Strategy

Session Staff Plus Engineering

Scaling Tech by Aligning Humans

Tuesday Nov 17 / 05:05PM PST

Scaling a complex technology can get messy without a clear north star or a shared technical strategy. Product strategies from different functions can each deliver impact but may lead to disconnected solutions or inadvertently introduce various forms of technical debt.

Speaker image - Scott Behrens

Scott Behrens

Principal Security Engineer @Netflix, Providing GenAI Technical Leadership and Upleveling Engineers on The Engineer Setlist Blog

Session Platform Engineering

Platform Engineering’s Second Act: From Vending Machine to Passport Control

Wednesday Nov 18 / 02:45PM PST

Three years ago on the QCon SF stage, I made the case for “Acceleration, Autonomy, and Accountability” as the pillars of a successful platform. Those pillars haven't moved. AI has just rewritten what each one requires, and the platform team's job along with it.

Speaker image - Smruti Patel

Smruti Patel

SVP of Engineering @apollographql

Speaker image - Alex Mann

Alex Mann

Senior Engineering Manager @apollographql