Eng & Sec Leaders' Night by Aikido 🍹🛡️ - Stockholm
- Date
- 2025-05-14
- Location
- Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
- Host
- Aikido
About this event
If you lead engineering or security and want sharper conversations than the usual conference hallway chat, this night in Stockholm is built for you. Eng & Sec Leaders' Night by Aikido brings together people who carry real responsibility for product velocity, platform reliability, and security posture, in a setting designed for honest discussion and strong peer connections. This is an in-person evening for leaders who want to compare notes with others facing the same trade-offs: moving fast without cutting corners, improving security without creating drag, and building teams that can handle both scale and complexity. Expect a social atmosphere with substance, where the conversation can move easily from team structure and tooling to incident readiness, developer experience, and what effective leadership looks like right now. About the Event At its core, this is a community-driven networking meetup for engineering and security leaders in Stockholm. Rather than a packed schedule of formal talks, the value comes from getting the right people in the room and creating space for thoughtful conversations with peers who understand the realities of leadership. The format is intentionally simple: an evening gathering, in person, with time to meet, talk, and exchange ideas. That makes it especially useful for people who are often too busy for large, all-day events but still want meaningful face time with others navigating similar technical and organizational challenges. Because the event sits at the intersection of engineering and security, the discussion naturally goes beyond narrow functional silos. You can expect conversations that reflect how modern teams actually work: cross-functional, fast-moving, and constantly balancing delivery, risk, and team health. It is also a chance to widen your local network in Stockholm with people who are likely to be valuable long after the event ends, whether you are looking for perspective, future collaborators, or simply a group of peers you can stay in touch with. What to Expect The evening starts at 5:00 PM on Wednesday, May 14 and is designed to feel welcoming, relaxed, and easy to step into after the workday. You should expect a social meetup atmosphere rather than a highly structured program, which gives you room to have the conversations most relevant to your role. Typical discussion threads at a night like this may include: How engineering and security leaders align on priorities without slowing teams down Ways to improve security practices while keeping developer workflows practical Lessons from scaling teams, systems, and internal processes Approaches to incident response, ownership, and operational readiness Hiring, mentoring, and retaining strong technical talent Building trust across engineering, security, product, and executive stakeholders You can also expect a mix of familiar and new faces. Some attendees will come looking to reconnect with peers in the local tech community, while others will be there to meet people outside their immediate circle and hear how different organizations approach similar problems. Since this is a leaders' night, the tone is likely to be candid and experience-based. The most useful moments often come from comparing how different teams handle constraints, where things break down in practice, and what has actually worked when the stakes were high. Why Attend If your day-to-day work involves decisions that affect teams, systems, and risk, this event offers something immediately useful: context from peers. You are not just collecting business cards; you are hearing how other leaders think through trade-offs that rarely have perfect answers. That matters because engineering and security are increasingly interdependent. Leadership in either function now requires a better grasp of the other side's pressures, language, and success metrics. A gathering like this can help you pressure-test your assumptions, expand how you frame problems, and leave with a more practical view of what strong collaboration looks like. There is also real value in having off-the-record conversations with people who understand the weight of leadership. Whether you are managing growth, pushing process change, handling security concerns, or trying to improve execution across multiple teams, peer insight can save time and sharpen judgment. You should attend if you want: Stronger connections with engineering and security peers in Stockholm Fresh ideas you can bring back to your team Better language for discussing risk, speed, and ownership across functions Perspective from leaders dealing with similar organizational and technical challenges A low-friction way to stay plugged into the local tech leadership community Practical Details This is an in-person event in Stockholm, Sweden, which makes it especially useful for local leaders who want genuine face-to-face interaction rather than another online panel. The setting is social by design, making it easy to drop into conversations naturally and meet people without a lot of ceremony. The event takes place on Wednesday, May 14 at 5:00 PM GMT+2. The early evening timing makes it well suited for people coming directly from work and looking for a productive but relaxed way to spend time with peers. A few practical reasons this format works well: It is easy to attend without blocking an entire day In-person conversation tends to go deeper and move faster than scheduled virtual networking The mix of community, meetup, and social formats creates space for both focused discussion and lighter connection If you are deciding whether it is worth showing up, the simplest answer is this: if you care about how engineering and security leadership work together in practice, and you want better conversations with people who live that reality, this Stockholm gathering is a smart room to be in.
Who should attend
This is for leaders who want thoughtful, real-world conversations with peers working at the intersection of engineering, security, delivery, and team leadership. - You lead an **engineering, platform, infrastructure, DevOps, SRE, or security function** and want to compare notes with others carrying similar responsibilities. - You are responsible for **balancing speed and risk** and would benefit from hearing how other leaders make those trade-offs in practice. - You work closely across functions and want stronger perspective on how **engineering and security can collaborate** without creating friction. - You want to expand your **local leadership network in Stockholm** with people you are actually likely to learn from and stay in touch with. - You are navigating growth, organizational change, hiring, tooling decisions, or operational pressure and want candid conversations with peers who understand the context. - You prefer **high-signal meetups over large, formal events** and get more value from direct discussion than from polished presentations. If that sounds like your world, you will likely find the room relevant from the first conversation.