We're not your average developer company...

Goblinfactory is a small, lean software consultancy, currently working with an awesome client on some incredible SAAS projects.

Developer Events - CAMDUG

Goblinfactory runs free developer events under the camdug and snowcode brands designed to connect great people who would normally not have met, so that great things will happen. These consist of anything from hands on coding Dojos, Katas, regular social pub meetup events, unconference workshops, hackdays, Javascript Monthly Roundups, traditional speaker led mini conferences through to the annual snowcode event.

Snowcode & snowmeetup

Goblinfactory is passionate about coding, and about snow, and (as far as we know) we pay for and run snowcode - the only free Javascript, CSS and HTML5 conference held every year at a ski resort in the world... w00t!

We also run snowmeetup, the largest Ski and Snowboarding meetup group in England, with regular trips to incredible destinations. In December our members are going Avalanche training, and in January a large group is going on a once in a lifetime trip to snowboard in the Himilayas (Kashmir)!

Getting away to code

We are extremely fortunate with our current anchor client to be able to have a good balance of onsite and remote working, which gives us time to get away without distractions when needed checking in daily for the team standups.

Working from our base in Cambridge, only 20 minutes from Stansted airport gives us easy affordable access to Europe, perfect for anything from a few days to a week or more of high quality code retreating, coming back inspired, new features completed and with batteries recharged.

Lean/Agile/Kanban

We're not strict TDD developers, i.e. don't demand 100% test coverage, but do follow BDD (Behavior driven development) best practices, where all our requirements are expressed as executable tests written in Given when then Gherkin sytax. We are agile (small 'a') and use visual KanBan boards wherever possible. Goblinfactory currently scores 12/12 for the Joel test. We have a reliable CI process, do pair programming when needed, pairing to review code or when spiking to encourage knowledge transfer, and provide quiet working conditions, occasionally working a few weeks in the mountains as a whole team during winter and summer.

Getting involved...

If you love snow, working with the development community and are a solid seasoned Agile developer, and want to get involved in supporting or running community events,or are interested in starting or joining an agile lean startup, then we'd love to hear from you.

You can find me every second Thursday from 10:30am onwards at (Lean Startup Cambridge), at at TaBouche, 10-15 Market Passage, Cambridge.