Roadmap

This week on Roadmap, Rosie chats to Alex Chrisostomou. Alex is a Product Consultant at Prismatic Stack

They discuss Alex's experiences working in start-ups, including the most important tools, dealing with pressure, and even 'vibe' marketing and the growth of AI tools.

On this episode of Roadmap, Pete is joined by Thomas Stapleton (aka Stapes) and Ryan Bendel to talk about all things Front-End development at Autotrader.

Find out what a Front-End Web Developer actually does, what the typical Frontend tech stack looks like in 2025, and why Front-End is more exciting than Back-End - but not necessarily easier (we’ll let you decide!).

They also delve into career journeys, what it means to be a Frontend Tech Lead, and their top tips for anyone looking to break into or level up in Front-End Development.

On this week's episode, Callum talks to Tom and Hannah about their key learnings and challenges from delivering Autotrader’s largest marketing activation ever - The Car Hunt.They discuss the importance of blending digital and physical experiences, how they coordinated across multiple UK cities, and what it took to engage millions of users.

On this episode of Roadmap. Pete's joined by David Cox, Global Head of Product at Equal Experts. Pete and David get deeper into their previous discussion about the problems with pursuing low-hanging fruit.

They chat through David's experiences working in this space, the tell-tale signs that there might be an issue, and the first-steps in moving to measuring value rather than velocity.

In this episode, Pete chats to Farzana, Farooq and John about Autotrader's Ethnicity Network. They talk through the journey the network has been on since its formation in 2018.

This includes how the network plays a key a role in celebrating the variety of cultures at Autotrader, facilitating impactful discussions, and key behaviours for allies showing up for the community.

In this episode, Callum chats with Autotrader’s legal team about their journeys into law, the challenges they face, and what it’s like working in-house versus private practice.

June marks Mens Health Month, an important time to to share education and awareness about men's health issues.On this episode of Roadmap, Pete is joined by Richard Penrith and Tim Woodman (Previously a GP and now Medical Director for Policy and Cancer Services at Bupa). They have an open chat about prostate cancer, including the testing and screening process, Richard's experiences, as well as testing and treatment and the support Bupa can offer.You can find out more information on the BUPA and Prostate Cancer UK website:https://www.bupa.co.uk/health-information/cancer/prostate-cancerhttps://prostatecanceruk.org/prostate-information-and-support/risk-and-symptoms/about-prostate-cancer

On this episode of Roadmap, we're celebrating Java's 30th Birthday with a one-off birthday special!

Pete is joined by Chris and Karl to talk about the origins of Java back in 1995 and the impact the programming language has had throughout the past three decades.  They chat through how Java code has moved with us at Autotrader through website re-writes, moving to the cloud, and running over 750 microservices, as well as if they think Java will still be around in another 30 years.

On this week's episode, Rach speaks to Brandon, Senior Android Engineer here at Autotrader about his journey of building his own app, Palm tree, an app to help people find black-owned businesses local to them.Brandon chats through his experiences from launching an app and learning a new programming language to do so. He delves into how it's made him a better developer, balancing the day job with building a business and the importance of following your dreams and not giving up.

Check out the app on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/palm-tree-black-owned/id6443724388

Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lambostudio.palmtree&pcampaignid=web_share

On this week's episode, Callum talks to Tom, Dan and Jason about their key learnings and challenges from their work in evolving Auto Trader's search algorithm with machine learning.

They talk about the importance of continuously improving the search experience, and the process they went on to begin applying Machine-Learned Ranking.