Denise is a Senior Engineer at GitHub, a prolific speaker, as well as an author and illustrator.In this episode, we dive deep into the role that gender plays in inclusion. What solutions can narrow the gap between men and women on engineering t

Being Black in Tech with Kevin Stewart

May 26th, 2020 57m 17s

Kevin Stewart is an engineering leader who has worked across multiple company stages such as Fastly, Heptio, Nodesource, and Adobe. Today, he is the VP of Engineering at Harvest.In this episode, we talk about the invisible burden that code-swit

Firing and Getting Fired with Zach Holman

May 19th, 2020 30m 38s

Zach Holman was employee number 9 at Github. He was one of their earliest engineers, and he saw the team expand to over 250 employees. Years later, he was fired from his role and has since gone on to start his own companies and advise other sta

Developing Leaders on a Team with Jill Wetzler

May 12th, 2020 48m 40s

How do you lead the leaders on your team? Today’s guest has been developing leaders for years, and she’s sharing her insights on this episode of Scaling Software Teams. Jill Wetzler is the Head of Engineering at Pilot. Before her current role,

One-on-Ones with Jason Evanish

May 5th, 2020 40m 21s

How do you know if your one-on-ones are effective? In this episode, we’re diving deep into one-on-ones with our guest, Jason Evanish. Jason Evanish is the founder and CEO of GetLighthouse, a company that’s focused on helping develop great leade

Cultivating a Highly Performant Remote Engineering Team with Jeremy Wight

Apr 28th, 2020 26m 54s

These are challenging times, especially for engineering leaders. How do you “engineer” the trust in a distributed team that would occur normally in a localized workforce? Today’s guest is here to show you how. Jeremy Wight is the VP of Product

Becoming A Resilient Manager with Lara Hogan

Apr 21st, 2020 39m 4s

A resilient manager is the foundation of every successful team. How do you become a more resilient manager? Today’s guest is here to show you how. Lara Hogan is the co-founder of Wherewithall, the former VP of Engineering at Kickstarter, and th

Wes Winham | Scaling Software: What to Expect in Season 2

Apr 14th, 2020 5m 41s

Scaling Software Teams is back for Season 2! Last season we heard stories of triumph and failure from startup and scale-up leaders around the world. For Season 2, we want to do something different – we want to give you an engineering leadership

Starting Up Your Second Office, With Brian Delahunty

Dec 10th, 2019 52m 26s

Brian Delahunty is the Head of Reliability at Stripe, and was the Site Lead who helped them open and hire for their Seattle office. Throughout this process, he talked to leaders at over a dozen companies who led an HQ2 effort, and learned what

Running Remote, with Liam Martin

Dec 3rd, 2019 40m 34s

Liam Martin is the CoFounder of staff.com and timedoctor.com. Combined, they have 40+ employees in 9 different countries and specialize in remote long term employee management. Liam also runs the Running Remote conference, which is the world’s

On Startups and Escape Rooms, with Gregory Koberger

Nov 19th, 2019 39m 41s

Gregory Koberger is the founder of ReadMe, a company that helps dev teams create and manage documentation and monitor APIs. He founded ReadMe after working at several startups in Silicon Valley, including Mozilla, and finding himself writing do

Launching a Coding School Without Writing a Single Line of Code, with Ariel Camus

Nov 12th, 2019 47m 20s

Ariel Camus is the Founder and CEO at Microverse, a YC-backed distributed school for software engineers. They are available anywhere in the world, and they don’t charge students anything until they get hired. In this episode, we talk about why

The Three Questions To Ask Every New Manager, Part Two With Doug Gaff

Nov 5th, 2019 37m 12s

This week, we bring you part two of our conversation with Doug Gaff. Doug is the VP of Engineering at Zapier, the software solution that helps your other software work together more effectively. As the leader of an organization with over 100 en

How Zapier Scales Past 100 Engineers, Part One With Doug Gaff

Oct 29th, 2019 31m 36s

Doug Gaff is the VP of Engineering at Zapier, the software solution that helps your other software work together more effectively. His team recently crossed the 100 engineer threshold and they’re currently going through some exciting transition

Building a World-Class Onboarding Process For Your Software Engineering Team

Oct 22nd, 2019 18m

This is the final week of our community questions series, and we saved the best for last.We're not talking about hiring...we're talking about what comes next. How can we build a world-class onboarding process that keeps our new teammates engage

What Do The Best Technical Assessments Have In Common?

Oct 15th, 2019 21m 45s

The most common questions we get are about technical assessments. It's an area of concern for a lot of engineering leaders. Some believe their technical assessment is costing them great-fit candidates. Others believe they're not getting good en

How Can I Speed Up My Hiring Process Without Sacrificing End Results?

Oct 8th, 2019 15m 21s

There's a tension in hiring, especially with software developers. If I hire too slow, candidates withdraw. If I hire too fast, I may hire the wrong person. In this episode, we talk to engineering leaders who have threaded that needle to figure

Hunting Hidden Gems - Tricks to Find Great-fit Developers That Other Hiring Managers Miss

Oct 1st, 2019 34m 32s

Some hiring managers are elite at finding diamonds in the rough. In this episode, we're going to learn why. This week, we talked to hiring managers across the country to learn what they do differently in their hiring process to find great-fit e

Hiring Faster By Identifying Our Best-Performing Candidate Sources

Sep 24th, 2019 17m 6s

On this week's episode, we're talking about hiring. More specifically, how do we find the candidate sources that are bringing us the best candidates?If our methodology is flawed here, it could bias our entire hiring process, leading to worse ou

What Changes Our Engineering Team Should Expect After a Major Round of Funding

Sep 17th, 2019 20m 43s

This week, we're talking about the scary side of a really exciting day...the day our startup raises a major round of funding. Unfortunately, more money can mean more problems. The act of raising Venture Capital looks less like receiving a cardb

Answering Your Best Questions With Engineering Leaders Across The World

Sep 10th, 2019 2m 28s

Usually, we feature interviews with engineering leaders who have experienced high-growth. For the next few weeks, we're changing things up a bit. Our team has talked to hundreds of engineering, HR, and recruiting leaders in the past year. As a

Changing Your Hiring Process After a Big Round of Funding, with Ryan Carroll

Sep 3rd, 2019 34m 33s

Ryan Carroll is the VP of Engineering at Zylo, a SaaS company that helps you manage your SaaS spend. Last year, Zylo raised a $9M Series A round of funding, and they’ve been on a high-growth path ever since. Ryan has already hired 20 engineers

Building Companies That Are Both Good & Valuable, with David Odmark

Aug 27th, 2019 37m 50s

David Odmark is the Co-Founder and CTO of Greenlight Guru, a quality management software platform designed for medical devices companies that has undergone a ton of growth in the past year. Today, David oversees an engineering team of about 20,

Are All Women Engineers Like You?, with Rukmini Reddy

Aug 20th, 2019 36m 4s

Rukmini Reddy is the VP of Engineering at Abstract, a design management system that centralizes design decisions, feedback, Sketch files, and specs for your team. It’s kind of like Github for design. Abstract has raised over $50M in VC dollars

Using Checklists For Onboarding Success, with Radoslav Stankov

Aug 13th, 2019 34m 53s

Radoslav Stankov is the Head of Engineering at Product Hunt. He actually took over the post from our last guest, Andreas Klinger, and Andreas wanted us to follow up with Rado to learn about some of the changes he’s made. In this episode, we div