Building Engineering Culture Through Autonomy and Ownership

In this episode of the InfoQ Engineering Culture podcast, Shane Hastie interviews Marcos Arribas, the Engineering Lead at Statsig, about maintaining company culture while scaling, fostering autonomy within teams, and incorporating AI tools into software engineering practices. Marcos shares insights from his experience at Facebook and Statsig, emphasizing the importance of leading by example, encouraging small pull requests, and promoting an ownership mentality among engineers. The conversation explores strategies for balancing speed and quality, training new team members, and adapting to the evolving landscape of software engineering with AI.