Ty is a Principal Engineer at Uber in Platform engineering and is the chairman of Uber’s Open-Source program. He’s focused on developer productivity and strives to help engineers ship fast high-quality products. He has a passion for AI, dev tools, frameworks, mobile apps, and open-source. He co-chairs the Mobile Native Foundation and is a Google Developer Expert for Android and Kotlin. He gives regular conference presentations, works on open-source, writes, and organizes community events. He is an angel investor, startup advisor, and a limited partner in several venture capital groups. Ty has been at Uber for 8 years and prior he worked at Twitter as a lead on Fabric developer tools, Evernote, cofounded a startup, and worked at a variety of smaller startups and consulting firms
Ty Smith
Principal Engineer at Uber, Platform Engineering
AI-Driven Developer Productivity at Scale
AI is rapidly transforming the software development lifecycle, offering new ways for developers to build, test, and maintain applications more efficiently. From monorepo-aware coding assistants to agentic systems for large-scale code migrations, and from AI-generated tests to probabilistic agents reshaping quality strategies—this panel dives into the cutting edge of AI-powered developer tools. You’ll leave with actionable strategies for implementing AI in your own workflows, and practical ideas for driving meaningful productivity gains across your teams.
>What does “AI-driven productivity” look like in practice across the software development lifecycle?
>How can coding assistants be customized to work effectively in complex environments like monorepos or large codebases?
>What are agentic AI systems, and how are they being used for tasks like large-scale code migrations or refactoring?
>How is AI reshaping the traditional test pyramid—from the ground up with code generation, and from the top down with probabilistic testing?
>What are some low-lift, high-impact ways mobile teams can start integrating AI into their workflows today?
Talk Title
The Future of Android…And How to Prepare For It
In this keynote, you'll hear from well-known Android experts about their hot-takes, predictions, wishes and advice about how they expect the Android ecosystem to change and how to best prepare for that future. Join us as they answer the question:
Where do you see Android Development in three years, and how do you think developers should prepare for that future?
After all experts are done making their pitch for the future...its your turn to ask the questions in a rapid-fire Q&A format.