LeadDev Meetup Edinburgh - February 2026

LeadDev Edinburgh meetup

🎟 Please RSVP BELOW! 🎟
Join us for our next LeadDev meet-up on Feb 12th and enjoy an evening of networking and talks.

Date: Thursday, 12th February
Time: 18:00 - 20:30
Location: Skyscanner, 15 Lauriston Pl, Edinburgh EH3 9EN

Spaces are limited - you must RSVP to attend. We hope to see you there!

⏰ SCHEDULE ⏰
18:00 - Arrival, networking and refreshments
18:20 - Welcome from our host
18:30 - Unifying Governance with a Lightweight Framework for Engineering Excellence - Alex Williams, Principal Software Engineer
18:50 - New Applications, Less Plumbing - Rob Coup, Engineering Manager
19:05 - Break
19:45 - How we (almost) introduced Rust on a client account - Johannes Geiger, Engineering Practice Lead
20:00 - Wrap & Networking
20:45 - Close

🎤 SPEAKERS 🎤
Alex Williams, Principal Software Engineer at Skyscanner
Talk: Unifying Governance with a Lightweight Framework for Engineering Excellence
Engineering teams drown in overlapping “excellence” programs; operational excellence, security grades, data governance, etc. Each measured differently and enforced ad-hoc. At Skyscanner we replaced that sprawl with a single, lightweight governance flow:

• Three repeatable maturity levels (Baseline → Mature → Advanced) that translate policy into business priorities.
• A consolidated scorecard set surfaced through our internal developer portal, giving every team the same set of scorecards to work on, limiting the proliferation of scorecards.
• A lightweight, self-service workflow for proposing, refining and retiring standards, so the boring stuff is standard and innovation isn’t stifled.

Rob Coup, Engineering Manager at Addepar
Talk: New Applications, Less Plumbing
When starting a new application, Addepar engineers choose between adding to our mature, well-supported monolith or plumbing a standalone stack from scratch. We've begun creating an application framework to provide opinionated scaffolding to eliminate this app-level cruft for new services. I’ll explore the considerations we're navigating in these early stages: designing for AI-assisted coding, managing framework updates, and using a tiered support model to drive adoption.

Johannes Geiger, Engineering Practice Lead
Talk: How we (almost) introduced Rust on a client account
From introducing a Rust-based software to participating in Open Source development, finding and seizing the opportunities to modernize even legacy systems bit by bit

🔹 CODE OF CONDUCT 🔹
As with our conferences, LeadDev Meetups are a safe and inclusive event for all. By attending, you agree to our code of conduct.

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🙏🏻 THANK YOU 🙏🏻
Thank you to our Edinburgh meet-up partner Skyscanner.