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I speak at conferences about scaling product engineering teams, startup tech strategy, and building systems that don't break at 3 AM.

Most talks include war stories from building teams at scale, practical advice on tech leadership, and the occasional debugging horror story that makes everyone feel better about their own code.

Recent Talks

Building NextGen Unicorns

27 January 2021

**Scale Secrets** - What separates billion-dollar Southeast Asian companies from the rest? Discover the growth cataly...

Hyperscaling Gojek

25 Jan 2021

**People First** - Why 'earn people, not money' built a super-app empire. From ThoughtWorks to founding CodeIgnition ...

Podcast-Shunya One

26 February 2021

**Comfort Zone** - How staying uncomfortable became the secret weapon for building IPO-ready companies. The mindset t...

Bidding goodbye to gojek part 1

21 September 2021

**CTO Journey** - The heartfelt goodbye that reveals what it really takes to be a CTO of Southeast Asia's leading sup...

Bidding goodbye to gojek part 2

21 September 2021

**Legacy Building** - The continuation of Ajey's farewell - diving deeper into the super-app ecosystem model and what...

Building for nation

10 June 2020

**Nation Impact** - How a super-app serving 20+ services and millions of daily orders creates real socio-economic cha...

One super app to rule them all

9 July 2019

**Super-App DNA** - The strategic blueprint behind Gojek's super-app dominance, revealed at Rise Conf 2019 with insig...

Ngobrolin podcast

11 March 2021

**Sharp Skills** - How to stay technically sharp when you're at the highest engineering position. Hiring secrets, pro...

QnA at Rise

9 July 2019

**Live Insights** - Unscripted Q&A revealing the real challenges and strategies behind scaling Gojek to super-app sta...

Bottom up innovation at GOJEK?

24 June 2019

**Culture Code** - Why leaders should get into the trenches regardless of seniority. The great debate: top-down contr...

Gojek at Google Cloud Next '18

1 August 2018

**Scooter Debut** - The legendary stage entrance that explained how Google Maps enabled accurate pickups and food del...

Gojek grows 900x bigger with Google Cloud

**900x Growth** - From traffic problem to super-app solution: How Google Cloud enabled Gojek's incredible 900x scale-...

GopherCon India 2019 - Keynote

19 February 2019

**Engineering Culture** - Building engineering teams and fostering engineering-first culture in high-scale startups. ...

Everything Ruby by Ajey Gore

15 May 2012

**Ruby Power** - Mastering software development lifecycle with Ruby-based tools. The complete guide to Ruby's ecosyst...

Conversation with Monk's Hill ventures

1 May 2018

**CTO Philosophy** - Fireside chat revealing the journey and core beliefs that shaped Gojek's technical leadership an...

Touching Lives: The Startup Engineer

12 March 2018

**3.1B Impact** - How Gojek helped drivers and merchants earn $3.1B in 2018. What it truly means to be a 10x engineer...

Garden City Ruby 2014 - Lorum Ipsum by Ajey Gore

1 July 2014

**Giving Back** - Creating ecosystems and why giving back isn't just nice - it's essential for sustainable tech commu...

Lessons learned while scaling the unicorn

1 July 2019

**10% Weekly Growth** - Real lessons from scaling Gojek's product org at 10% week-on-week growth. The tweaks, correct...

Voxxed Days Opening Keynote 2019 Searching for silver bullet

1 July 2019

**No Silver Bullets** - Why there's no magic solution in software engineering. Navigating business biases and dogmas ...

Indigo webinar - Startups Lessons

24 February 2021

**Startup 101** - Confused about startup terms and roles? Get clarity on the startup ecosystem from a Sequoia Operati...

Discussion at I need a break meetup

1 December 2017

**Break Time** - Sometimes we all need a break! Casual tech networking where real connections are forged over shared ...

Refactoring at gojek

9 September 2016

**Constant Improvement** - The art of continuously improving while growing at breakneck speed. Refactoring secrets fr...

GO-JEK x GopherCon SG 2018 - GO-JEK gets Go

7 June 2018

**Go Principles** - Engineering principles that foster culture and productivity. Why Go became crucial for Gojek's te...

Impacting a nation - Strata Data Conference

1 February 2018

**Impossible Possible** - How technology and data insights make the impossible possible. Real stories from transformi...

Inclusivity for the Greater Good - Strata Data Conference

22 March 2018

**Million Lives** - A mission of inclusivity that impacts millions across Indonesia. How tech can drive meaningful so...

GopherCon SG 2018 Closing Keynote

22 March 2018

**Productivity Culture** - The engineering principles that create high-performance teams. Building culture that scale...

GopherCon SG 2017 Opening Keynote

1 June 2017

**Go Performance** - Practical performance improvements using Go. Technical deep-dive into optimization strategies th...

Why 80% companies fail, Highlights!

2 September 2017

**Failure Patterns** - The brutal truth about why 80% of companies fail. Key highlights from SWSG Mega startup event.

Companies, Ecosystem and Ruby in India

2 September 2017

**Tech Strategy** - Technology choices, developer decisions, and implementing strategies for future-proof software de...

DevCloud - Enabling Continuous Delivery

21 Dec 2011

**Cloud Architecture** - Leveraging cloud strengths within your own data centers. How enterprises achieve continuous ...

SWSSG Mega 2017 What is startup personality

3 November 2017

**Startup DNA** - Is there such a thing as 'startup personality'? Panel discussion with industry leaders on what make...

The world full of Idiots, Agile Indonesia

20 August 2017

**TDD Mastery** - The importance of test-driven development and techniques that transform your daily development work...

SWSSG Mega 2017 Advice to your teenage self

3 November 2017

**Time Travel Wisdom** - If you could advise your teenage self, what would it be? Honest reflections from successful ...

Keynote Deccan RubyConf 2017

2 September 2017

**TDD Excellence** - Master class on test-driven development importance and practical techniques for superior develop...

Speaking Topics

  • Scaling Engineering Teams — from 5 to 500 engineers without losing your sanity
  • Product Engineering — building teams that ship value, not just code
  • Startup Tech Strategy — making technical decisions when everything is on fire
  • Systems Thinking — designing for scale, failure, and human error

Book Me to Speak

Available for conferences, company events, and team workshops. I prefer interactive sessions over one-way presentations.

Email me: ajey.gore@gmail.com