Inside ProDev: Charlie Masters on communication, people and pantomimes
This week, we sat down with one of our Product Managers, Charlie Masters, to find out what makes him tick, and what life is like as a Product Manager at Unruly. Q: Hi, first of all, could you introduce yourself and tell us about what you do here at Unruly? I’m Charlie and I’m a Product Manager here at Unruly. I currently work with our Data Engineering team, helping to shape how machine learning and data science is applied across our business. Q: Can you talk a bit about how you joined Unruly? I joined Unruly after almost 3 years in my previous role. I was ready to try something new and challenging, and Adtech has certainly been that! Unruly is ten times bigger in terms of
Inside ProDev: Raouf Aghrout on happiness, diversity and Man Utd
To celebrate our Emotions Uncovered: Happiness fortnight we sat down with Senior Software Developer, Raouf Aghrout, to find out what makes him happy, and what life is like in Unruly’s ProDev team. Q: Hi, first of all, could you introduce yourself and tell us a bit about what you do here at Unruly? Hi, I’m Raouf and I’m a Senior Software Developer in the Reporting & Data (RAD) team here at Unruly. I also occasionally take on a Technical Lead role on product initiatives. Q: Can you talk a bit about how you joined Unruly? I went to a tech talk at GOTO conference in September 2015 just after I’d moved to London from Manchester. Rachel Davies, a former Agile Coach and Team Lead at Unruly, was talking about
Inside ProDev: Tom Johnson on what it takes to be a Senior Software Developer
This week we sat down with Tom Johnson to find out what it takes to be a Senior Software Developer at Unruly. Q: Hi Tom, introduce yourself to our readers and tell them what you do at Unruly. I’m Tom, and I’m a Senior Software Developer at Unruly. It’s a wider role than it is at many places, and covers a number of steps. Firstly I find out what people ‘really’ want when they ask for something. I then work out how to make it work most effectively within our systems. Next I write the code to make it happen, and finally I check that it does both what we intended, and what our users need. I like to think of my role as being a software developer
Inside ProDev: Our Product Manager on culture, crossfit, and delivering wow!
Next up in our ‘Inside ProDev’ series we sat down with one of our Product Managers Julien Altoé to find out what it’s like to work as a Product Manager in the ProDev team. Q: Hi Julien, first of all, could you introduce yourself and tell a bit about what you do here at Unruly? As you faultlessly said, my name is Julien, and I am a 28-year-old Frenchman that has been working at Unruly for three years. After a few roles in the Ops team, I am now a Product Manager in the ProDev team. I am the home Product Manager for the Demand Side, and as the name implies, we are the team that look after the demand side of the business. Making sure anyone willing to
Inside ProDev: Unruly’s Software Engineer Ina Tsetsova on remote working, open source and stuffed toys
Next up in our ‘Inside ProDev’ series we sat down with one of our Software Engineers Ina Tsetsova to find out what a day in the life of an Unruly developer looks like. Q: Hi Ina, first of all, could you introduce yourself and tell us a bit about what you do here at Unruly? IT: Hi! I’m Ina Tsetsova and I’m a Software Engineer here at Unruly, currently working in our Shared Infrastructure team. The team started by taking over infrastructure projects that didn’t have an owner, and were getting pretty out-of-date. Now we are steadily improving things, instilling best practices, and spreading infrastructure knowledge! Q: How did you end up at Unruly? IT: I went to a couple of XProlo events and was blown away by
Inside ProDev: Qaiser Mazhar on his journey from Software Engineer to full time agilista
We’re carrying out a set of interviews with our ProDev team to find out what a day in the life of an Unruly developer looks like. This week we sat down with our Agile Coach Qaiser Mazhar to chat about his agile journey, becoming a father, and his love for gardening! Q: Hi Qaiser, first of all, could you introduce yourself and tell us a bit about what you do? QM: Hey, I’m Qaiser Mazhar and I’m the Agile Coach at Unruly. I’ve been here for almost six months. I coach teams and individuals at Unruly to harness the benefits of agile principles and practices through a variety of ways including games, workshops, catch ups and meetings. I’ve also been known to write a line or two
Inside ProDev: Alex Wilson on the importance of problem solving, politics, and Strictly Come Dancing
We recently sat down with Alex Wilson from our ProDev team to find out more about the day in the life of an Unruly developer. Find out more about the projects, the people, and above all – the best music to listen to while coding. Q: Hi Alex, first of all, could you introduce yourself and tell us a bit about what you do here at Unruly? AW: Hi! I’m Alex Wilson, and I’ve been at Unruly for almost six years, working in the Product Development team. During my time at Unruly, I’ve held a few different roles and currently work as the Team Lead for our Shared Infrastructure Team. Our team look after shared systems, and try to act as a force-multiplier for other development teams so
Inside ProDev: Data Science Takes Centre Stage
Dr Douglas ‘Data’ McIlwraith is Unruly’s resident data scientist. If you want to know more on machine learning, experimental methodology or ad optimisation, Dr Doug is your man. Aside from his work with Unruly’s Product Development Team, he’s also helped bring the world’s most prestigious AI and data conference to London. We sat down with him to find out more… MS: Hi Doug. Can you tell us who you are and what you do here at Unruly? DM: Certainly! I’m Dr Douglas McIlwraith, resident data science consultant for Unruly. I support all aspects of data science across the company – from working with our product development team on machine learning pipelines for advert optimisation, to helping our UnrulyEQ team develop the best experimental methodology. There’s so much to
