

About us
Hello developers, engineers and technical problem-solvers đź‘‹
Welcome to Beyond the Code, a community built for people who love technology — not just the syntax, but the thinking, learning and collaboration that sit behind it.
This group is for front‑end, back‑end and full‑stack developers, engineers, architects and technologists who want to explore what it really means to build great software today; from clean code and modern frameworks to engineering culture, career growth and everything in between.
Whether you’re deep in the codebase, shaping systems at a higher level, or just curious about what’s next, you’ll find a home here.
What to expect
We will host a mix of virtual and in‑person events, featuring industry experts, practitioners and thought leaders covering topics such as:
Front‑end, back‑end and full‑stack development
Modern architectures, APIs and scalability
Tooling, frameworks and best practices
Real‑world engineering challenges and lessons learned
Careers, growth and life beyond the day-to-day coding
Get involved
We’d love this to be a community-led group.
If you’d like to give a talk, share a case study, run a workshop, or suggest a topic you’d love to see, please shout, we’re always keen to hear new ideas.
A global mindset
We’re based in London, but proudly welcome developers from anywhere in the world to join our events and conversations.
We can’t wait to meet you, learn together, and go beyond the code 🚀
Upcoming events
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Engineering in the Age of AI
·OnlineOnlineAI isn’t coming for engineering... It’s already rewritten the rules.
Code is no longer the moat. The edge now?
How you think, design, and direct intelligent systems.Developers aren't just building anymore, they're orchestrating. Guiding AI. Owning outcomes. Operating at system level.
This session brings together senior tech leaders and engineers to get real about what’s changing:
- What being a great engineer looks like now
- Whether dev, architecture, and product are collapsing into one role
- What real AI adoption looks like
- And who’s already falling behind
It's not a DEI conversation, but a leadership one. An event hosted, led, and attended by women.
Speakers
- Kalpana Chari, Head of Global Markets Technology, Schroders
- Selina Pavan, Ex-Director Global Markets Technology
- Lucia Pino-Garcia, Chief Technology Officer, Ninety One
- Lisa Heneghan, Global Chief Digital Officer, KPMG
- Frederica Caira, Principal Software Engineer, Schroders (live-coding demonstration)
Format
- 18:00 - Live panel discussion and Q&A
- 19:30 - Break
- 19:45 - Live-coding
7 attendees
Past events
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