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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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Leadership in Hypergrowth: A Case Study from Shapr3D

Leadership in Hypergrowth: A Case Study from Shapr3D

Interview with Ákos Kapui, VP of Engineering at Shapr3D. He talks about running an engineering organization in hypergrowth, doubling its employee count every year. Pick up his tips, tricks, and learn…

01:02:00  |   Wed 31 Mar 2021
From Engineer to CEO: How to Start a Tech Company

From Engineer to CEO: How to Start a Tech Company

Interview with Taavi Rehemägi, co-founder and CEO of Dashbird. He tells the story of founding Dashbird, and what it took for him to go from software engineer to CEO. Learn how he built his network an…

00:31:52  |   Wed 17 Mar 2021
Leadership Soft Skills: Master Your Own Mind to Lead Your Team to Success

Leadership Soft Skills: Master Your Own Mind to Lead Your Team to Success

Interview with Gergely Hodicska "Felhő", VP of Engineering at Bitrise. We take a deep dive with him into leadership soft skills and his story about finding his weaknesses and turning them into superp…

01:04:30  |   Wed 17 Feb 2021
Remote Onboarding: How to Save New Hires from Social Isolation

Remote Onboarding: How to Save New Hires from Social Isolation

Interview with Jerie Shaw, Senior Technical Program Manager at Shopify about building a remote onboarding process to suit the needs of remote software engineers. Coming up with new ways to get develo…

00:41:31  |   Wed 03 Feb 2021
Improve Team Performance and Turn Around Underachieving Engineering Teams

Improve Team Performance and Turn Around Underachieving Engineering Teams

Interview with John Ford, VP of Engineering and Site Leader at LogMeIn about his management framework to turn around underachieving teams and improve overall team performance. Learn from his practica…

00:47:44  |   Wed 20 Jan 2021
Knowledge Sharing: A Sneak Peek into Facebook’s Engineering Teams

Knowledge Sharing: A Sneak Peek into Facebook’s Engineering Teams

Interview with Balázs Balázs, former Engineering Manager at Facebook about the knowledge sharing strategies he's used over the years with his engineering teams. You'll get tips, tricks and real stori…

00:46:44  |   Wed 06 Jan 2021
The Ultimate Skip Level Meeting Guide for Leaders

The Ultimate Skip Level Meeting Guide for Leaders

Panel discussion interview with Sarah Milstein, Sr. Director of Engineering at Mailchimp, and Tanisha Barnett, Director of Engineering at Mailchimp. They get into the details of holding skip level me…

00:44:33  |   Wed 09 Dec 2020
Managing for Happiness: Tips to Run a Productive Engineering Team

Managing for Happiness: Tips to Run a Productive Engineering Team

Interview with Jurgen Appelo, leadership speaker, writer and entrepreneur. He is an expert on the topic of managing teams to maximize happiness, which heavily bolsters productivity. Learn his tips, t…

00:39:21  |   Wed 25 Nov 2020
Software Engineer Resume: Tips to Get in the Door at Hot Tech Companies

Software Engineer Resume: Tips to Get in the Door at Hot Tech Companies

Interview with Gergely Orosz, self-employed author of 'The Tech Resume Inside Out', former Engineering Manager at Uber.

He shares unique insight into the process of hiring for a big tech company. We a…

00:46:55  |   Wed 11 Nov 2020
How to Make the Spotify Model Work for You - Hint: Don’t Copy Blindly

How to Make the Spotify Model Work for You - Hint: Don’t Copy Blindly

Interview with Jonathan Rasmusson, ex-Spotify engineer and author of 'Competing with Unicorns' about the key elements of making the Spotify model work.

Squads, tribes and guilds are the essential elem…

00:38:57  |   Wed 28 Oct 2020
Software Engineer Career Ladder: Don’t Copy-Paste, Make Your Own!

Software Engineer Career Ladder: Don’t Copy-Paste, Make Your Own!

Interview with Tim Olshansky, EVP of Product & Engineering at Zenput on creating a software engineer career ladder for your own team.

This isn't a template you can just copy and paste, then forget it …

00:50:24  |   Wed 14 Oct 2020
Diversity in Recruiting: Road to Inclusion in Tech

Diversity in Recruiting: Road to Inclusion in Tech

Interview with Ola Sitarska, Engineering Lead at Onfido about addressing diversity and inclusion at the base level: integrating these values into your recruitment process.

Why do you want to put up th…

00:31:28  |   Wed 30 Sep 2020
From Junior to Senior Developer and Beyond: Farhan Thawar (VP of Engineering, Shopify)

From Junior to Senior Developer and Beyond: Farhan Thawar (VP of Engineering, Shopify)

Software engineers, like any other person can get stuck. Their personal development slows down, their career may not move in the direction they want to go to.

Great engineering managers and leaders ca…

00:46:38  |   Wed 16 Sep 2020
GitHub's Feedback Culture: Ryan Nystrom (Director of Engineering, GitHub)

GitHub's Feedback Culture: Ryan Nystrom (Director of Engineering, GitHub)

GitHub versus Facebook feedback culture comparison with a breakdown of their key elements and cultural differences. Learn the secrets of a healthy feedback culture both on an organizational and perso…

00:43:49  |   Wed 02 Sep 2020
One-on-One Meeting Guide: James Stanier (SVP of Engineering, Brandwatch)

One-on-One Meeting Guide: James Stanier (SVP of Engineering, Brandwatch)

Avoid the rookie mistakes engineering managers and engineering leaders make at running one-on-one meetings. James Stanier, SVP of Engineering at Brandwatch, and author of "Become an Effective Softwar…

00:42:46  |   Wed 19 Aug 2020
HubSpot's Secret for Onboarding Engineering Leaders: Nadia Alramli (Engineering Director, HubSpot)

HubSpot's Secret for Onboarding Engineering Leaders: Nadia Alramli (Engineering Director, HubSpot)

Building trust across the board and becoming familiar with the whole context of a company is a common challenge for engineering leaders and managers as they transition to a new workplace. Nadia Alram…

00:35:27  |   Wed 05 Aug 2020
Antifragile - Manage Your Team Under Pressure: Adam Wolff (VP of Engineering, Robinhood)

Antifragile - Manage Your Team Under Pressure: Adam Wolff (VP of Engineering, Robinhood)

Learn how to build an engineering team that not only survives under pressure, but consistently gets better. Adam Wolff explains the key ideas you need to know to make your team antifragile, and shows…

00:55:20  |   Wed 22 Jul 2020
Engineering Leadership 101: Michael Lopp aka

Engineering Leadership 101: Michael Lopp aka "Rands"

Learn the basics of engineering leadership from seasoned veteran and praised writer of the leadership world: Michael Lopp a. k. a. "Rands". Everything you need to know is in this interview, so you wo…

00:44:05  |   Wed 08 Jul 2020
Build Your Employer Brand In Engineering: Sarah Wells (Technical Director, Financial Times)

Build Your Employer Brand In Engineering: Sarah Wells (Technical Director, Financial Times)

Do you want access to the best talent out there in the tech world? Obviously. This is why you need to build your engineering employer brand. You aren't Google or Netflix, you may not even become them…

00:38:54  |   Wed 24 Jun 2020
Time Management Masterclass for Engineering Managers: Matt Martin (CEO, Clockwise)

Time Management Masterclass for Engineering Managers: Matt Martin (CEO, Clockwise)

Learn the top time management and productivity tips, tricks, hacks and practices engineering managers use to get on top of their endless mountain of work. Profit from the hard-earned experience of Ma…

01:00:38  |   Wed 10 Jun 2020
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