November 04, 2025
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November 04, 2025
The lean architect: Experimenting your way to better decisions
Discover how hypothesis-driven architecture helps Staff+ engineers make better decisions early, reduce risk, and build resilient systems.
About the speaker
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Maxime Najim
With two decades of experience building resilient, scalable systems, Maxime has had the privilege of working with engineering teams at Yahoo!, Apple, Netflix, and Amazon. Today, as a distinguished engineer at Target, he partners closely with senior engineering leaders—directors, VPs, and principal architects—to navigate complex technical challenges and align architectural decisions with business goals.
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