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Sharing best practices around engineering leadership across companies and domains.
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Wednesday, Jan 7, 2026
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM GMT
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM GMT
How Engineering Leaders Use Feature Flags to De-Risk Replatforming and Speed Up Migration
Cloud migrations, API rewrites, and architecture transformations rarely fail because of technical mistakes — they fail because leaders rely on “big bang” releases that tie deployment and release into a single moment of maximum risk. According to industry
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10:00 PM - 11:00 PM GMT
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM GMT
Roundtable: Redefining Good Software in the Age of Agentic Coding
For most of our careers, “good software” has been defined under a very specific constraint: writing and changing code was expensive.In the last few years, and especially in the last six months with tools like Claude Code and Codex CLI, that constraint is
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10:00 PM - 11:00 PM GMT
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM GMT
Roundtable: Building Production-Grade AI Agents for Enterprise SaaS
Building production-grade agents for enterprise AI SaaS requires more than stitching LLM calls together. Join a small-group conversation on the engineering patterns that actually make agents production-grade — predictable, debuggable, grounded, and econom
Learn MoreThursday, Jan 15, 2026
7:00 PM - 7:45 PM GMT
7:00 PM - 7:45 PM GMT
Match & Learn - Building a Culture of Continuous LLM Experimentation
Large Language Models are reshaping how we build products, systems, and teams. But success with LLMs isn’t just about the technology — it’s about creating a culture that encourages curiosity, iteration, and learning at scale.In these 1:1 conversations, we
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ELC Peer Groups
ELC Peer Groups
The peer group program is for all engineering leaders, regardless of role or tenure. It's an ongoing way to gain outside perspectives and discuss real challenges with trusted peers. It's a place where you can get support and support others.
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About Our Community & Member Benefits
ELC is a curated community of engineering leaders with over 8,000 members from over 3,000 companies. Our mission is to empower engineering leaders and help evolve the way leadership is implemented in the tech industry. Our community brings those leaders together to share insights, explore trends, attend events, and empower leadership and career growth.
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