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Najla Elmachtoub on human-centered on-call practices, leading with empathy, retrospectives, and knowing what is just enough to do and then letting go

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Najla Elmachtoub is an engineering leader. In her most recent role as a Director of Engineering at Etsy, she led product teams across several domains including mobile, machine learning, adtech, and more. Prior to Etsy, Najla worked at a fintech startup in New York as an engineering manager and a product manager.

She believes in growing teams with empathy, bringing people along for tough decisions, and advocating for others. In this episode, Najla shares how she applies human-centered thinking to engineering leadership. And stick around for her story about moving to Mexico City to open Etsy’s first office in Latin America.

Links from the episode:

Commodore VIC-20 (Wikipedia)

The Universe in Your Hand: A Journey Through Space, Time, and Beyond

Journalist Motaz Azaiza مُعْتَز عزايزة ⚡️ (@motaz_azaiza)

Najla Elmachtoub on LinkedIn

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This episode is sponsored by Botworks.

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Najla Elmachtoub is an engineering leader. In her most recent role as a Director of Engineering at Etsy, she led product teams across several domains including mobile, machine learning, adtech, and more. Prior to Etsy, Najla worked at a fintech startup in New York as an engineering manager and a product manager.

She believes in growing teams with empathy, bringing people along for tough decisions, and advocating for others. In this episode, Najla shares how she applies human-centered thinking to engineering leadership. And stick around for her story about moving to Mexico City to open Etsy’s first office in Latin America.

Links from the episode:

Commodore VIC-20 (Wikipedia)

The Universe in Your Hand: A Journey Through Space, Time, and Beyond

Journalist Motaz Azaiza مُعْتَز عزايزة ⚡️ (@motaz_azaiza)

Najla Elmachtoub on LinkedIn

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This episode is sponsored by Botworks.

Stay up-to-date on Debugging Work by following Derek Hatchard on LinkedIn and subscribing to the Debugging Work newsletter.

  continue reading

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