Engineering Enablement
The podcast focused on developer productivity and the teams and leaders dedicated to improving it.
Hosted by Abi Noda
CEO of DX
Featured episodes
Nov 26, 2024
SPACE framework, PRs per engineer, AI research | Brian Houck (Microsoft)
In this episode, Brian Houck, Applied Scientist at Microsoft, explores SPACE, DORA, and key metrics in developer productivity research. He compares DORA and SPACE, explains the role of activity metrics, highlights pull request throughput, and previews emerging research directions.
Nov 12, 2024
CTO buy-in, measuring sentiment, and customer focus
Snowflake’s Head of Developer Productivity, and Director of Engineering share how they elevated developer productivity to a top priority with strong leadership support. Highlighting their CTO’s hands-on involvement, cross-team collaboration, and the role of sentiment metrics in driving impactful improvements.
All episodes
Nov 26, 2024
SPACE framework, PRs per engineer, AI research | Brian Houck (Microsoft)
In this episode, Brian Houck, Applied Scientist at Microsoft, explores SPACE, DORA, and key metrics in developer productivity research. He compares DORA and SPACE, explains the role of activity metrics, highlights pull request throughput, and previews emerging research directions.
Nov 12, 2024
CTO buy-in, measuring sentiment, and customer focus
Snowflake’s Head of Developer Productivity, and Director of Engineering share how they elevated developer productivity to a top priority with strong leadership support. Highlighting their CTO’s hands-on involvement, cross-team collaboration, and the role of sentiment metrics in driving impactful improvements.
Oct 25, 2024
Platform team challenges, realigning on DevEx, and change management
Skyscanner's Head of Developer Experience, shares how his team shifted to a customer-focused approach, redefined productivity metrics, and emphasized developer happiness to create meaningful impact.
Jul 17, 2024
How to measure GenAI adoption and impact
Listen to this interview with industry leaders Alix Melchy, Idan Gazit, and Anna Sulkina as they dive into the transformative power of Generative AI on developer productivity. Discover practical insights, challenges, and future possibilities in AI-driven code and workflow enhancements.
Jun 19, 2024
How SiriusXM revamped their platform and developer experience
Jared Wolinsky talks about innovative project prioritization and aligning platform engineering goals with broader business objectives at SiriusXM.
Jun 4, 2024
Developer Experience at American Express
An interview with Michelle Swartz, Vice president of Developer Enablement American Express. Michelle shares how she took developer experience from an idea, to a strategic pillar at Amex.
May 21, 2024
DORA, SPACE, and DevEx: Choosing the right framework
DX CTO Laura Tacho and CEO Abi Noda provide an overview of the DORA, SPACE, and DevEx frameworks. They discuss the pros and cons of each framework and offer guidance on selecting the right one.
May 7, 2024
The science behind DORA
An interview with Derek DeBellis, lead researcher on Google's DORA team. Derek takes us through DORA's research process.
Apr 23, 2024
How Slack fully automates deploys and anomaly detection with Z-scores
Listen to this interview with Sean Mcllroy from Slack's Release Engineering team as he discusses their journey to fully automating deployment, including key process changes and current challenges
Apr 10, 2024
What’s up with internal developer portals?
Chris Westerhold and Abi discuss internal developer portals: how they different from platforms, approaches to building them, missteps companies make, and more.
Mar 26, 2024
10 years of driving developer productivity at Yelp
Yelp's approach to developer productivity has shifted over the years to accommodate their growth from 200-1,300 developers.
Mar 12, 2024
How “instructional engineers” improve developer onboarding at Splunk
Abi interviews Splunk's Instructional Engineer, Gail Carmichael, about her team's dedicated onboarding program.
Feb 27, 2024
Bootstrapping a developer portal
The approach DoorDash’s Developer Productivity and Platform team took to build their developer portal. Instead of the typical journey of starting off building a service catalog, this team took a different approach that helped them build momentum more quickly.
Feb 14, 2024
A deep-dive on the Thoughtworks Tech Radar
An interview with Thoughtwork's Technology Advisory Board about the Technology Radar. This conversation covers what the Tech Radar is and how it's produced.
Jan 31, 2024
Measuring and rolling out AI coding assistants
Abi interviews Eirini Kalliamvakou, a staff researcher at GitHub focused on AI and developer experience.
Jan 3, 2024
How Airbnb measures developer productivity
Christopher Sanson, a product manager at Airbnb, speaks with Abi about improving developer tools and productivity. We explore his team's use of metrics and their DORA metrics journey.
Dec 13, 2023
Leading a DevEx team through transformation
Gain insights on Nexthink's transition from DevOps to EngProd and DevEx with data-driven strategies in our interview with Ana Petkovska.
