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by David Noël-Romas (@davidnoelromas) and Alex Kessinger (@voidfiles)
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    March 20, 2026 · 50 min

    Hosts: Alex Kessinger & David Noël-Ramos  Guest: Karynn Ikeda — Former Engineering Manager → AI Enablement Program Manager at Babylist @ktikeda Karynn Ikeda shares the full arc of how Babylist adopted AI across its engineering organization…

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    March 11, 2026 · 47 min

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  • Alex Kessinger (Stitch Fix) and David Noël-Romas (Stripe)

    December 28, 2021 · 1 hr 8 min

    This episode is a celebration of the journey we have been on as this podcast comes to a close. We have had such a great time bringing you these interviews and we are excited about a new chapter, taking the lessons we have learned forward…

  • Peter Stout (Netflix)

    December 14, 2021 · 52 min

    The structures of an organization can often be self-reinforcing, and in a changing environment, this becomes a recipe for future vulnerabilities. That is why senior ICs need to play a slightly discordant role at times by alerting teams to…

  • James Cowling (Convex)

    November 30, 2021 · 48 min

    Often the biggest impacts a Staff Engineer can make in their organization are not technical but rather people-related. When teams are value-aligned due to good leadership, they go on to make larger impacts than they would otherwise have…

  • Bryan Berg (Stripe)

    November 16, 2021 · 51 min

    Staff engineers may not get much time to code anymore, but this does not mean problem-solving and system design is not an integral part of their day-to-day. Today’s guest is Bryan Berg, Staff Engineer at Stripe, and he joins us to talk…

  • Ben Ilegbodu (Stitch Fix)

    November 2, 2021 · 36 min

    Today we talk to Ben Ilegbodu, Principal Frontend Engineer at Stitch Fix, about how he manages to stay close to the code at a senior level. We hear how he arrived at Stitch Fix and what his first tasks were to identify the pain points in…

  • Ashby Winch

    October 19, 2021 · 40 min

    Moving from an architect role to a product-oriented one might seem like a big leap, but there are overlaps between the two roles. Today's guest, Ashby Winch, has recently made this transition, and in today's episode, they share what this…

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About the show

Conversations with software engineers who have progressed beyond the career level, into Staff levels and beyond. We discuss the areas of work that set Staff-plus level engineers apart from other individual contributors; things like setting technical direction, mentorship and sponsorship, providing engineering perspective to the org, etc.Hosted by David Noël-Romas (@davidnoelromas) and Alex Kessinger (@voidfiles).