Coffee Meet #20: Leading Teams in the Age of AI — Management, Growth & Careers

TOPICS

AI + Leadership — what changes for a manager when AI enters the daily workflow Engineering management — delivery, processes, and the people side of scaling teams Career growth in tech — from engineer to lead, from Baku to a senior role abroad

Why join AI has changed what engineering teams produce faster than it has changed how they are led. The tooling is new; the harder questions — how work is prioritised, how quality holds, how people grow — are not, and they are where most of a leader's time still goes.

İlkin Alibayli leads engineering, AI and infrastructure at Monks in Berlin. Over 18+ years he has built and scaled teams, set up delivery and people processes, hired across levels, and grown senior engineers into leads and managers. Alongside that he mentors and coaches engineers on their careers and teaches on Udemy and YouTube — so he speaks to both sides of the table: the manager deciding how to run a team, and the engineer deciding what to learn next.

An hour of practical conversation, no slideware. Half the session is open Q&A.

About Speaker 👤 İlkin Alibayli — Head of Engineering, AI & Infrastructure @ Monks, Berlin · 18+ years in tech · Mentor, career coach, Udemy & YouTube instructor

Adress: CoffeeLea (Ataturk Park) Date: 17.08.2026, 19:00
Free Entrance - Dutch Treat