Designing the AI‑native engineering organization with 1Password, Microsoft and Atlassian

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of AI on engineering organizations with insights from leaders at Microsoft, 1Password, and Atlassian.

Abi Noda is joined live at DX Annual by three engineering leaders shaping AI adoption at scale: Tim Bozarth, Corporate Vice President in Microsoft’s CoreAI division; Nancy Wang, CTO of 1Password; and Taroon Mandhana, CTO of AI and Teamwork at Atlassian. Together, they discuss how AI is changing engineering organizations, from team structures and planning cycles to hiring, governance, and measurement. The panel explores how the profile of a great engineer is evolving, why smaller cross-functional teams are becoming more effective, and what happens when product managers, designers, and customer support teams start contributing code. They also share why they are encouraging AI adoption through enablement, training, and local champions rather than mandates, and how AI is shifting more of the software development lifecycle toward planning and validation. Finally, they discuss where human judgment remains essential, how to measure adoption and manage token usage, and how to connect AI investments to business outcomes while preserving room for experimentation and learning. Where to find Nancy Wang: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wangnancy Where to find Taroon Mandhana: •…

People in this episode

Host: Abi Noda

Guests: Tim Bozarth, Nancy Wang, Taroon Mandhana

Topics covered

• AI adoption
• engineering organizations
• team structures
• cross-functional teams
• software development lifecycle
• human judgment
• business outcomes

Keywords

• AI
• engineering
• team dynamics
• software development
• cross-functional teams
• governance
• measurement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, 1Password, Atlassian, CoreAI

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