Michaela Santl
COMPETENCIES
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- Fully Responsive design - perfect on any device
- Multi-language ready - everything in our modules is translatable
- Retina image support for high-density pixel displays
- Flexible - Customize font and color scheme to fit your brand
- Great documentation - good for new or legacy users
- Professional support - we love what we do and who we do it for
- Many header- / footer-layouts and loads of easy-to-use modules
This is Michaela
Interview
What does your typical work day at knowis look like and what are your tasks as a software engineer?
First and foremost, I am involved in the development of our cloud platform. I work with the programming languages JavaScript and TypeScript, but also modern cloud technologies are used.
Over time, my job has also changed a bit – the focus is now more on IT architecture. Incidentally, that's one of the reasons why I like to work for knowis: everyone can develop their own professional interests or reorient themselves as far as possible. As head of one of the engineering teams, I now also take on organizational tasks and am the contact person for questions and problems of my colleagues.
What is special about the work at knowis?
knowis has grown very fast in recent years. This always results in new fields of activity and positions. The employees themselves can grow into the new roles because the positions do not need to be created and filled, but arise as needed. Anyone who engages in knowis can definitely take on more responsibility and new tasks. I find it very pleasant that you can work autonomously and independently and are not dictated to from above.
How was your job interview? Do you have tips for the application process at knowis?
The atmosphere during my conversation was very relaxed and enjoyable. At knowis, the personality of the applicants is still a decisive factor for the selection and therefore we also talked a lot about me as a person, my previous work experience and what motivates me in my work. Shortly after the conversation, I got a commitment from knowis.
Currently, as head of engineering, I lead a small team myself and I have been involved in a lot of job interviews. It is important to me personally that the candidate is passionate about the subject and has a clear idea of how he or she can support our team.
At the time of your application, knowis was still a small Regensburg start-up. How did you find out about us?
knowis is a 'hidden champion' in the industry. I was looking for IT companies, especially in Regensburg, and searched for potential employers through portals like XING, kununu and LinkedIn. Ultimately, I became aware of knowis via a job advertisement on XING and got more information about the company on the home page. The website was not that informative five years ago – which is fortunately very different today. Nevertheless, I immediately identified with the company and the tasks based on the job description and applied right away. As a result, I was invited to a job interview relatively quickly.
