ASOS Tech Podcast ASOS Tech

Episode Notes
You may have shopped on ASOS, now meet the people behind the platforms.

Nat and Lewis from our Tech team chat to Accessibility Specialist, Tzveta, and Web Engineer, Ellie, about how they are creating an inclusive experience for our customers here at ASOS.

Featuring...

Tzveta Dinova (she/her) - Accessibility Specialist
Ellie Hadyoon (she/her) - Web Engineer
Nat Huitson (she/her) - Associate Web Engineer
Lewis Holmes (he/him) - Principal Software Engineer

Show Notes

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG): https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/
Udacity Web Accessibility Course https://www.udacity.com/course/web-accessibility--ud891
BBC Global Experience Language (GEL) https://www.bbc.co.uk/gel
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) https://accessibility.day/
Deque https://www.deque.com/resources/type/webinars/
Abilitynet https://abilitynet.org.uk/accessibility-services/useful-resources#AbNetwebinars

Credits

Producer: Si Jobling
Editors: Myles Sanigar, Lewis Holmes
Reviewers: Ed Collins, Lewis Holmes & Ellen Stirling

Check out our open roles in ASOS Tech on https://link.asos.com/tech-pod-jobs

You may have shopped on ASOS, now meet the people behind the platforms.

Chris ACKA from our Tech team chats to DEI Advisor, Jordan Ashton, about what it's like to work in our Talent and Culture team.

Featuring

Jordan Ashton (he/him) - DEI Advisor
Chris ACKA (he/him) - QA Engineer

Show notes

ASOS Purpose and Values: https://www.asosplc.com/this-is-asos/our-purpose-and-values/
Delivering Positive Benefits for People at ASOS: https://www.asosplc.com/fashion-with-integrity/people/

Credits

Producer: Si Jobling
Editors: Ed Collins & Adrian Lansdown
Reviewers: Saima Mahmood & Ellen Stirling

Check out our open roles in ASOS Tech on https://link.asos.com/tech-pod-jobs

You may have shopped on ASOS, now meet the people behind the platforms.

Nat and Lewis from our Tech team chat to one of our Solution Architects, Amrish and Senior Software Engineer, Sarah about Event-Driven Systems. What are they? Why do we use them? Plus some useful insights into how we build Event-Driven Systems within Tech at ASOS.

Featuring...

Amrish Patel (he/him) - Solution Architect
Sarah Wood (she/her) - Senior Software Engineer
Nat Huitson (she/her) - Associate Web Engineer
Lewis Holmes (he/him) - Principal Software Engineer

Show Notes


Conway's Law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law



Event Sourcing Pattern
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/patterns/event-sourcing



Durable Functions
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/durable/durable-functions-entities?tabs=csharp



Cosmos DB Change Feed
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/change-feed



Kubernetes Event-driven Autoscaling
https://keda.sh



Credits

Producer: Si Jobling
Editors: Lewis Holmes, Ed Collins
Reviewers: Adrian Lansdown, Si Jobling, Ed Collins & Ellen Stirling

Check out our open roles in ASOS Tech on https://link.asos.com/tech-pod-jobs

You may have shopped on ASOS, now meet the people behind the platforms.
Nat from our Tech team chats to QA Engineer, Chris ACKA, about what it's like to work in our Retail Systems platform.

Featuring
Chris ACKA (he/him) - QA Engineer in Retail Systems
Nat Huitson (she/her) - Associate Web Engineer

Credits
Producer: Si Jobling
Editors: Ed Collins & Lewis Holmes
Reviewers: Craig Morten & Ellen Stirling

Check out our open roles in ASOS Tech on https://link.asos.com/tech-pod-jobs

You may have shopped on ASOS, now meet the people behind the platforms. Nat and Lewis from our Tech team chat to Lead Principal Engineer, Nix and Software Engineer, Grace about how we recruit amazing tech talent and what it's like to apply for a role and then start working within Tech at ASOS.

Featuring…

Nix Crabtree (they/them) - Lead Principal Engineer
Grace Burley Jones (she/her) - Software Engineer
Nat Huitson (she/her) - Associate Web Engineer
Lewis Holmes (he/him) - Principal Software Engineer

Show Notes

ASOS Tech Blog - The Dreaded Technical Interview: https://medium.com/asos-techblog/the-dreaded-technical-interview-22f3482cf232
ASOS Fashion with Integrity - People: https://www.asosplc.com/fashion-with-integrity/people/
Winner of Diversity & Inclusion Award at The Rewards 2021: https://twitter.com/asos_news/status/1470694701342855170
Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers: https://www.inclusivecompanies.co.uk/inclusivetop50/2021rankings/
New York Festivals TV & Film Awards - Gold for ASOS: All In https://tvfilm.newyorkfestivals.com/Winners/WinnerDetailsNew/d54890a8-a6bb-40ce-ab72-c918826b7d4d
Check out our open roles in ASOS Tech on https://link.asos.com/tech-pod-jobs

You may have shopped on ASOS, now meet the people behind the platforms.
Nat from our Tech team chats to Software Engineer, Emma Poolman, about what it's like to work in our Customer Profile platform.

Featuring

Emma Poolman (she/her) - Software Engineer in Customer Profile & Identity
Nat Huitson (she/her) - Associate Web Engineer