Behind the Scenes

Every summer, on the strategy & analytics team here at Lucid, we invite a handful of interns to join us and learn how to become impact-driven data analysts. Recently, we asked a few of our interns what they liked about the internship experience, and are excited to share their responses…

Hi! 👋My name is Brock, and I work at Lucid. I am a Technical Project Manager and am constantly trying to track and report progress. Since learning about the data integration capabilities of Lucidchart, I’ve found that Lucid is the best place to keep track of progress. I can hear…

Some of the most exciting innovation development innovation is happening in canvas-based applications, which are a fundamental part of Lucid’s Visual Collaboration Suite.   In this article, I will discuss the unique approach and mindset required for designing canvas-based interfaces, explore their benefits, and provide insights into Lucid’s design principles and…

For years, our Quality Assurance team members manually verified long checklists of features alongside each bi-weekly release. Now, with 100% automatic deployments multiple times a day, automated tests are the essential tool to preserve site quality and stability.  Every engineering team has the responsibility to ensure adequate automated testing. But…

Lucid recently opened its east coast hub in Raleigh, North Carolina. Having now spent nine months in Raleigh, I can definitively say we chose a great place. I’ve personally made many new friends and had great opportunities to learn and grow from the wonderful people in the area. It’s been…

I’ve been working for Lucid for almost four years as a senior QA specialist, and there is one thing that I look forward to every year: the Hackathon. All members of our R&D teams, which includes designers, engineers, QA specialists, product managers, and analysts, set aside their usual work and…

Our annual Hackathon is an amazing part of Lucid’s culture. My first hackathon experience came within a few months of my arrival at Lucid in 2019—and I was not prepared for the awesomeness and craziness that was about to take place.  We were encouraged to invite friends and family to…

We’re excited to continue our series of interviews with members of our scrum teams. Today we interviewed Gen Bennett, a Quality Assurance Specialist, and Zack Rowley and Kai Rogers, Sr. Quality Assurance Specialists. Note that Quality Assurance is frequently shortened to QA. How do you build good relationships with the…

Flexible Onboarding Hiring and onboarding new talent is a significant task that many companies deal with regularly. One of the most challenging parts of this process is team placement. How do you determine the best team for a new hire?  There are two general approaches to making team assignments: Static…