Artsy Engineering Radio

Two new Artsy engineers, Tanjie and Irakli, join Matt Dole to talk about their experience joining Artsy. From the interview process to their "rotations" through different teams, what have they liked? What would they change about how Artsy interviews and onboards? Listen to find out!

Jenna Poczik and Jon Allured discuss the vast topic of SEO and explain Artsy's approach. Listen as they go from answering questions like what even is SEO to how website performance impacts a site's rankings.

Artsy Engineer Kaja Santro returns for another episode of Artsy Engineering Radio with host Sarah Haq to discuss what it is really like to be a woman in tech. Kaja and Sarah discuss the barriers to entry for women and how language and gendered toys have played a negative role in deterring women from pursuing careers in engineering.

Artsy engineer Roop joins Artsy Engineering Radio host Anna Carey to discuss how he got into designing art books and then programming after getting kicked out of college. Roop also shares his dual background as a cartographer for art world institutions and how that experience informs his work at Artsy.

Jon Allured and Steve Hicks talk about how to review non-trivial pull requests, and life as a remote-solo employee during COVID. 

On this episode of Artsy Engineering Radio, Kaja Santro joins us for a "who are you and how did you get here" interview. We'll learn about her transition from philosophy and linguistics to programming, the ways she thinks Artsy could improve our developer workflows, her love of learning new skills, and much more.

Sarah Haq and Matt Dole talk about "engineering culture." What exactly do we mean when we say culture? What does bad culture look like? What about good culture, and how do we get there?

Jon Allured, Anna Carey and Matt Dole talk about Volt, the Artsy CMS system. After some history, we get into how this project has evolved over time and where it might be going next.

David Sheldrick and Steve Hicks talk about Artsy's journey to build an Android app. This episode is filled with tips and perspective on breaking down a large project into actionable steps.

Anna Carey and Steve Hicks talk about how communications—writing, speaking, podcasting—intersects with engineering.