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