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The Snowdog Recruitment Experience: Insights from 3 Recent Hires

We talk with Patryk, Konrad, and Agnieszka about their experiences, expectations, and challenges while interviewing with Snowdog. Let’s be honest, no one likes job seeking. It’s pretty much a full-time job by itself, wouldn’t you agree? You send out dozens of applications, each with a CV tailored specifically to each company. You anxiously wait for replies to come flowing into your inbox for weeks or months on end. And that’s just the first stage of the recruitment process. Then, you enter an uncharted territory of interviews, tasks, and talks…

Insider Tips from an IT Recruiter: Crafting the Perfect CV

Recruitment processes may differ between companies, but most of them begin with the same step — CV screening. Squeezing all your experience and skills into a short PDF file, and simultaneously highlighting all your achievements is definitely no piece of cake. That’s why I decided to share a few helpful tips on how to make sure your CV stands out from the crowd and gives you a good chance at getting your dream job.

The Power of AppClips in eCommerce

In WWDC 2020, one new iOS14 feature shone brighter than the rest: App Clips. With App Clips on their hands, users will have an opportunity to save time, interacting with certain app functions faster. Let’s take a closer look at how this feature works and what advantages businesses can get using this tool.

Snowdog Academy's Second Edition Kicks Off!

I sat down with Martyna Maciejewska, our Junior Backend Developer to talk about her experience at last year’s Snowdog Academy.

Pursuing an IT Career Without a Degree: Insights from Bartek Igielski, Snowdog's Head of Front-End

Bartek Igielski has been with us for quite a while. He joined Snowdog as a Front-End Developer in 2014. His story is far from typical. He only spent one year at university. At school, he didn’t like maths. Now, he works with us as one of our most forward-thinking specialists. But how? Without having graduated? Do you need an IT degree to get started in Front-End Development, though? There are so many ways that can lead to a fulfilling career in IT — we’d like to show you the one we find ourselves inspired by!

Case Study - Redesigning the Splitwise App: Design Team Day

For our latest team day, the Snowdog Design Team did a rapid redesign and rethinking of the popular expense-splitting app Splitwise.

Hand Pose using Vision Framework

Over the past few years — Apple has made huge improvements in the field of Machine Learning and Cameras both on the hardware and software end. We’ve noticed more Apple devices come with a dedicated neural engine, a special processor that makes machine learning models really fast. There were quite a few interesting announcements during WWDC 2020. The introduction of iOS 14 brought in a slew of enhancements and interesting new features in Apple’s computer Vision framework. Vision framework was released in 2017 to allow developers to leverage complex computer vision algorithms with ease. In iOS 14, Apple has focused many of its efforts on increasing the depth of its Vision framework. One of those is the new capability of hand tracking and improved body pose estimation for images and videos. Apart from hand & body tracking, the update comes with other interesting features

Enhancing User Data Security on iOS: A Closer Look at Keychain

If you’ve ever built an iOS app, you’ve probably come across a situation where you need to store sensitive information on behalf of the user. For this, Apple’s Keychain Services is your guy because it’s great for securing sensitive data. UserDefaults are enough when you’re dealing with preferences, but you should never store credentials in them. Keychain is not limited to passwords; you can store any personal data, such as credit card information or even short notes. Keychain can also keep items that the user needs but may not be aware of, for example cryptographic keys and certificates that you manage. Keep in mind that Keychain is stored in a secure enclave in the A7 chip or newer. There are many wrappers out there that allow you to use Keychain, but I want to show that you can also do it yourself quite easily.

What's the Deal with Flexible Working Hours and Remote Work?

If you have a look at our ‘open roles’ page, you can notice that each job posting includes the following phrases: ‘Fully flexible working time — the only limit is common sense’, and ‘Possibility of remote work — without additional explanations’. The message is clear: at Snowdog, you can work at any time of the day and from anywhere. But what does it mean to work flexibly and remotely? What sort of a relationship does that create between the employee and the employer, as well as between teammates? How does this approach compare to a traditional 9–5, with a set working time and location?

Case Study - Enhancing the Blomberg Website Experience for Builders, Architects, and Designers

We were tasked with improving the Blomberg website user experience to cater to a more specific audience looking for high-quality home appliances.