I came to Vanderlande, because I wanted to challenge myself, and was lucky enough to know some people who already worked here. I sent one of them a text to enquire about the vacancy, and he replied: “Come and see us, I think you will love it!” He wasn’t wrong, and already I can see that the role will help me develop my career.
Although I have only been here a short time, I’m getting the opportunity to grow and develop new leadership skills. I’m now holding weekly sync meetings with our developers to go through the work we need to complete and schedule. Together with our colleagues based in Pune, India, we are also working on streamlining our hybrid setup.
My biggest challenge is satisfying our developers, data scientists and quality testers, as well as our customers. There’s so much to take into consideration and my first design went through quite a few revisions!
This is a big company, and I get inspiration from working with colleagues from other domains. For example, we have an awesome team of data scientists who come up with the most inventive ideas. It’s great to have conversations with experts who can help me develop a product.
This is a place where colleagues go out of their way to help you solve a problem. All I need to do is send a message, and in a couple of minutes someone will reach out. It’s also a friendly atmosphere to work in generally. Someone you don’t know always says “Hi” – it makes the campus feel like a small village.
Compared to my previous roles, I really like the scale of the work here. I have visited a customer distribution centre to see how all our equipment combines into a complete solution. The complexity makes working for Vanderlande fun, and will appeal to software developers who usually don’t like to be stuck on one subject too long. Two colleagues have recently been promoted, so I can already see career progression is something the company takes seriously.