In this session, Kristian will outline some of the stages of evolution the Spotify engineering team has gone through over the years to stay lean and effective. He will outline some of the underlying principles and also some of the concrete practices they have put into place to optimize for the needs of the business.

The talk will be followed by a panel of Kristian alongside 2 other engineering leaders who have all been heavily influenced by Spotify's approach. They will debate and discuss their learnings and thoughts on how to effectively organize and scale engineering teams.