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Scaling Engineering Teams: Lessons Learned from Startups to Global Enterprises
Wed, 23 April
Scaling engineering teams efficiently is a complex challenge, requiring a balance between speed, quality, and process maturity. In this session, Shamik draws on his extensive experience at Myntra, Cult.fit, and Atlassian to share valuable insights and strategies for scaling engineering teams, whether in a fast-paced startup environment or a global enterprise.
Key topics include:
- Process Optimization: Streamlining workflows and identifying bottlenecks to improve efficiency as teams grow.
- Balancing Speed with Quality: Strategies to maintain high software delivery velocity without compromising quality or team morale.
This session will provide actionable advice and practical examples for overcoming the challenges of scaling teams, fostering collaboration, and sustaining high performance in dynamic and growing engineering organizations.
Target Audience: Ideal for Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and CTOs who are scaling their teams or preparing for growth. Startup Founders and Product Owners looking to establish scalable engineering processes will also benefit from Shamik’s insights.
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About the speaker
Shamik Sharma
Head of Product for ITSM, Atlassian
Shamik is the Head of Product for ITSM at Atlassian, based in India. Prior to joining Atlassian in January 2024, Shamik spent the past 5+ years at Cure.fit/Cult.sport, a company he co-founded, and prior to that he served as CTO and CPO at Myntra (a company in the Flipkart group). Across his career, he has held multiple senior leadership positions at Lytro Inc., RockYou, StumbleUpon, Yahoo!, Confluent Software and HP, among others. With close to three decades of experience in technology and engineering, Shamik has scaled organizations and processes from small founding teams to large & specialized teams, he has built innovative products in e commerce, digital advertising, gaming, digital media, social networks, enterprise software, and consumer electronics. Shamik has completed an M.S., Computer Science from the University of Maryland and B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
