In this episode of the Moonpig Tech Podcast, hosts Sam and Leon sit down with Daniel Jeyes and Jake Smith to explore the evolution of platform engineering at Moonpig and the team's journey toward process automation. They dive into how the shift from traditional sysadmin tasks to infrastructure-as-code with Terraform has improved reliability, transparency, and scalability. A highlight of the discussion is their creation of a Slack-based permission escalation bot, built to streamline access to AWS resources without compromising security or auditability. The team shares how this innovation reduced engineering bottlenecks, empowered developers to take ownership, and embraced principles like least privilege and just-in-time access. Packed with practical insights, this episode offers a deep look at how thoughtful automation can transform engineering workflows.

In this episode of the Moonpig Tech Podcast, host Ariella is joined by our new co-host Rob and guests Julia Castillo Trujillo and Ross Lockhart to discuss their recent hackathon focused on accessibility. The team shares their personal motivations and highlights the work they did to improve accessibility on the Moonpig website—releasing eight impactful features in under eight hours.

In this episode of the Moonpig Tech Podcast, hosts Sam and Richard sit down with Principal Engineer Alexis Lowe to explore the intricacies of event-driven architecture (EDA) and how it's been implemented at Moonpig. Alexis dives deep into how events—such as order creation or user registration—are used to decouple systems, improve scalability, and boost resilience. The discussion touches on AWS tools like EventBridge, SQS, and DynamoDB, and explains concepts such as asynchronous messaging, eventual consistency, data projections, and idempotency.

Join Sam, Ariella, Richard Pearson, and Soph Yiangou as they explore the world of incident management, sharing insights and strategies for effectively handling unexpected challenges. Discover how we stay prepared and turn surprises into opportunities for growth.

Data Science Manager Francis Barrett joins Leon & Sam to explain what Data Science is, and how we use it at Moonpig.

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FYI: For Your Improvement - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/847538

Ariella and Richard are joined by the incredible Rav Bumbra - founder of Cajigo. Together, they'll be diving into Cajigo's mission to empower more women into tech and exploring how Moonpig supports this journey.

Leon is joined by Principal Product Designer Hayley Cattlin-Weaver and Senior Software Engineer Jason Prouse who take us through five principles they formed during the build of one of Moonpig's recent innovative features.

Join Alex & Ava as they take you on the journey of Moonpig's first AI powered feature. From hackathon idea to multilingual implementation, discover how we use AI to help our customers craft personalised messages for their cards, and what we learnt along the way. 

Join Maeve - @MaeveScarry and Leon - @DocLeon as we introduce you to the world of Hackathons - what they are, how we run them at Moonpig and what benefits they bring. In this episode we will talk to the organiser of our most recent Hackathon (Ben - @riggydigs) and a few participants (Megan, Sam - @makesomenoiiise and Luke).

Moonpig career's page: https://www.moonpig.com/uk/blog/moonpig-careers/