A blog to follow the progress of Empathy Academy Summer Batch.
Empathy.co is the leading innovator in commerce Search and Discovery. With over 150 Developers and Search Engineers, it has headquarters in London (UK) and Asturias (ES).
Committed to building human-centred commerce Search and Discovery platforms, Empathy.co gives big brands all they need to create trustworthy, understanding and joyful shopping experiences.
Empathy.co believes that great technology can inspire brands to respect the individual, serve the community and thrive through these relationships.
Trusted by global industry leaders like Carrefour, Kroger and Inditex, Empathy is privately held with no external investors, is cash-flow positive and has seen sales grow by 124% in 2020. With this, Empathy.co is free to innovate and relentlessly pursue customer success.
Academy shows Empathy's commitment to academia and young talent. Its objective is to develop a long-lasting relationship between the industry and the learning community.
From challenges and seminars to internships, Academy looks to be involved in training and research efforts.
This programme recruits young talent to train them in our technologies and practices, being a bridge between academia and the work world.
Empathy.co summons three batches per year: Winter, Summer and Fall. Each Bach consists of a variety of learning Paths focused on one expertise. Lasting the programme for six months in two different phases.
Through their fellowship in the programme, the Academy Fellows follow a three-month development process to acquire their proficiency with Empathy.co's guidance.
During this phase, the Academy Fellows develop some Deployment Examples, some of them individually, others in groups and the main one in a multidisciplinary manner across the different Paths.
Selected Academy Fellows develop their own project, designing, creating, and implementing their MVP in this phase.
Code name: B22022.
| Platform Path | Backend Path | Marketing Path |
|---|---|---|
| Itziar Esnal | Manuel Gonzalez | Alberto Arias |
| Martín van Puffelen | Pablo López |
Guided by Empathy.co's values, this batch aims to collaborate with teams within the company:
- Paltform Path: is developing a tool to authomatize administrative chores regarding training.
- Backend Path: is iterating & improving a feed hunter to help future and present Academy Fellows.
- Marketing Path: is engaging with the marketing processes in a technology-based company, undersatind and using the tech to better inform customers and solve their needs.