{"id":12625,"date":"2017-12-12T20:43:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T20:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projecthermes.wpengine.com\/community-at-interac\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T15:28:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T19:28:15","slug":"community-at-interac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innovation.interac.ca\/fr\/community-at-interac\/","title":{"rendered":"Community, Collaboration, Conversation and (some) Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, my name is Nerissa. ??<\/p>\n

\"Community<\/p>\n

Back in June of this year I started at Interac<\/em> Corporation (\u201cInterac\u00ae\u201d) as Community Manager. I’d never worked as a ‘community manager’ before, but the job description was a combination of everything I’d ever done in my career that made me happy: creating content, collaborating, researching and keeping a pulse on both the developer and fintech ‘worlds’.<\/p>\n

Before joining, I worked as a freelance writer with the proverbial slash and ‘front-end developer’ on my LinkedIn profile. Going freelance taught me some tough lessons, like staying focused on what I can do (write) vs. what I know a little about (front-end development), and what I’m passionate about (helping others find a solution, answer a question or make a part of their lives better.)<\/p>\n

Last year, Interac<\/em> launched the Developer Centre with the goal of using the platform to release new APIs (Application Programming Interface) and SDKs (Software Development Kits) to the broader market. Exciting! But the task fell into the hands of members of the team who already had full plates (bringing those APIs and SDKs to life being a large slice of that plate.)<\/p>\n

The idea was to bring on someone (hi) who could help see the growth of the Developer Centre through improvements, build its profile within local and not-so-local communities and make it into an online hub where future products for developers could be released.<\/p>\n

Basically, my job is to help developers understand how to use the APIs and SDKs we release and to make sure that feedback from the community is heard by the people here who are building our products and solutions.<\/p>\n

Developer Centre Phase II<\/h2>\n

Over the last few months, I’ve been listening carefully to what people are saying about the Developer Centre as it stands today. This has meant talking to users and employees, closely eyeing the analytics, and comparing our platform to others.<\/p>\n

Long story short: the Developer Centre is ready for an upgrade.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Phase II will be about building a platform that enables businesses and developers to partner with us, use our products, and ultimately build great payments experiences for Canadians. Phase II is part of how we deliver on entering the API economy.<\/p>\n

In the next few months, we’ll be beta launching our first truly public API built on e-Transfer. Ahead of these changes, we’re doing a complete redesign of the current Developer Centre, which will include integrating with a forum platform to make it easier for users to ask and answer questions.<\/p>\n

What’s in it for You<\/h2>\n

These changes mean:<\/p>\n