DeveloperWeek Leadership 2026 is scheduled for May 27-28 in South San Francisco, drawing 500+ attendees across technical leadership roles. The agenda covers technical leadership, AI strategy for engineering organizations, developer career paths, engineering culture, and KPIs and metrics. The conference is a key networking venue for engineering managers and technical executives navigating an AI-disrupted hiring environment. With senior leadership hiring showing resilience while entry-level roles contract, events like this increasingly serve as both professional development and job-market anchors for mid-to-senior engineering leaders.