Building High-Performing Engineering Teams in the Age of AI

Seattle Tech Week 2026 — Building High-Performing Engineering Teams in the Age of AI

Hosted by Hansell Tierney

Join engineering leaders, founders, technical operators, and hiring teams from across Seattle’s technology and deep-tech ecosystem for an evening focused on how organizations are building, scaling, and supporting high-performing engineering teams in the age of AI.

This is not a panel discussion or a formal presentation.

Instead, come have a drink, network and play bingo with engineering leaders, founders, technical operators, and AI practitioners across Seattle’s technology and deep-tech ecosystem. Through intentional networking prompts and curated interactions, attendees will quickly connect over shared challenges, ideas, and real-world experiences around building high-performing engineering teams, adapting workflows in the age of AI, and navigating rapid technological change.

The evening will include:
• Drink Tickets + Food
• Curated networking with engineering and technical leaders
• Interactive networking Bingo + door prizes
• A mix of founders, CTOs, VPs, engineering managers, and technical operators from across the Seattle ecosystem

Topics will include:
• Building and retaining high-performing engineering teams
• How AI is reshaping engineering workflows and organizations
• Hiring trends across Seattle tech and deep tech
• Leadership during periods of rapid growth and transformation
• Technical recruiting and workforce strategy
• Scaling teams without losing quality, speed, or alignment
• Developer productivity, tooling, and AI-assisted workflows
• What great technical cultures are doing differently

We’re intentionally keeping the event conversational, practical, and community driven, focused on meaningful conversations between people actively building and scaling technical organizations.

Seattle Tech Week 2026
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Capitol Hill, Seattle

Attendance is limited due to venue capacity.