Engineering Leadership

Session AI Agents

Engineering at AI Speed: Lessons from the First Agentically Accelerated Software Project

Tuesday Nov 18 / 10:35AM PST

Claude Code is the first developer tool built specifically to maximize AI development velocity.

Speaker image - Adam Wolff

Adam Wolff

Engineer and Individual Contributor to Claude Code @Anthropic, Previously @Robinhood, @Facebook

Session Engineering Leadership

Lead Without a Ladder: How I Climbed Into Engineering Leadership

Tuesday Nov 18 / 10:35AM PST

Climbing into senior engineering leadership isn’t always a matter of following fixed rungs—it can be more like scaling a rugged, ever-shifting mountain. You know there might be a path somewhere on the south face but for some reason the North face has more appeal.

Speaker image - Pauline Jepp

Pauline Jepp

Head of Engineering @TicketSwap

Session Soft Skills

The Multiplier Effect: Transforming Technical Talent Through Strategic Soft Skills Development

Tuesday Nov 18 / 02:45PM PST

While technical competency remains foundational, senior engineering leaders recognize that sustainable competitive advantage stems from organizational capabilities that transcend code quality.

Speaker image - Arun Gupta

Arun Gupta

25+ Years Experience Across Companies Like @Intel, @Apple, @Amazon, and @Red Hat, Chaired the CNCF and OpenSSF Governing Boards, Organizer at the UN’s Tech Over Hackathon