An Inside Look into the Evolution of the Engineering Org and Culture at Spotify by Kristian Lindwall
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.
Kristian Lindwall
Kristian is an engineering leader at Spotify. He has over 10 years experience managing and coaching a broad variety of engineering and product teams. He is currently based in New York where he manages the engineering teams working on the company’s data, insights and machine learning platforms. Prior to that, he led parts of the agile coach practice at Spotify for a few years and has been very active in supporting the growth of a strong agile and lean approach in the company. Before Spotify, Kristian spent 8 years in fintech in Stockholm where he built and grew the engineering team at the largest online broker company in Sweden.
