Heather Whyte
Heather is a software engineer who spends her days working on Java, microservices, and all the backend tools that help put them together. After years studying finance and working in operations around the world, she is currently focused on growing and improving the distributed microservice system at Landbay, a peer-to-peer FinTech start-up here in London.
Talks I've Given
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Lightning Talk: Engineering a Better Interviewer
Featuring Heather Whyte
Interviewing people isn’t easy - it’s like combining performance reviews, A-Levels, and The Bachelor into an awkward couple of hours. Eek. And it only gets harder as an interviewer when you’re out of your comfort zone, or have received little to no training. You’re left to wonder, did I make the...
leadership diversity people management interpersonal-skills interviewing -
Lightning Talk: Independent Services, Throw Your Hands Up At Me
Featuring Heather Whyte
Like most things pushed by Netflix, microservices are all anyone is talking about. And it's not just hype, there are real benefits at play: better scalability, technology independence, faster development, easier deployment, and increased resiliency to name a few.
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What Do You Mean I Can’t Google It? - Search for Microservices
Featuring Heather Whyte
Google is an amazing tool, and let’s be honest, it has helped to build most of the software you’ve ever worked on. But when you are able to look up “that basketball dog movie” or “111th element” without having to recall cheesy 90s movie titles or knowing how to spell Roentgenium - people’s...
implementation-options architecture event-driven microservices search