New York

October 15–17, 2025

Berlin

November 3–4, 2025

Building Engineering Teams Under Pressure

Why do some teams ship features rapidly, support each other, and effectively communicate while others struggle?

Speakers: Julia Grace

January 28, 2021

Julia Grace has built teams at IBM Research, small startups, and now currently at Slack. She has done due diligence for venture capitalists to determine how well a startup’s engineering team is working together. Drawing on this knowledge, Julia attempts to answer the question: Why do some teams ship features rapidly, support each other, and effectively communicate while others struggle?