Building a World Class (Clojure) Team

Rebecca Kinsella, Technical Talent Partner at Funding Circle

Overview

• A little background

• Know your obstacles

• Build your brand

• Extend your reach

• Cultivate a lasting community

• Keep it up!

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A little background

Our team fall 2015

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0Domain-based engineering teams within

Funding Circle using Clojure

250+Employees in 2 offices

4Engineers at Funding Circle

working with Clojure

2Operating countries:

UK & US

Our team today

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3Domain-based engineering teams within

Funding Circle using Clojure

750+Employees in 6 offices plus remote

64Engineers at Funding Circle

working with Clojure

4Operating countries: UK, US, Germany,

Netherlands

Know your obstacles

“Hiring software engineers in the number one

thing that keeps me awake at night…

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Anonymous

Kirkpatrick, Jessica. (2017). 2017 State of Global Tech Salaries. https://hired.com/state-of-salaries-2017 8

Kirkpatrick, Jessica. (2017). 2017 State of Global Tech Salaries. https://hired.com/state-of-salaries-2017 9

Build your brand

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Build your brand Slack

Groups

Twitter

Meetups Conferences

YouTube

Blogs

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Running a successful Clojure meetup

Attend Clojure conferences• Bring your team! • Bring your branded swag!• Show up year-after-year!

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Extend your reach

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Flexible work and location is key

Working from home

Flexible working hours

Contracting Satellite offices Remote Work

Offer remote opportunities whenever possible

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Cultivate a lasting community

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Solve interesting problems

Inspire a culture of learning & development

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Hire for diversity

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Stay true to…

Mission

ValuesVision

Keep it up!

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It’s a cycle!

Brand

Engage

RecruitCultivate

Retain

Thank you

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Becca Kinsella

Technical Talent Partner becca@fundingcircle.com747 Front St. 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111