Shifting Left for Better Engineering Efficiency

In this presentation, I will share two critical migration stories - one focuses on production monitoring and the other on production deployments with automated validations. Both migrations were driven by the goal of enhancing engineering efficiency, but each came with its own challenges and lessons. Through these stories, I will highlight key insights on how to plan, execute, and ensure that such transitions deliver the intended outcomes. Attendees will gain practical knowledge on building and landing delightful internal tools, and fostering a more efficient engineering environment.

Speaker

Ying Dai

Principal Software Engineer @Roblox, Working on Improving Engineering Efficiency. Previously @Google & @LinkedIn

Ying is a Principal Software Engineer at Roblox, specializing in Engineering Efficiency. She led the transformation of the Telemetry team, overhauling the Telemetry stack to a modern architecture that scaled to meet the company's rapid growth and reliability demands. Ying also spearheaded the launch of automated canary analysis across all backend services, ensuring smoother and more reliable deployments. She is passionate about creating robust, user-friendly internal tools that enhance productivity and elevante the engineering experience.

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Date

Tuesday Nov 19 / 03:55PM PST ( 50 minutes )

Location

Seacliff ABC

Topics

Engineering Efficiency Productivity Reliability

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