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Building purpose-driven engineering cultures with BNY Mellon’s Head of Engineering Enablement

2023-08-30

Big Ideas in Application Architecture

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“Successful platforming means getting real product managers involved, promoting reuse, and measuring happiness and success. Letting the voice of the customer guide us is essential – we want to be a respected and effective platform” Jason Valentino, Head of Engineering Enablement at BNY Mellon sat down with us to share his highlights and valuable insights from his 10+ year history leading #engineering teams at companies including Capital One Labs and Peloton. Join us as we discuss: - Why it’s critical for enterprises to focus on good developer experiences - The incubation projects that evolved into shipped-to-production products - Creative ways to keep engineering teams aligned on the latest technical trends - Why Jason thinks #GitHub is one of the most game changing #engineeringtools of the last decade 0:00- Welcome 1:22- Jason’s background and his work at BNY Mellon, Capitol One, and Peloton 7:44- What led Jason to bring Capitol One in the direction of the #cloud? 11:58- Jason’s most exciting projects at Capitol One 14:55- Jason’s journey into the world of engineering 19:06- Thinking like an SRE and building scalable products 28:09- Jason on leadership and running effective teams 33:50- The most gamechanging engineering tool of the last decade 38:06- Jason on adopting #opensource engineering tools 42:44- Should there be guidelines for #generativeAI 43:58- Jason’s work at Peloton 47:23- Keeping up with the latest innovations in tech 54:50- Jason’s advice for anyone trying to build great platform engineering or SRE teams 🎧 Listen to our full episode- Building purpose-driven engineering cultures with BNY Mellon’s Head of Engineering Enablement: https://cockroa.ch/3qTe7xD #developers #cockroachdb #distributedsql #developertools