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World Congress 2023 • Aug 11, 2023

Navigating the Corporate Jungle: Life as a Developer in a large Company

Alexandra Petri

Internal tech standardization is not a bureaucratic hurdle, it is a productivity enabler. Discover how enterprise developers use unified platforms to cut setup time from hours to minutes.

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Navigating software development in corporate environments

How developer roles and opportunities scale within large enterprise companies.

#2 about 3 min

Scaling software solutions across the Schwarz Group

The impact of building software for a multinational retail and food production giant.

#3 about 2 min

Developer experience and project variety at scale

Managing diverse internal applications and worldwide software rollouts.

#4 about 3 min

Managing complex structures and corporate guidelines

Navigating enterprise compliance, tooling arrays, and access management hurdles.

#5 about 3 min

Structuring agile workflows and UX collaboration

How business consultants and designers provide requirements and acceptance criteria.

#6 about 2 min

Standardizing project setup with internal platforms

Speeding up application bootstrapping with the internal digital journey platform.

#7 about 2 min

Hosting applications on an internal cloud infrastructure

Utilizing an internal EU-compliant cloud solution and cloud foundry natively.

#8 about 4 min

Accelerating frontend development with code templates

Creating a unified tech stack utilizing fast automated build workflows.

#9 about 1 min

Centralizing documentation using static site generators

Maintaining internal guidelines, component migrations, and architectural decisions automatically.

#10 about 3 min

Building an enterprise component library

Ensuring UI consistency across multiple corporate brands through standardized components.

#11 about 2 min

Implementing internationalization for global applications

Scaling application interfaces across dozens of countries and multiple languages.

#12 about 2 min

Handling scope creep and sudden feature requests

Negotiating mid-project scope changes with stakeholders while preserving agile deliverables.

#13 about 2 min

Fostering internal developer communities

Overcoming cross-team challenges by sharing knowledge through internal web communities.

#14 about 2 min

Integrating automated security and vulnerability scanning

Securing enterprise applications with open source dependency checks and internal cyber audits.

#15 about 3 min

Maintaining technical updates and legacy codebases

Balancing in-house setups, language barriers, and upgrading architectural blueprints over time.

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