#448 Data-Driven Engineering Management with Bryan Helmkamp, Founder & CEO of Code Climate

Today we’re talking to Bryan Helmkamp, Founder and CEO of Code Climate. And we discuss how to implement data-driven engineering management with Code Climate. The impact that adopting a data-driven approach has on every level of the engineering organization, and how to think about creating a product that is a tool vs. a product that is a solution. 

All of this right here, right now, on the ModernCTO Podcast! 

To learn more about CodeClimate, check them out at https://codeclimate.com

About Bryan Helmkamp:

Bryan Helmkamp is the co-founder and CEO of Code Climate, where he is dedicated to helping engineering leaders improve the speed and quality of their software development. In addition to advising hundreds of customers on data-driven best practices, he’s spoken on the subject at conferences worldwide. He is the author of "The Engineering Leader’s Guide to Cycle Time,” and co-author of two other books on software development.

About Code Climate:

Code Climate empowers software engineering organizations to achieve excellence across people, process, and code with data-driven insights. Our Engineering Intelligence products are trusted by thousands of organizations – from enterprises to startups – to help align engineering initiatives with strategic priorities, accelerate software delivery, and drive continuous improvement.

Founded in 2011 in New York by engineering leaders who were frustrated by decisions being made in the dark or by gut instinct, Code Climate envisions a world where technology leaders can drive business success through increased transparency, efficiency, and actionable data. After nearly a decade helping over 100,000 developers improve the quality and maintainability of their codebases with our automated code review tool, Quality, we launched our flagship product Velocity, enabling technology leaders to make confident, data-driven decisions that fuel elite team performance at scale.

Backed by leading VC firms, including PSG, Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, and NextView Ventures, Code Climate has raised $66M in funding to date, having closed a Series C round in August 2021.