From low code to philosophy - how ChargeGuru learnt to scale custom apps without chaos

When Laurent Salomon took over as Head of Engineering at ChargeGuru he quickly realized he was in for an exciting ride.

The company was a rapidly growing B2C marketplace for electric vehicle charging infrastructure. At the same time, the organization was moving closer to its sister business, Zeplug, which operated a complementary B2B charging network.

But with two tactical IT estates built for speed of implementation during the start-up phase — and an increasingly complex international regulatory environment — the combined organization was in danger of slowing down in the face of IT that was difficult to adapt and scale in line with the business’s growth.

Salomon explains that this is the environment into which he was recruited — with a mandate to help turn the company’s ambitions into a scalable and adaptable technology foundation. In effect his job was to keep the whole business moving as he rebuilt its technology ...