Airbnb's CTO says the key is to start early on developer experience. Airbnb embarked on this journey of moving to a service-oriented architecture. The challenge is that with more services, you come with different types of problems.
In this episode, Willie Yao, Head of Infrastructure at Notion and former Head of Developer Infrastructure at Airbnb, provides a unique perspective on how Developer Experience teams work in hypergrowth companies. He shares how Airbnb developed a customer-first mindset internally, what it took to get Airbnb’s leadership invested in that effort, and how he’s approaching DevEx at Notion today.