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7-9 OCT. 2026

BERLIN

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( SPEAKER )

Joe Birch

Staff Engineer

Buffer

Hi, my names Joe. I’m an Android Engineer and Google Developer Expert for Android, Google Pay and Flutter based in Brighton, UK working as a Staff Engineer at Buffer. I’m passionate about coding and love creating robust, polished and exciting projects for mobile, the web, TV, wearables and I’ll probably be toying with whatever the new thing is at the time you’re reading this – I love to be constantly learning. I’m also a keen writer as I love to share my learnings and experiences with others.

Session

From Author to Architect: The New Shape of Software Engineering

For most of our careers our roles have been clear, take a problem and turn it into working code. AI can now scaffold a screen, wire an API, write the tests, and explain the stack trace (in seconds), which can make us feel uneasy about the future of our careers. However, our roles are still the same - we are still solving the same problems, but the value is shifting up the stack. Our craft is growing, not going away and in this talk, I want to offer a more hopeful and practical view on this shift. Drawing on hands-on experience shipping production software with these tools every day, we'll look at how AI doesn't replace engineers, but how it frees us to do our best work. I'll show where our craft is heading, what stays valuable and human, and some practical approaches to help you continue growing as an engineer in the age of AI. I want you to leave reassured and empowered, with a clear sense of what to lean into next.
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