Rebecca Murphey
Rebecca Murphey is Field CTO at Swarmia.
Rebecca Murphey is the Field CTO at Swarmia and host of the Engineering Unblocked podcast. Previously, she drove engineering effectiveness efforts as an engineering leader at Stripe and Indeed, implementing some of the most transformative productivity improvements that these companies saw during her tenure.
What are qualitative productivity metrics – and how do we measure them?
If your team is hitting key delivery metrics, we assume everything in the lifecycle before production is sound. However, we know that traditional metrics only tell half the story.
Post-ZIRP engineering leadership
This talk explores the evolution of the engineering leadership role from the growth-focused 2010s to today's environment of increased scrutiny and accountability.
Introducing engineering metrics to your organization
Picking the right software developer metrics isn't as easy as it sounds.
Engineering leadership in a post-ZIRP world
Six key areas for engineering leaders to focus on in the post-hypergrowth era, from financial acumen, to operational efficiency.
Mastering the art of project prioritization
How do you decide which projects to prioritize, when everything seems urgent?
Improve planning and ideation with divergent thinking
By questioning the foundations of our current systems and processes, divergent thinking can help us identify changes that substantially enhance productivity and effectiveness.
Why can we still not measure team performance?
Scott Carey & Rebecca Murphey discuss findings from the LeadDev Engineering Team Performance report 2023.
Why can we still not measure team performance?
Scott Carey & Rebecca Murphey discuss findings from the LeadDev Engineering Team Performance report 2023.
Leading radical change as an engineering manager
February 2017 will mark a year since I started in a role aimed at radically changing how Indeed thinks about front-end engineering.
Lessons from flying for engineering leadership
In October of 2008, I'd been unemployed for about four months. I was doing some consulting work, but still feeling entirely uncertain about my ability to make a living, so I did the obvious thing: I decided it was a good time to learn how to fly a plane.
