Designing the AI‑native engineering organization with 1Password, Microsoft and Atlassian

Engineering Enablement by DX

Jun 08, 2026•44 min

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Episode description

Abi Noda is joined live at DX Annual by three engineering leaders shaping AI adoption at scale: Tim Bozarth, Corporate Vice President in Microsoft’s CoreAI division; Nancy Wang, CTO of 1Password; and Taroon Mandhana, CTO of AI and Teamwork at Atlassian. Together, they discuss how AI is changing engineering organizations, from team structures and planning cycles to hiring, governance, and measurement.

The panel explores how the profile of a great engineer is evolving, why smaller cross-functional teams are becoming more effective, and what happens when product managers, designers, and customer support teams start contributing code. They also share why they are encouraging AI adoption through enablement, training, and local champions rather than mandates, and how AI is shifting more of the software development lifecycle toward planning and validation.

Finally, they discuss where human judgment remains essential, how to measure adoption and manage token usage, and how to connect AI investments to business outcomes while preserving room for experimentation and learning.

Where to find Nancy Wang:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wangnancy

Where to find Taroon Mandhana:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taroonm

Where to find Tim Bozarth:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tbozarth

Where to find Abi Noda:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abinoda

In this episode, we cover:

(00:00) Intro

(01:08) Introducing the panelists

(02:16) AI’s impact on engineering team structures and planning cycles