05 - Scaling Software Teams - Harsh Sinha - Transferwise VP Engineering

Harsh is the VP of Engineering at TransferWise. On the podcast, he shares his wealth of experience leading software teams at scale. Prior to joining TransferWise, Harsh was Director of Product at PayPal leading product strategy and development of PayPal’s mobile apps and SDKs enabling third parties to build mobile wallet experiences. He also led eBay’s Local initiatives as Director of Engineering where he owned the vision and development of eBay’s Click & Collect platform globally, including launching eBay’s Click & Collect integration with Argos in the UK. He has a LOT of experience working with products at scale and managing teams through tough challenges and disasters. <a href="https://imgur.com/Fgglfxe"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Fgglfxe.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a> TRANSFERWISE TransferWise is a leading low-cost currency exchange online currency exchange allowing you to easily send money across the globe. You can sign up here to send your first transaction for free. (https://transferwise.com/register?utmSource=url&utmMedium=invite&utmContent=&utmCampaign=3for50&referralCode=samh26&referralToken=samh26&profileType=PERSONAL#/) <a href="https://imgur.com/dmYoWb9"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/dmYoWb9.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a> Borderless Bank Account Their new Borderless Bank Account is possibly my favourite product of 2017. You can register your own bank account with a physical address and bank account numbers so you can store legit money, pay people and be paid in several currencies. For anyone that travels frequently, enjoys currency speculation or supplies digital work across borders this is the most amazingly useful thing ever. You can sign up for an account here (https://transferwise.com/register?utmSource=url&utmMedium=invite&utmContent=&utmCampaign=3for50&referralCode=samh26&referralToken=samh26&profileType=PERSONAL#/) SAM’S TOP TIPS FROM THE EPISODE When building a team that scales, so called 10x engineers can be toxic and not worth the risk. Check that someone is a team-player f