The Quest for Engineering Excellence: How AI is reshaping Software Engineering

***Event:*** We would like to invite you to the 4th and last Pipedrive Lisbon Meetup of 2025! In this event, we will be having another episode of our series: *The Quest for Engineering Excellence*! AI is dramatically accelerating the pace of technological change and in this episode we will dive into several aspects of software delivery, mainly focused on how different companies are transitioning into AI-native reimagining, not only ***what*** they work on their product, but also ***how*** they work across the software lifecycle in AI-Native way. We will be having different talks, followed by a networking session, and have some 🍕 and 🍺 while exchanging ideas and engaging with the community. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- ***Talks & Speakers:*** **🔈 Talk 1 - The Road to AI Native Engineering 🧭** * *[Diogo Correia](https://www.linkedin.com/in/diogocorreia/), Senior Engineering Product Manager - [Pipedrive](https://www.linkedin.com/company/pipedrive/)* * AI is dramatically changing the way software gets built, and at Pipedrive, we’ve made AI fluency a core engineering competency. By investing in hands-on training, giving every engineer time to run AI experiments and share their learnings, and promoting a prompt-first culture, we’ve accelerated how engineers learn, build, and collaborate. This session shares how we did it, the challenges we faced and the results we’ve already seen. **🔈 Talk 2 - AI-Native in Practice: How Viator Engineering Builds the Smarter Travel Experience 👀** * [Mário Salgado](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mlcsalgado/), Senior Technical Manager (Data & ML) *- [Viator](https://www.linkedin.com/company/viator/)* * AI is fundamentally reshaping how we build software at Viator. This talk goes beyond the customer-facing features and into the engineering lifecycle itself. Join us as we explore how our teams leverage AI to optimize everything from user engagement models to internal operational processes. We'll discuss the tools, 'a-ha' moments, and practical lessons learned from building the future of smarter travel **🔈 Talk 3 - Using AI Agents for Frontend Investigations 🧪** * [Rafael Rahal](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafaelrahal/), *Software Engineer - [Datadog](https://www.linkedin.com/company/datadog/)* * How Datadog RUM (Real User Monitoring) is using AI agents to investigate and explain performance and availability issues in real user experiences \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- ***Agenda:*** 18:00 – 🚪 Doors open and initial networking 18:30 – 🔈 Talk 1 by [Diogo Correia](https://www.linkedin.com/in/diogocorreia/) @ [Pipedrive](https://www.linkedin.com/company/pipedrive/) 19:00 – 🔈 Talk 2 by [Mário Salgado](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mlcsalgado/) @ [Viator](https://www.linkedin.com/company/viator/) 19:30 – 🔈 Talk 3 by [Rafael Rahal](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafaelrahal/) @ [Datadog](https://www.linkedin.com/company/datadog/) 20:00 – 🍕 Food, drinks and more networking! ***Where:*** The Meetup will happen in the **Pipedrive Office at Saldanha!** The panel discussion will start promptly at 18:30. The Meetup will be photographed and recorded, and you allow us to use those materials for marketing purposes, so let us know when you arrive if you don't want to be included in the recording. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- ***About us:*** At *Pipedrive* we love building great products while having fun doing it! It all started with a five-person team to a truly international company, representing more than 50 nationalities with ten offices distributed across Europe and the US. We work daily to be the **#1 sales-first CRM** and intelligent revenue management platform for small businesses in the world. Today, Pipedrive is trusted by over 110,000 companies and used in 179 countries. We have been learning a lot along the way and we started ***Pipedrive Talks Lisbon*** to contribute to the community by sharing our learnings and also some of our pitfalls, our unique ways of working, technologies, and systems that fuel *Pipedrive* daily. Let's make this journey together. We grow by sharing and learning from each other. [About Us](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6JL8VS0Sag) \| [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/pipedrive) \| [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/lifeatpipedrive/) \| [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/pipedrive) \| [Medium](https://medium.com/pipedrive-engineering)