product successfully and effortlessly. Preparation is key in doing so; being ready for mishaps, and having means of communication in place which will help ensure transparency throughout the release […]

When it comes to system architecture, one of the first considerations teams will face are the system requirements. They can be split into two categories. Functional requirements are those surrounding customer needs – for example, what areas of the system does this user group need access to? Then non-functional requirements are focused on the system. […]

A data warehouse is a centralised repository which consolidates data from all manner of places into a useful format that can be analysed and reported on. It’s a critical part of the decision-making process for many organisations: anything from customer insights to demand forecasting can be achieved at an advanced level through the power of […]

Krystsina Sauhen has been with Godel Technologies for over 5 years, as part of the quality assurance team. She recently a transferred from manual testing to automation testing, and now officially represents Godel’s QA division, as a Junior Specialist for their SDET stream. This required Krystsina to change her ways of working; her thought processes […]

September saw Godel’s DevOps division host a discussion on the topic of devops/platform engineering certifications; what they are, and the value which achieving them adds for platform engineers. This article explores this topic, together with their Head of DevOps Sergey Sverchkov.