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Level-up Engineering

Level-Up Engineering brings you actionable management insights straight from top tech leaders. Each episode tackles real challenges faced by engineering managers—like hiring, motivating teams, and scaling organizations—and shares how they have navigated them.

Discover best practices in management and leadership to master the art of understanding people and organizations, just as well as you understand code.

Brought to you by **Apex Lab**, a software development agency creating stress-free, expert-led digital products. Tune in to level up your skills and take your team to new heights! Learn more at [apexlab.io](https://www.apexlab.io/).

Got feedback or want to be featured on **Level-Up Engineering**? Reach out to us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).

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Update frequency
every 13 days
Average duration
44 minutes
Episodes
99
Years Active
2019 - 2024
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Building a new engineering team by turning another one around - Tips from Tinder

Building a new engineering team by turning another one around - Tips from Tinder

Transforming teams doesn’t go without its challenges.

Let’s look at Tinder’s example. 

In this episode, Chris O'Brien, Director of Engineering at Tinder, shares his insights on building and leading eng…

00:54:52  |   Wed 16 Oct 2024
Scaling Startups: Behind the Scenes of Fleetio’s Growth

Scaling Startups: Behind the Scenes of Fleetio’s Growth

Scaling engineering teams can happen in a lot of different ways. Let’s take a look at a real-life example, how Fleetio scaled their product and team over the years.

Their Principal Software Engineer,

00:44:23  |   Wed 18 Sep 2024
Beyond the Bias: The Truth About Remote Work vs. Returning to the Office

Beyond the Bias: The Truth About Remote Work vs. Returning to the Office

Liam Martin, Co-Founder of Time Doctor, debunks myths around remote work and shares valuable tips on managing remote engineering teams so they remain well-aligned in an asynchronous environment.

Sign…

00:47:56  |   Wed 15 May 2024
Core Engineering Principles for Customer-Centric Design

Core Engineering Principles for Customer-Centric Design

Ian Tien, CEO and Co-Founder of Mattermost, talks about these core principles and their impact on his company. He highlights the importance of customer obsession, self-awareness, transparency and ear…

00:51:15  |   Wed 17 Apr 2024
We’ve Adopted Modern Practices, Why isn’t Product Development Great yet? - Challenges in Product Development

We’ve Adopted Modern Practices, Why isn’t Product Development Great yet? - Challenges in Product Development

Gil Broza, Value Delivery & Agile Leadership Expert, gives actionable advice for leaders who want truly great product development. He emphasizes the importance of putting people first, creating a cul…

01:09:25  |   Wed 13 Mar 2024
Behind the scenes of a successful mentoring program - Mentoring tips for tech leaders

Behind the scenes of a successful mentoring program - Mentoring tips for tech leaders

Magda Miu, Senior Engineering Manager at Adobe, discusses the importance of mentoring and shares her experiences as both a mentor and mentee. She highlights the benefits of mentoring, explains how sh…

00:57:51  |   Wed 07 Feb 2024
Leave Toxic Work Environments in 2023: Spotting and Fixing Unhealthy Work Cultures

Leave Toxic Work Environments in 2023: Spotting and Fixing Unhealthy Work Cultures

Dave Yeager, Director of Data Infrastructure at Recurve, shares aspects of healthy organizations, lists some signs of unhealthy ones and gives you actionable tips that you can implement today to make…

01:06:28  |   Wed 24 Jan 2024
Implementing Agile in Big Corporations - Proven Tips from Salesforce

Implementing Agile in Big Corporations - Proven Tips from Salesforce

Mayakrishnan Chakkarapani, Senior Director of Software Engineering at Salesforce, shares interesting insights on how his organization uses Agile to meet business goals and empower developers while do…

00:58:09  |   Wed 10 Jan 2024
Open Source Stories: How OSS Developers and Communities Shape the Future of Software Engineering

Open Source Stories: How OSS Developers and Communities Shape the Future of Software Engineering

