KGB Wizards

The Wizards are the Rails dev team for kgb Mobile & Digital. We're behind the 542 542 sms brand and related mobile applications. We advertised on TV during Superbowl XLIV. Our team is based in Cambridge, UK.

We're Hiring

We're currently trying to expand our UK teams in Cambridge and Cardiff. If you think you have what it takes to be a Wizard, send us a note.

Nathan Publishes RailsInside Series

J. Nathan Matias, one of the Wizards from our startup days, is writing a series for RailsInside on how we scaled for our Superbowl ad in 2010:

• Part one: How KGB Handled Graceful Degradation for the Superbowl

The Wizards

• Matt Nodder: Director, Software Engineering
• Frederick Cheung: Chief Wizard (spacevatican.org | github)
• Henry Addison
• Ben Symonds
• Gary Swanson
• Craig Emery
• Robert Heaney (watchhilldesign.com)
• Tim Parish

Former Wizards

• Matty Jacobs (github)
• J. Nathan Matias (natematias.com | github)

Our heroes

We love working with these companies:

• Engine Yard provides hosting for our main clusters
• Aethernet has provided hosting for specialized apps since our days as a startup
• Percona has helped us scale our system to match the growth of our business
• We use New Relic to measure system health and instrument our code