Meetup
Beyond the Hype: Building with AI | Data & AI Meetup
This time, it’s all about engineers leading AI teams instead of writing every line themselves, and building the control systems that make those teams trustworthy.
Oct 1st, 2026 | Bucharest
Date
1 Oct 2026
18:30 (EET) Bucharest
Location
Diconium Office
str. Paleologu 10
030167 Bucharest
Drinks & Food
A few drinks and some
snacks are available
free of charge.
The AI Software Factory – What Happens When One Engineer Gets 5 AI Agents?
Alex Vutei is a Senior Full Stack Engineer at Diconium, with 11+ years of experience in software engineering, focused on Java, Cloud, microservices and distributed systems. He has a a strong interest in AI, automation and developer productivity and together we will have a practical look at how AI agents can collaborate across the software development lifecycle – from architecture and coding to testing, security and code review – and how the role of the engineer changes when AI becomes a team of specialized agents.
Alex Vutei
Senior Full Stack Engineer
Ionuț Petculescu
Principal Software Architect
Matrix42
Control, Context, and Guardrails: The Enterprise AI Harness
Ionuț Petculescu is a Principal Software Architect at Matrix42 with over a decade in software engineering, spanning hands-on software development to leading cloud, AI/LLM, and machine learning platform initiatives. Currently driving the architecture strategy across core cloud, data platforms and mentoring other architects, he will guide us on how the power of AI Models alone is not enough and what other components we need to wrap around it.
Engineering with AI Agents: Methodologies, Controls and Workflows End-to-End
Alex Bordei is an AI & Technology Advisor with experience in building and operating software products and AI-based systems. His work focuses on integrating AI agents into real-world software development processes, automating business flows, and responsibly adopting AI-assisted engineering practices in organizations. His talk will include specific examples of complete workflows, lessons learned from using them in real projects, and recommendations for teams looking to move from isolated experiments to a controllable and scalable AI-assisted development process.
Alex Bordei
AI & Technology Advisor
Agenda
Event admission
Welcome & Introduction
First speaker
Second speaker
Third speaker
Connect & chat
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What to expect:
Expert talks
Gain knowledge from industry leaders and experts who will share their experiences, strategies, and best practices in data engineering.
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Interactive Q&A
Have your pressing questions answered by the experts during dedicated Q&A sessions. Engage with a diverse group of professionals from various sectors as they discuss the benefits, challenges, and future outlook of data engineering.
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Networking opportunities
Connect with like-minded professionals and expand your network in the field of data engineering.
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Host
This meetup is hosted by Diconium.
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