Dec 6, 2023
Behind the scenes of LinkedIn's developer productivity metrics
Dive into LinkedIn's iHub with Grant Jenks, exploring qualitative vs. quantitative metrics, winsorized means and AI's role in boosting developer productivity.
Nov 22, 2023
Building an internal developer platform at CVS Health
Jim Beyers, VP of Engineering Enablement at CVS Health, discusses building an internal developer platform and its role in CVS's transformation.
Nov 15, 2023
The Platform PM role at Spotify
How being a Platform Product Manager is unique, and the key initiatives Nils is focused on in his role.
Nov 8, 2023
Evolving platform and enablement at Thomson Reuters
In this interview, Justin Wright and Matthew Dimich from Thomson Reuters talk about their journey of founding and growing the platform and enablement functions. They discuss various aspects such as organizational structure, key initiatives, and more.
Oct 25, 2023
Key findings from Google's 2023 State of DevOps Report
This week’s episode dives into the DORA research program and this year’s State of DevOps Report. Nathen Harvey, who leads DORA at Google, shares the key findings from the research and what’s changed since previous reports.
Sep 27, 2023
How Shopify runs their developer happiness survey
Get insights into Shopify's developer survey program from Mark Côté: Learn how it's designed, what drives participation, and how insights are used.
Aug 23, 2023
Leading platform engineering at Trivago
Learn about Trivago's platform organization, its tactics to increase awareness, and how it showcases its impact in an interview with Thomas Khalil.
Aug 16, 2023
How Atlassian measures and drives DevEx improvements
How Atlassian's Developer Experience program works, including how they measure DevEx, how they tackle improvements, and more.
Aug 9, 2023
How Toast enables teams to drive their own improvements
Jenny McClain shares how Toast enables individual teams to drive their own developer productivity improvements through a program they call "community-driven enablement."
Aug 2, 2023
How Google measures and improves developer productivity
How Google's engineering productivity research team works, and how they measure developer productivity.
Jul 12, 2023
One Medical's customer-driven approach to improving DevEx
How Jason and his Engineering Experience team at One Medical deeply understand their customers through a practice called “Gemba” and developer surveys.
Jun 13, 2023
Behind the scenes with Extend’s developer experience team
An inside look at a DevEx team that’s ahead of the curve in terms of their scope, impact on the organization, and visibility at the executive level.
Jun 7, 2023
Team Topologies approach to platform teams vs. enabling teams
Manuel Pais explains how Team Topologies views investing in platforms and enabling work, as well as how these two types of work look when done well.
May 24, 2023
A close look at Peloton’s developer experience survey
Thansha Sadacharam walks us through the journey of designing, rolling out, and maintaining Peloton's developer experience survey.
May 17, 2023
A new way to measure developer productivity with Laura Tacho
Abi Noda and Laura Tacho discuss a new paper on measuring developer productivity from the creators of DORA and SPACE.
May 2, 2023
How developer experience impacts databases like MongoDB
Tara Hernandez guides us through what it’s like to develop, test, and release changes at MongoDB, and also explains how the company invests in developer productivity more broadly.
Apr 26, 2023
How teams are using productivity metrics at LinkedIn
An inside look at LinkedIn’s metrics platform and how teams across the organization use it.
Apr 19, 2023
Inside Etsy’s multi-year DevEx initiative
While CTO of Etsy, Mike Fisher spearheaded a multi-year DevEx initiative. Here, he shares the story of that initiative, including the program's pillars and the investment that went into it.
Apr 5, 2023
Implementing a developer portal at American Airlines
This interview features Karl Haworth discussing the process of creating a developer portal. It covers the steps involved in starting the project and getting people to use it, building a successful developer ecosystem.
Mar 29, 2023
Plaid's product management discipline in platform teams
Russ Nealis (Platform PM) explains the reasons why product managers are currently uncommon in platform organizations, examples of when having a PM is helpful, and more.
Mar 8, 2023
How Intercom creates a great on-call experience for devs
A deep-dive on how Intercom’s on-call process works, including their volunteer model, approach to compensation, and more.
Feb 15, 2023
How Instagram Reels manages reliability
Jack Li of Instagram and Shopify explains how he's introduced a new incident review process, made the case for investing in reliability, and the specific tools his team has built to improve reliability.
Jan 25, 2023
Mastering DORA metrics with Google's Nathen Harvey
Nathen Harvey explains how DORA has evolved in recent years and the common challenges companies face as they adopt DORA metrics.
Jan 18, 2023
An inside look at SPACE with Dr. Margaret-Anne Storey
Dr. Margaret-Anne Storey discusses what the SPACE framework is and how the metrics and categories were developed.
Jan 11, 2023
Spotify’s failed #SquadGoals
Jeremiah Lee from Spotify and Stripe explains the challenges of the Spotify Squad Model and gives advice to those considering adopting it.
