How a Full-Stack Team Becomes a Team that Builds Agents at Scale

For updates on AI Builders meetings, join the WhatsApp group Developing a simple artificial intelligence feature or POC over the weekend is one thing. Building, maintaining, and running a system of agents that manages conversations with millions of candidates per month for global brands is a completely different challenge. In this meeting, Alon Slutsky, Director of Engineering at Paradox by Workday, will break down from real production experience how a full-stack team transforms into a team that builds and operates agents at scale. With the onset of the artificial intelligence revolution at the end of 2022, the Israeli team at Paradox, acquired by Workday, transitioned from web and backend tasks to developing the company's autonomous agent - a system that currently manages communication on a large scale with candidates and recruiting teams at companies like McDonald's, GM, and FedEx. After more than two years of running agents in production, the main conclusion is clear: the big challenge is not just the technology, but the structural and mental change of the people and the team. What we will cover in the session: * What remains important from classic full-stack engineering, and what probabilistic mindset needs to be adopted when working with agent systems. * What new roles are entering the room, and how the boundaries between research, engineering, and product are blurring. * How to transition from defining screens and paths to defining the behavior of an agent. * How to move away from deterministic tests and transition to systematic work with evaluations. Who is this suitable for: * Development managers, team leaders, and VPs who want to understand how to build or transform teams for the age of agents. * Product people and architects who want to see what a complex agent system looks like beyond the hype. * Backend and Full-Stack developers who want to understand where the development world is heading and what is required to lead in production. About the speaker: Alon Slutsky is the Director of Engineering at Paradox by Workday and manages the core agent development teams at the company. Formerly Co-Founder & CTO of Spetz, a recruitment process automation startup that was acquired by Paradox in January 2021. For updates on AI Builders meetings, join the WhatsApp group