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When Langlois isn’t busy mentoring other team members, he’s helping his team tackle new tech and strategies, which is made easier with the help of discovery phases. He said his team is currently focused on standardizing its suite of APIs using the JSON:API specification. “This gives us all an opportunity to learn new tools, experiment and make meaningful changes to our product’s performance and usability,” Langlois said.

“There's nothing more dangerous than making decisions on bad data," Colomb said. To ensure accurate data is upheld, Colomb says cross-team communication is vital. His team relies on departmental syncs, skip-level meetings and frequent check-ins to ensure employees stay aligned. And with a full-time tech coordinator who facilitates communication, Colomb’s engineers can spend more time building and less time fixing.