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Feature leading at Bolt: More than writing code
At Bolt, engineers don’t just implement tickets. They lead features end-to-end. A feature lead owns the plan, coordinates a cross-platform squad, removes blockers, and drives the rollout to make sure the feature is truly done. This post breaks down Bolt’s feature lifecycle, what goes into a strong system design document, how success metrics and analytics are defined, and how we launch safely through controlled rollouts and A/B tests.
Exposing dbt models in Looker
This article was written by Silja Märdla, Senior Analytics Engineer at Bolt. TL;DR This article describes how we’ve replaced manual LookML writing with an automatic sync process to ensure all
Evolution of the user graph with company growth
Written by Jaroslav Judin, Senior Software Engineer at Bolt. Understanding user relationships is crucial in fraud analysis and social networks. However, the options for choosing a suitable storage model are
The evolution of data caching in a high-traffic microservice architecture
Data Modelling with dbt (core)
Written by Silja Märdla, Senior Analytics Engineer at Bolt. In Bolt, we’ve been on a mission to understand the best way to systematically prepare data for our different data users:
Dancing with fraudsters in the Age of AI
How Bolt engineers fight AI-powered fraud while keeping products safe and seamless. Explore risk-based defence, automation, and the future of anti-fraud tech.
AI-prototyping: Reality check
AI can generate prototypes in hours, but speed alone doesn't create product value. Learn the risks, trade-offs, and path from prototype to V1.
Finance ledger as a service: Rethinking aggregation engine
From rides to food delivery, see how Bolt’s finance ledger and aggregation engine deliver a single source of truth for global financial data.
Transforming Slack conversations into production-ready features with BACA at Bolt
This post breaks down how BACA (Bolt Autonomous Coding Agent) turns intent from Jira tickets and PR comments into high-quality code, iterates on review feedback, and ships changes safely at Bolt’s scale with automated checks and mandatory human approvals.
How Bolt engineers improve delivery address accuracy to reduce failed orders and "Where are you?" calls
Learn how Bolt engineers solve large-scale geo and routing challenges to improve delivery accuracy, last-mile efficiency, and real-time address detection.
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