Robert Hodges, CEO of Altinity, discusses various important aspects of open source software development. He talks about the decisions every company should make before embarking on an open source jour…

01:09:04  |   Wed 13 Dec 2023
How to be a Great  Leader and Manager: Strategies to Improve your Team - and their Results

How to be a Great Leader and Manager: Strategies to Improve your Team - and their Results

Peter Anderton, Founder of Internal Alignment, shares actionable tips to become a better leader by creating alignment, fighting your own ego, improving your listening skills and appreciating the diff…

01:07:20  |   Wed 29 Nov 2023
From IC to CEO: Software Engineer Career Development

From IC to CEO: Software Engineer Career Development

Level-up your software engineer career development through other professionals’ stories: meet Max Rudman, CEO of Prodly, who went from IC to CEO over the years and has even founded a startup of his o…

00:45:43  |   Wed 15 Nov 2023
AI Deployment 101: The Considerations of Safely Deploying AI in the Enterprise

AI Deployment 101: The Considerations of Safely Deploying AI in the Enterprise

Interview with Varun Mohan, CEO & Co-Founder of Exafunction and Codeium. He gives valuable insights on the considerations of AI deployment in the enterprise and shares his own thoughts and prediction…

00:36:36  |   Wed 01 Nov 2023
Communicating Your Engineering Team’s Impact at Work - Tips for Leaders

Communicating Your Engineering Team’s Impact at Work - Tips for Leaders

Interview with Dan Lines, CPO and Co-Founder of LinearB. He talks about the importance of representing engineering teams and gives valuable advice on how to start communicating your team’s impact.

Si…

00:33:14  |   Wed 18 Oct 2023
Open source advocacy: The benefits of open source software

Open source advocacy: The benefits of open source software

Interview with Joey Wilhelm, Security Engineer at Pinwheel. He talks about the benefits of open source software and gives great advice for companies who want to join the open source community.

Sign u…

00:39:54  |   Wed 11 Oct 2023
Books for software engineers: Nature-inspired ways to scale software delivery

Books for software engineers: Nature-inspired ways to scale software delivery

Interview with Yaron Perlman, author of the book DevStreams: Scaling Software Delivery. Naturally. He talks about the main ideas of DevStreams - a new paradigm for scaling software delivery.

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00:55:32  |   Wed 27 Sep 2023
Managing Workplace Stress via Breathing Techniques

Managing Workplace Stress via Breathing Techniques

Interview with Alan Watkins, CEO and Founder of Complete. He talks about managing workplace stress through breathing techniques and overcoming our animal instincts.

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00:51:44  |   Wed 12 Apr 2023
Building and Running Teams That Prioritize Innovation

Building and Running Teams That Prioritize Innovation

Interview with Morgan Teachworth, VP of Engineering at Cisco Meraki. He shares valuable insights on building and managing innovation-oriented teams.

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In t…

00:38:59  |   Wed 08 Mar 2023
The Ultimate Guide to Building Successful Analytics Engineering Teams

The Ultimate Guide to Building Successful Analytics Engineering Teams

Interview with Gopal Erinjippurath, CTO and Head of Product at Sust Global. He shares valuable insights on how to build and manage analytics engineering teams.

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00:27:10  |   Wed 15 Feb 2023
How to Prevent Quiet Quitting - Setting Healthy Boundaries at Work

How to Prevent Quiet Quitting - Setting Healthy Boundaries at Work

Interview with Sophie Wade, Founder of Flexcel Network. She talks about quiet quitting and how empathy can help employees and leaders deal with difficult workplace situations.

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00:49:16  |   Wed 01 Feb 2023
How to Deal With Information Overload - A Leader’s Guide to Managing Communications

How to Deal With Information Overload - A Leader’s Guide to Managing Communications

Interview with Hadi Hariri, VP of Developer Advocacy at JetBrains. He talks about the challenge of dealing with the constant influx of information, creating processes to manage information overload, …

00:45:50  |   Wed 11 Jan 2023
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