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#118 - Radical Engineering Culture and High Bar Hiring feat. Stefan Richter // Founder & CTO @ freiheit.com technologies
Ship Great Software Through Simplicity and Discipline
Discover insights into building a high-performance engineering organization with Stefan Richter, founder of freiheit.com technologies. With 25+ years of experience delivering successful software projects for the Who’s Who of European businesses and industries, Stefan shares his philosophy of radical engineering culture and maintaining an exceptionally high bar in recruiting. This episode dives deep into how freiheit.com has achieved their "Never Late, Never Failed" mission through disciplined processes, carefully selected talent, and a relentless focus on simplicity.
Listen to find out:
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction to Alphalist Podcast
00:51 Meet Stefan Richter, Founder of freiheit.com technologies
01:40 Origins of the company and early internet days
03:24 Client portfolio and focus on engineering culture
05:04 Mission: Ship Great Software
07:10 Why freiheit.com focuses on reducing friction
08:57 How they minimize non-engineering roles
09:55 Finding and removing complexity in software
12:07 Hiring strategy and maintaining a high bar
14:22 Looking for candidates that are "tested in life"
16:34 Deal breakers in hiring
18:20 Approach to hiring senior engineers
21:17 Engineering level progression system
23:34 Focus on feedback and continuous improvement
26:07 The problem with specialized roles
28:16 Building custom project management tools
32:28 How they always deliver on time, on budget, on target and on quality
36:52 Reducing entropy in large projects
39:41 Teaching engineers to take responsibility
43:34 Building simple, maintainable software
47:40 Working with corporate clients
51:54 Transition to private equity ownership
56:36 Planning for the next quarter century
QUOTE:
"Our mission is to ship great software. Great software is actually simple, has as few dependencies as possible, as few parts as possible, like any good machine." - Stefan Richter, Founder of freiheit.com technologies
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Ship Great Software Through Simplicity and Discipline
Discover insights into building a high-performance engineering organization with Stefan Richter, founder of freiheit.com technologies. With 25+ years of experience delivering successful software projects for the Who’s Who of European businesses and industries, Stefan shares his philosophy of radical engineering culture and maintaining an exceptionally high bar in recruiting. This episode dives deep into how freiheit.com has achieved their "Never Late, Never Failed" mission through disciplined processes, carefully selected talent, and a relentless focus on simplicity.
Listen to find out:
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction to Alphalist Podcast
00:51 Meet Stefan Richter, Founder of freiheit.com technologies
01:40 Origins of the company and early internet days
03:24 Client portfolio and focus on engineering culture
05:04 Mission: Ship Great Software
07:10 Why freiheit.com focuses on reducing friction
08:57 How they minimize non-engineering roles
09:55 Finding and removing complexity in software
12:07 Hiring strategy and maintaining a high bar
14:22 Looking for candidates that are "tested in life"
16:34 Deal breakers in hiring
18:20 Approach to hiring senior engineers
21:17 Engineering level progression system
23:34 Focus on feedback and continuous improvement
26:07 The problem with specialized roles
28:16 Building custom project management tools
32:28 How they always deliver on time, on budget, on target and on quality
36:52 Reducing entropy in large projects
39:41 Teaching engineers to take responsibility
43:34 Building simple, maintainable software
47:40 Working with corporate clients
51:54 Transition to private equity ownership
56:36 Planning for the next quarter century
QUOTE:
"Our mission is to ship great software. Great software is actually simple, has as few dependencies as possible, as few parts as possible, like any good machine." - Stefan Richter, Founder of freiheit.com technologies
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