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DX Platform & Product Management: A Perfect Match

American Airlines, the world’s largest airline, has been working on developer experience for many years to allow developers to work in more efficient ways through a delightful developer platform.

In 2020, they made the decision to have Backstage be the foundation of “Runway,” their developer platform and have grown a large plugin ecosystem around their expansive platform to enable delivery faster and safer.

In this talk, they will discuss their initial hackathon strategy, engaging the Backstage community, UX flow, templates, improving feedback loops, and much more.

By bringing together the pieces developers need to do their jobs, there is much less friction, developers spend more time writing code, and developer experience has improved.

PRESENTED BY

Timothy Haagenson

Developer Experience Productivity Manager
Ben Burbank

Sr. Manager of DX Engineering

Meet the Speakers

Timothy Haagenson

Tim Haagenson has 15 years of experience in software development and has dedicated his career to agile ways of working. As a developer, technical lead and now product manager, he has played a part in transforming development teams at multiple companies, resulting in their ability to deploy value daily. Tim continues to learn a tremendous amount about lean product delivery, and he enjoys sharing his experience with others. Tim is currently a Product Manager helping to build developer experience platforms for American Airlines.
Ben Burbank

I am a passionate technologist who loves to make life easier for developers and tech enthusiasts. When DevOps was first getting started I jumped in with both feet joining the community in 2015 and bringing those learnings back to American Airlines. In 2017 I stood up the Dojo coaching practices at American Airlines where we worked with teams to improve their overall development skills, tech stack and their ability to deliver value sooner while meeting the necessary security controls. Today I lead the DX platform teams who complement the Dojo in ensuring developer experience is a delight and promotes technical excellence.

DX Platform & Product Management: A Perfect Match

Timothy Haagenson

Ben Burbank

Meet the Speakers

Timothy Haagenson

Ben Burbank