The Scope of Ocado – DataArt Collaboration

Some projects DataArt has supported Ocado Technology’s continuous development on include:

• Site Reliability Engineering
• Real-Time Van Routing
• Marketing Systems
• Shopping Experience Optimization
• Data Analytics
• Web and App Development
• Continuous Vulnerability Assessment
• Cloud Data Migration
• Unified Design

We treat DataArt employees as colleagues. It’s a rewarding relationship that has matured well over time.

Grzegorz Cempla

General Manager at Ocado Technology Poland

The Relationship

Ocado Technology powers Ocado Group’s innovation and development. DataArt has been an Ocado Technology partner since 2011. For almost ten years, DataArt has complemented Ocado’s in-house engineering talent resources, enabling business agility and rapid innovation. Roman Chernyshev, Director at DataArt UK, was there from the outset.

We hit the ground running, starting small but coming across more and more ways to contribute meaningfully to Ocado Technology’s vision,” Chernyshev recalls. “We used every interaction as a datapoint to better understand Ocado Technology and its strategy and goals, which allowed us to tailor our offering and be the best possible technology partner.

Roman Chernyshev

Director at DataArt UK

Grzegorz Cempla, General Manager of Ocado Technology Poland, evaluates the benefits of the partnership.

Our experience of using DataArt to help flex our in-house development resources has been extremely positive. The technical competence, quality, and commitment of their developers is very high and DataArt’s account management has been extremely professional and responsive.

Grzegorz Cempla

General Manager at Ocado Technology Poland

DataArt operates on a distributed team model, but when Ocado requested on-site presence, DataArt responded by moving part of its team to Ocado’s UK headquarters.

«We were open-minded and had an ‘anything is possible’ attitude,” says DataArt’s Roman Chernyshev. “The on-site presence was not part of our business model, but flexibility certainly was. Running DataArt’s project management operations from Ocado’s headquarters helped bridge the gap between business and technology, build trust, and develop relationships.»

It became much more natural to learn about challenges and offer help in solving them. It was nice to get to know each other, and this face-to-face relationship catalyzed our collaboration. Like DataArt, Ocado has a flat structure and a people-focused, blame-free, learn-fast culture in which honesty and openness are highly valued—everyone is accessible, and you can easily arrange lunch with the CEO.

Sergey Kharchenko

Principal Consultant at DataArt

«We use agile processes and Kanban to be aligned among teams, to collaborate, and at the same time to achieve autonomy,» says Kharchenko.

Collaborating with Ocado is both challenging and rewarding, says DataArt’s Eugene Veselov, Senior Manager, Retail and Digital Transformation.

Achieving Ocado’s ambitious vision means constantly reinventing ourselves, learning fast, and taking risks. Professional growth opportunities seem endless, and we get tremendous satisfaction from knowing that we’re contributing to Ocado’s success.

Eugene Veselov

Senior Manager, Retail and Digital Transformation

Grzegorz Cempla, General Manager at Ocado Technology Poland, appreciates the depth and quality of the Ocado-DataArt relationship: «DataArt engineers provide us with help, talent, energy, and engagement, and I think that’s a credit to the relationship we have with DataArt.»

Conclusion

DataArt’s collaboration with Ocado Technology, which has spanned almost a decade represents technology partnering at its best.