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June 27, 2023
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19:00
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Product Engineering Culture
2025
Ukraine
💻 Engineering culture shapes how a team works, impacts product quality, and defines how decisions are made within a company. It’s built through actions — not declarations.
During this meetup, we discussed:
- How culture influences code quality, collaboration, and long-term product success
- Why culture doesn’t start with rules — it starts with leadership behavior and examples
- How tech leaders can foster a culture of growth, experimentation, and feedback
- What sets product-focused cultures — like at Mate Academy or MacPaw — apart from outsourcing models
The speakers shared personal stories and examples of how their roles, teams, and environments evolved. We explored why it’s not enough to “just write good code” — you need to build a system where quality, autonomy, and responsibility are built into the process.
Meetup speakers
CTIO and co-founder @ MacPaw
Vira — CTIO and co-founder of MacPaw, a company that has grown from a small startup into a global business with millions of users around the world. She joined MacPaw in 2009 as a student at KPI, and today she heads the technology and innovation department, combining deep engineering expertise with product vision and strategic leadership.
Lead Software Engineer & CTO @ Mate academy
Vadym Ilchenko is a passionate advocate of modern website development. With over 6 years of experience in the tech industry, he embarked on his career as a Frontend developer in 2017. Since 2019, he has held the role of Lead Software Engineer, concurrently serving as the CTO at Mate academy.
Director of Engineering @ Turnitin
The moderator is Yana Mykhailenko, CTO of Turnitin, an international company that ensures the integrity of education and is a leader in anti-plagiarism solutions. She is a judge and mentor at international competitions and hackathons.
Upcoming events
Transforming QA Practice in the AI Era
On the first Thursday of November, we will discuss how technical leaders are transforming QA practices — from a routine function to a strategic engineering catalyst in the era of artificial intelligence.
Meetup #22
Full information about the meetup will appear here soon.
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