About the event
We’re hosting an invite-only roundtable and networking session for experienced engineers who are ready to take the next step in their careers, from Senior to Staff and Principal IC leadership.
Join an evening of open, practical discussion with senior individual contributors who’ve successfully made the leap and built high-impact, influential careers in engineering.
You’ll walk away with a deeper understanding of what it really takes to move beyond delivery excellence and start shaping technical strategy at scale.
What We’ll Cover
• The behaviours that define a successful Staff Engineer
• Strategies for getting promoted and stepping into Senior IC roles
• Building influence and gaining advocates within your organisation
• How to balance your contributions as an IC and contributions in others ways - standardising process, influencing across teams, mentoring, taking the lead on high profile projects, managing stakeholder expectations, and keeping the delivery high.
Moderators:
We have a couple of fantastic moderators who will speak about their experience in navigating the route themselves.
Abby Bangser, Principal Engineer, Syntasso. Abby is an international keynote speaker (Kubecon/Lead Dev), Team Topologies Advocate, and co-host of the #CoffeeOps London meetup.
Joachim Draeger, Principal Engineer, Signal AI. Joachim was successfully promoted from Senior->Staff->Principal within the same scaling AI org.
Abby and Jo will be sharing stories, insights, and advice on how they have made the leap themselves and their learnings along the way.
This is a small-group, invite-only event, designed for engineers who want to grow their technical leadership without stepping away from hands-on delivery. If you're keen to learn more or get involved, reach out to our event coordinators Tom Pearson or James Adamson.
At Burns Sheehan, we believe in doing more than recruitment, we build communities across the tech sector.
Our roundtables are designed to bring together like-minded engineering leaders to share challenges, opportunities, and the skills that define the next generation of tech leadership.
We’ve seen the real impact these conversations can have. From shared learnings to new collaborations, our previous sessions have sparked lasting connections and actionable insights across the tech community. Check out the take aways from a previous session here:
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