Developer Experience
How DevEx influences productivity, quality, retention, and innovation.
Talks & Keynotes
Research-backed talks for engineering organizations.
Michaela Greiler speaks on developer experience, code review systems, engineering effectiveness, and the organizational shifts created by AI-assisted software development.
Talks combine empirical research with practical field experience. Formats include conference keynotes, invited talks, leadership sessions, and internal engineering events.
Talks delivered for audiences at GOTO, ACM, Siemens, Vanguard, LinkedIn, NDC, and TestBash.
Speaking Topics
Three themes for technical and leadership audiences.
Code Reviews
How to turn reviews into a practice that improves quality, learning, and flow.
AI-Assisted Engineering
What changes when implementation accelerates but ownership and engineering judgment remain critical.
Formats
Available speaking formats.
- Conference keynotes
- Invited conference talks
- Research briefings
- Leadership offsites
- Internal engineering events
- Panel discussions
Talks are adapted to senior engineering leaders, managers, architects, DevEx teams, and broader technical audiences.
Selected Talks
Selected keynotes and invited talks.
Transforming Developer Experience
Research-driven keynote on how developer experience shapes performance and sustainability.
Code Reviews: From Bottleneck to Superpower
How review practices affect collaboration, delivery speed, and software quality across teams.
Code Reviews: From Bottleneck to Superpower
Keynote on modern review practices and their effect on engineering effectiveness.
From Inspection to Collaboration
How code review and testing practices shape developer experience and product quality.
Purposeful Code Reviews for Better DevEx
Internal keynote on the connection between review practice, developer satisfaction, and productivity.
Developer Experience and Engineering Productivity
Invited talk translating DevEx research into practical decisions for engineering teams.
Rock Your Code Reviews
Practical guidance for making reviews more useful, efficient, and sustainable.
Hurdles of Testing Large-Scale Software Systems
Reducing friction in large-scale testing, including flaky tests and signal-to-noise problems.
Featured Talk
GOTO Amsterdam: Developer Experience in Practice
A conference talk based on a three-year research effort on how developer experience relates to productivity, technical debt, quality, innovation, and retention.
Featured Talk
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