She Bytes Back × Synthesia: The AI Workflows They Don't Post About

📅 Wednesday 20 May | 🕕 18:00 – 21:00 BST | 📍 Synthesia HQ, London 🍕 Food & drinks on us | 🚨 Curated guest list with priority for senior software engineers
There's a polished version of "how to use AI" that lives on LinkedIn. Then there's the version senior engineers actually use, built through trial and error and shared quietly with teammates but never posted about.
This event is where that version gets shared openly.
She Bytes Back are teaming up with Synthesia, one of the UK's most exciting AI-native product companies, to bring you an evening of real talk from senior women engineers who are using AI to change how they work.
Our speakers on the night:

🎤 Hannah Craighead - Founding Engineer and employee #1 at Neurotype, ex-Google. She'll be breaking down how she ships features ridiculously fast using AI, and why the bottleneck was never code, it was clarity

🎤 Ornella Friggit-Konaté - Staff Software Engineer at Bobsled and fractional CTO consultant who joined Disney Streaming the day before Disney+ launched (yes, really). She's talking about how to use AI without burning through tokens or the planet.

🎤 Catalina Oyaneder — Senior Software Engineer on Synthesia's Enterprise team. She's exploring what happens when AI removes the old excuses of "too hard" and "too slow" and why the craft isn't gone, it just moved up a level.
The agenda:
6:00: Doors open for welcome drinks & food
6:45: Kick off with Amber's introduction, housekeeping, and agenda + intro from Synthesia
7:00 - 8:00: Talks on how senior engineers are using AI in their day to day
8:00-8:30: Networking games
8:30-9:00: Closing networking
This one's for you if:

• You're a software engineer who's been building and shipping for a while
• You're curious about how senior engineers are integrating AI into their workflows
• You want to compare notes on how you've been using AI in your own work
• You want to connect with other senior women engineers in the community
• You're ready for conversations that go deeper than "have you tried ChatGPT"
  And if you find yourself thinking "wait, I want to work here" during the evening, the Synthesia team will be around all night. Just saying 👀
  About She Bytes Back

She Bytes Back is the UK's leading community for ambitious women in tech who are ready to stop being overlooked and start getting recognised for their expertise.
With 3,000+ members across engineering, product, data, and leadership, we run sold-out events, partner with companies like Figma, Canva, and Depop, and help women build the visibility, connections, and confidence to accelerate their careers.
Founded by former software engineer turned keynote speaker Amber Shand, everything we do comes back to three things: find your voice, find your people, and make your expertise impossible to ignore.
About Synthesia
Synthesia is one of the UK's leading AI-native product companies, building the world's leading AI video communications platform.
They're also growing their engineering teams in London so feel free to explore their open roles on their careers page HERE.

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