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Mar 19, 2026 <1 min

Building a global engineering team (plus AI agents) with Netlify

from The Stack Overflow Podcast

In this episode of Leaders of Code, Stack Overflow’s Chief of Product and Technology, Jody Bailey, sits down with Dana Lawson, CTO at Netlify. Dana shares her insights on leading a lean, globally distributed engineering team that powers 5% of the internet. The conversation touches on the realities of remote work, the importance of maintaining a written culture, and why Dana believes AI and agents are lowering the barrier to entry for builders everywhere. The discussion also: Explores how to manage a polyglot environment and the trade-offs between adopting nascent tech and maintaining operational reliability with a globally distributed team. Highlights Netlify’s approach to AI integration and how Dana addresses the natural scepticism from those hesitant to hand over control to AI. Covers realities of technical debt and how Netlify balances rapid product work with scaling. Notes Connect with Dana Lawson on LinkedIn.

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