How to Scale a Unicorn-Building Engineering Team and Stay Sane

Watch a 24-minute conference talk from DevOpsDays Tel Aviv where R&D Manager Gad Salner shares his experience and strategies for scaling an engineering team from 1 to 25 people in just one year during challenging times. Learn practical steps for building and managing rapid team growth while maintaining sanity through lockdowns and remote onboarding. Discover the fundamental habits and structured game plan that enabled successful team expansion at Melio, including methods for empowering engineers to take ownership and drive impact. Drawing from 15 years of development experience across multiple startups and his work with the cultural project Kaduregel Shefel, Salner provides actionable insights for creating a world-class engineering culture that can scale effectively while navigating growth challenges.