This is part two of our blog about how understanding our relationship with money better can help us make better financial decisions 👊

I was Cleo’s first part-time Frontend Engineer at Cleo. I’m also a mom of twin babies (hence the part-time part). In this blog, you’ll find some tips and thoughts that I’ve gathered while working 30/hr per week, remotely. 

We can’t change habits if we don’t understand them – Finding out why we feel the way we do about money is essential to making better financial decisions in the long run. 

Interviewing can be scary ☠️ And we want you to have everything you need to help you showcase your skills in the best way. 

As a mix of self-taught, bootcamp and computer science Engineers, we understand that there’s no ‘right’ way to get into tech, only your way 👊

There aren’t many people that know Cleo like Roisin Allum, or who have contributed as much to our progress. From everyone at Cleo: happy 5 year anniversary, Rosh!

We built a new tool called re_dms in order to allow streaming replication of data from postgres to redshift. Here, we’ll outline why we needed this new tool, our technical considerations,and some challenges we overcame.

Here’s the latest on diversity, equity and inclusion at Cleo. Our progress, learnings and focus areas for this year and beyond. 

We’re preparing for world domination (jk, but not really). So, an international team with a perspective to match isn’t an optional extra. Lia Siebert and Pooran Panwar are two of the finest tech people on the West Coast, bringing experience from Strava & Spotify. Here’s why they chose Cleo, their take on our mission to fight for the world’s financial health, and why we’re excited about our US expansion.

Let me start by saying that I’m not the biggest advocate for personas, they’re not always the best way to understand our users and their challenges. But, this particular case is one where a persona has been so helpful, I even felt compelled to write a blog about it.

Magda takes the mic to tell us about life as a Cleo Engineer 🎤

Salary negotiation can be a challenging but ultimately rewarding process, literally. After training a couple of work experience students at Cleo on this recently, I was reminded how daunting it can feel when you’re just starting out. So, here’s a handy guide to follow, whether this is your first, fourth or hundredth time!