Scaling Engineering Teams Across Continents

Three years ago, we expanded our engineering organization by incorporating two feature teams located on another continent. Suddenly, our organization had to adopt a new working language, juggle multiple time zones, and celebrate cultural differences while still meeting the expectations of our users. During this session, we will explore the difficulties we encountered in this scale-up phase. How did we restructure our teams? What rituals did we implement? What were the impacts on velocity? Why are corporate culture and values important? What mistakes did we make during our restructuring? By the end of this presentation, you should have a good understanding of the key elements to scale your technical organization across continents!