Published inThumbtack Engineering·Oct 24, 2022How to Prep for Your Technical Interview with ThumbtackAt Thumbtack, we’re always looking for ways to make the interview process as seamless as possible. To help you prepare for your technical interview, we’ve broken down each step in the process (with some helpful tips) to ensure you feel prepared and ready to showcase your skills. …Engineering3 min readEngineering3 min read
Published inThumbtack Engineering·Jun 8, 2022Get to Know: Mallika Potter, Engineering ManagerMallika joined Thumbtack four years ago as an Android engineer. At the end of 2021, she became an Engineering Manager. Born in Massachusetts but raised in the Bay Area, Mallika and her husband recently became Bay Area homeowners. What motivated you to join TT? I chose to join Thumbtack because…Women In Tech3 min readWomen In Tech3 min read
Published inThumbtack Engineering·Apr 28, 2022Get to Know: Alex Hsieh, Android EngineerAlex joined Thumbtack three and half years ago as a new grad backend engineer on the Trust and Safety team and moved to the Targeting team as an Android engineer two years ago. …Engineering4 min readEngineering4 min read
Published inThumbtack Engineering·Feb 25, 2022Get to Know: Michelle Pan, Engineering ManagerMichelle joined Thumbtack three and a half years ago as a frontend engineer before stepping into an Engineering Manager role last year. She grew up in Austin, TX, was a long-time resident of the Bay Area, and just recently moved down to LA thanks to Thumbtack’s remote work policy. …Engineering4 min readEngineering4 min read
Published inThumbtack Engineering·Nov 2, 2021Q&A with Neha Agarwal, Director of EngineeringNeha is an Engineering Director at Thumbtack. She has been a central part of our team for more than 5 years. Prior to joining Thumbtack, Neha spent time at Thomson Reuters, Model N, and Google — where she worked for more than 6 years. …Engineering5 min readEngineering5 min read
Published inThumbtack Engineering·Feb 28, 2020Building a native design system for iOSBy: Kevin Beaulieu — What is a “native design system”? “Native design system” can be broken up into two parts: “native” and “design system.” Starting with the latter, a design system is a collection of reusable components, tokens, and other design standards that can be used by both designers, to guide their work, and software engineers, to speed up the…Design Systems6 min readDesign Systems6 min read
Published inThumbtack Engineering·Dec 2, 2019Targeted Code Coverage Reports for Android Continuous BuildsBy: Brian Terczynski — Automated testing is an important part of software development. Developers should always write tests for the code they produce. This not only ensures that their code is correct, but will also help catch any future regressions as the codebase evolves. Unfortunately, developers do not always do a good job of…Mobile5 min readMobile5 min read
Published inThumbtack Engineering·Nov 27, 2019Our Transition to Machine Learning in Search Ranking to Match Customers and ProfessionalsBy: Mark Andrew Yao — Thumbtack helps customers search for the right local professionals to get projects done. Our search product collects project details from customers and matches them against preferences from professionals. Afterwards, our ranking algorithm displays the professionals most likely to result in a job well done. We tackle the search ranking problem…Data7 min readData7 min read
Published inThumbtack Engineering·Nov 25, 2019Detecting Leaky View ControllersBy: Scott Southerland — For iOS developers, avoiding retain cycles is one of those things that is conceptually easy but can be deceptively subtle in practice. For the uninitiated, Swift manages memory by checking how many objects reference a given variable. When all references to an object are removed, the object can be deallocated…IOS5 min readIOS5 min read
Published inThumbtack Engineering·Oct 18, 2019The 20 000 engineer viewBy: Will Mee — I’m a new Thumbtack engineer, but I’m not new to engineering. I joined Thumbtack 4 months ago from a much larger tech company: one that has well over 20,000 engineers and a very strong engineering culture, one whose services you likely use daily. Thumbtack’s got a strong engineering base too…Engineering4 min readEngineering4 min read
