top of page
🎤 Ready to take the stage? Academy applications now open! Apply now
OUR SPEAKERS
Share on:
Danit is an Engineering Manager in Meta’s AI Infrastructure division, with nearly two decades of experience and an academic background in Computer Science and Neuroscience.
At Meta, she pioneered AI-enabled coding interviews, making it the first major tech company to adopt this AI-native approach to evaluating engineering talent. She also works across the organization to shape AI adoption: from coaching leaders through AI-driven change to helping new hires integrate their AI skills into Meta’s engineering environment.
A self-described late adopter who chose to evolve rather than fall behind, Danit now helps others step confidently into the AI era. Her global journey across Israel, Singapore, Mexico, and London, along with courses supporting dozens of women each month in breaking into tech, informs her practical, people-first approach.
Danit Nativ Navon
Software Engineer Manager @ Meta
English, Hebrew
Languages:
Location:
London, United Kingdom
Can also give an online talk/webinar
Paid only. Contact speaker for pricing!
MY TALKS
AI Killed the Coding Interviews. Here’s What We Built Instead
Leadership, Data / AI / ML
A while back, during one of Meta’s new hire orientations, a senior manager froze when new hires asked him about "vibe-coding." He nodded politely but clearly had no idea what they meant. That moment exposed more than a generational gap, it was a warning; The gap between how fast technology evolves and how fast leaders adapt is widening, and we must do something about it. ASAP.
Junior engineers now arrive with AI superpowers. The competitive advantage shifted from raw technical skill to adaptation speed, from code quality to communication, and from knowing frameworks to catching AI hallucinations. This forced Meta to rethink how we hire, evaluate, and lead.
We built AI-native coding interviews that measure adaptation, not memorization. We learned to evaluate talent without the traditional technical signals, and shifted the skills we look for when hiring, promoting, and assessing performance.
We also changed how we lead: leaders have to use AI themselves before teaching their teams. They learn to adapt , rather than using specific tools, so they can evaluate whatever shows up next. They needed to learn how to leverage AI without the price of dependency. We realized AI accelerates junior engineers faster than any technology we've seen, but despite the panic about job losses, AI can help ambitious engineers break in and move up, but only if their leaders understand how to guide them.
In this talk, I'll share what we learned, and the frameworks we developed. I’ll share the mistakes we made, and what actually works when there’s no playbook. You'll leave knowing what skills matter now, how to evaluate talent differently, and how to lead when yesterday's answers don't apply anymore.
Build Your AI Team: Let Agents Handle What Holds You Back
Soft Skills, Professional Development, Data / AI / ML, Leadership, Inspirational
When I first started using AI, I expected it to just click. Everyone around me seemed to get it quickly, and I felt like I was falling behind.
At first, I tried to use it the obvious way, doing everything myself, just faster. It didn’t really work, so I asked a different question: what am I actually good at?
Instead of trying to learn something new or improve every weakness, I started from my strength, managing teams. Then I built a team of AI agents the same way I would build a team of people, each one helping with something that used to slow me down.
That shift changed everything.
I was always bad at follow-ups, so I built an assistant that tracks my day and handles them.
I struggled with self-promotion, so I created a marketing agent.
I also have a career coach, a researcher, and a technical writer.
In this talk, I’ll share what I built, what worked and what didn’t, and how you can start building your own AI support system, even if you’re not technical, by starting from what you’re already good at.
Speaker not found
AI Killed the Coding Interviews. Here’s What We Built Instead
Completed
true
Visible
true
Order
1
1
Build Your AI Team: Let Agents Handle What Holds You Back
Completed
true
Visible
true
Order
1
1
Approve speaker
email was sent to speaker
Reject speaker
email was sent to speaker
bottom of page