Jan 4, 2023
How much Shopify and Atlassian invest in platform work
Jean-Michel Lemieux describes how he thinks about funding platform work, how to advocate for these investments, and what distinguishes a great platform leader.
Dec 21, 2022
How Wayfair drives successful platform adoption and growth
How Wayfair's Developer Acceleration team applies startup concepts to drive adoption of their work.
Dec 14, 2022
Leading infrastructure change at scale at DAT
Ian White explains his vision for scaling DAT's infrastructure and how he partners with developers and business stakeholders to drive change.
Dec 7, 2022
Positioning platform engineering in a down market
Brian Guthrie shares advice for Platform teams to make sure they’re well positioned within their organizations.
Nov 28, 2022
How LinkedIn's platform team leverages real-time feedback
How LinkedIn's Developer Productivity and Happiness organization measures developer engagement and productivity.
Oct 26, 2022
How Shopify defined their team's scope and charter
In this interview, Mark Côté from Shopify explains how the company's Infrastructure group defines its charter and decides what to focus on.
Oct 12, 2022
Dropbox's journey with developer productivity metrics
Utsav Shah shares his experiences with both system and survey-based measures at Dropbox.
Oct 5, 2022
How Netflix used customer interviews to inform their roadmap
Michael Galloway explains how he uses interviews with developers to understand where his team should focus.
Sep 28, 2022
Establishing DevEx at high-growth companies like AirBnB
Why Airbnb developed a "developer-first" mindset, and a clear look at why it's worth investing in developer experience early.
Sep 15, 2022
Managing dev requests and prioritizing personas at Twitter
How Twitter’s Developer Experience team manages support, prioritizes personas, and presents the ROI of their work.
Sep 1, 2022
From DORA to SPACE to DX — A Fireside Chat with Nicole Forsgren
Dr. Nicole Forsgren talks about DORA, the inspiration for the SPACE framework, and how she's thinking about developer experience.
Aug 25, 2022
Why and how GoDaddy focuses on people instead of process
Brent Strange discusses how he manages the people side of engineering enablement, including org structure, agile, and more.
Aug 11, 2022
Moving Slack's development experience to remote environments
Sylvestor George shares how his team moved Slack's development experience to remote environments, which was widely regarded as a major success.
Aug 4, 2022
Snyk's journey with developer experience and productivity
The story behind Snyk's Developer Experience group and how the team justifies investments.
Jul 28, 2022
Supporting 100,000 engineers at IBM
Max Pugliese on why DevEx teams should consider the culture and processes surrounding tooling changes, how to stay close to developers at scale, and more.
Jul 21, 2022
The value of having a PM on a platform team
Picnic's Jelmer Borst describes what Product Managers can bring to Platform teams.
Jul 14, 2022
How Zapier adopts engineering metrics and avoids pitfalls
Mojtaba Hosseini from Zapier explains how to approach using metrics, challenges teams often run into, and more.
Jul 7, 2022
Advocating for the voice of the developer
Workday's Julio Santana on the ideal scope of a Developer Experience team, how his team gathers feedback from developers, and more.
Jun 30, 2022
Why founding Ibotta's DevEx team was like founding a startup
The story of founding Ibotta’s Developer Experience team, including justifying the investment and establishing the team's charter.
Jun 23, 2022
The responsibilities and evolution of EngOps at Asana
Asana's Ryan Atkins explains when to hire Eng Ops, the role's core responsibilities, and how these functions evolve.
Jun 16, 2022
Staffing infrastructure teams with Will Larson
An interview with Will Larson on staffing infrastructure teams in high-growth companies, the role of EngOps, metrics, and more.
Jun 2, 2022
Did Twitter hire Engineering Effectiveness too late?
Peter Seibel reflects on his experience at Twitter and makes the case for investing in Engineering Effectiveness early.
Jun 2, 2022
Supporting autonomous teams at the Financial Times
Victoria Morgan-Smith describes the tradeoffs in supporting a “you build it, you run it” culture.
May 26, 2022
Tactics for driving service adoption from Razorpay
Varun Achar explains how Razorpay's Platform organization drives service adoption.
May 19, 2022
Prioritizes projects at DoorDash
This interview features Marco Chirico sharing insights on how DoorDash's Developer Productivity team prioritizes their work and tracks their achievements.
May 12, 2022
DevEx at DAZN: planning internal rotations and roadmapping
How this DevEx team of 12 supports DAZN’s ~700 people in engineering, how they place internal engineers on a rotation, and why they use in-context feedback.
May 5, 2022
How and why GitHub’s developer experience team has evolved
How GitHub's DevEx group was founded and why they paused features for a quarter to focus on making developer experience improvements.