How would you explain Scewo to your friend in 3 sentences?
We at Scewo develop the most advanced electric wheelchair in the world. It helps people with disabilities to overcome obstacles such as stairs and steps autonomously!
It also has two big wheels together with balancing technology that helps to be agile in everyday activities.
Our device is controlled by a powerful linux computing system as well as embedded compute units that talk to our extensive sensor suite.
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🛠️ Tech stack & Development process at Scewo
Technologies that we use
Can I choose the hardware? What is your coding setup (IDE, OS, Build server, Cloud provider)?
Everyone chooses the hardware and os themselves. This is especially important to us because you work best when you feel comfortable. We also are not stingy with the budget.
Our software development process
How can I grow as a developer at your company (career paths and learning opportunities)?
We have a very interdisciplinary knowledge base, and you will grow together with the company.
As we scale there will be new positions and the ability to grow with the company.
Do you prefer always writing your own software for everything or use frameworks if they fit?
We wrote the software for our wheelchair ourselves from scratch. This allows us to make adjustments more easily and be closer to the product.
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👩💻 Company culture
What are your key values and what are some daily work examples of them?
As a team, we work together and celebrate every success. A career at Scewo offers many opportunities and choices.
At the same time, it challenges your sense of responsibility. Not only Scewo is growing fast, but our people are growing with us. You work independently and take on responsibility.
At the same time, we are ONE team that pulls together on the same rope.
Thanks to regular exchange, helpfulness, and open communication, we learn from each other.
How diverse are your teams? What is the typical team size and structure?
At Scewo, people with different backgrounds and from different fields come together. Currently, the company consists of 25 employees divided into 5 teams with a flat hierarchy.
Do you offer any helpful initiatives for parents with young children?
Not at the moment but is planned for the future.
What is your remote work policy?
Working from home is possible but a lot of testing has to be done directly on the product. Therefore, we strive for a good mix.
If you do Agile - how is your agile process & release cycle? How much coding vs meetings/planning?
We follow an agile development process. We have implemented short daily standups, planning and retro meetings and we usually do 2 week sprints.
Do you have some in-house tech workshops or hackathons? Is there an educational budget?
We have educational budgets, time and money as well as we are promoting internal hackathons to generate new ideas and keep at the edge of technology.
Can I work on my projects or open source for a part of time?
We have not considered to do so yet - but we would not be opposed to it.
📖 The Book Question™
What do I need to do to buy a 50$ educational book on company expense?
Simply check with your team leader and purchase.
💼 How does the interview process at Scewo look like?
After reviewing all the dossiers received, the selected candidates will be invited to a short phone call and if the mutual impression during the call is positive, the candidates will be invited to an interview.
Afterwards, if both parties are still interested a trial day is arranged. Already during the interview tasks are set, which are fulfilled by the applicant. These tasks should give the candidate an impression of how his future work will look like and give us an impression of how the candidate approaches the tasks.
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