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August 16, 2020

Behind the scenes: How Funding Circle uses Clojure

Clojure is a dynamic, general-purpose programming language which has gained a lot of popularity in the recent years. Some of its advantages made the Funding Circle team at Pwrteams add it to their tech stack. Therefore, we invited Denislav Naydenov to tell us more about his impressions of the language and why they have decided to start using it. Denislav is a Tech Lead at Funding Circle who has huge experience with Ruby but was also involved in several Clojure projects until recently. Here is what he shared with us. July 16, 2020

A day in the life of a Lead Engineer at Funding Circle team at Pwrteams

Georgi Kostov has been part of the Funding Circle team at Pwrteams since 2018. He joined the team as a Software Engineer, has largely progressed in his career and is now a Tech Lead of one of the teams. We talked to him to find out more about his responsibilities, challenges and excitements. See what he told us: May 16, 2020

“Our team in Sofia has a fantastic working culture where people support each other”

Our long-standing partner Funding Circle is a leading global provider for small business loans. They are developing a machine learning and technology platform that is transforming the borrower experience and is laying the foundation of new, exciting products that will give more opportunities for SMEs. We hired the first people for their team in Sofia back in 2014, and it hasn’t stopped growing ever since. To find out more about the team and some of the exciting projects they are working on, we talked to Simon Tarry, Head of Engineering at Funding Circle. Read on what he shared: February 11, 2020

A day in the life of a Senior Front-end Developer at Funding Circle team

Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of a Senior Front-end Developer at Funding Circle team at Pwrteams looks like? Well, we couldn't miss the opportunity to introduce you to one of our skillful software engineers - Hristo Stamenov, who has been part of the team for more than half a year now. January 16, 2020

Is it hard to switch between Python and Ruby?

As we celebrate the 27th anniversary of the first release of Ruby, we publish an insightful article about how hard it is to switch from Python to Ruby. Our special guest author is our colleague Alexander Lazarov, Software Engineer at Funding Circle’s team at Pwrteams, who has shared his personal experience with shifting from Python to Ruby. Read on what he shared: January 11, 2020

Clojure seems simpler, but it has its quirks

Meet our colleague Yana Mishkova from team Funding Circle. She has joined the team back in September with no experience with Clojure. A few months later she is part of an important project developed with the programming language, and she is really enjoying it. Recently we talked with her about her journey with Clojure and the Funding Circle team. Read what she shared.
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