Posts by Jan Heller
Part of ottonova's Software Engineering team since the very beginning. Always on the lookout to improve our teams and to take the next step.
Evolving Our Tech Landscape – ottonova Tech Radar Q3 2025 Update
At ottonova, we continuously evaluate our technology stack to ensure we’re using the best tools to deliver exceptional digital health experiences. Our quarterly Tech Radar update reflects our commitment to technological excellence and innovation. Here’s a summary of the key changes coming via our Q3 2025 Tech Radar update. Infrastructure Evolution Backstage has gained prominence…
Introducing the ottonova Tech Radar
We always promoted openness when it came to our tech stack. The ottonova Tech Radar is the next step in that direction. What is the Tech Radar? The ottonova Tech Radar is a list of technologies. It’s defined by an assessment outcome, called ring assignment and has four rings with the following definitions: ADOPT – Technologies we…
4 rules for building successful cross-functional teams
ottonova has a long history of using cross-functional teams for Software Engineering. Very early on we tried to establish them to become more productive and product centred. It took us a few tries to get it right and oh boy, did we make a lot of mistakes along the way. I would like to share…
Why we switched from Moment.js to Day.js
Moment.js is an awesome library when it comes to performing complex date-time manipulations. It provides a rich and clean API that covers many use cases. That aside, Moment.js shouldn’t always be the go-to library when it comes to date-time problematics. Alternatives should be considered as well. What are the alternatives? Actually, there are plenty of alternatives…
The QA Engineer position at ottonova
We would like to use this article to give some insights on the QA Engineer position here at ottonova and to answer This article gives some insights on the QA Engineer position here at ottonova. Since the position can be interpreted quite differently we want to answer some common questions. Here we go. 1. Is…
Welcome to our ottonova.tech blog!
Hello everybody, with this post we want to kick off the ottonova.tech blog and also explain what it’s for. With this blog we sincerely want to give you insights on how we create the software and platform behind ottonova. The first newly founded private health insurance in a long time. We are assembling a strong…
