The Agentic Data Engineer - friend or foe?

The Agentic Data Engineer - friend or foe? GenAI is transforming every part of s/w development (including data engineering) faster than any previous transformation. This talk is based on experience building an agentic solution for developing and testing data products. It explains the language model ecosystem, the agentic approach and how data engineers can get to meet their new agentic data engineer colleagues! Abstract GenAI is transforming every part of s/w development (including data engineering) faster than any previous transformation. This talk is based on experience building an agentic solution for developing and testing data products. It explains the language model ecosystem, the agentic approach and how data engineers can get to meet their new agentic data engineer colleagues! Phill Radley Chief Data & AI Architect at Westpac Chief Data & AI Architect as Westpac since 2023, previous similar roles at Thoughtworks, Astra Zeneca and British Telecom. He is an intrapreneur adept at introducing pioneering data & AI technologies and approaches into complex enterprise data landscapes. He has covered everything from data strategy to data engineering and governance. --------------- *** LINKS *** website: https://dataengbytes.com 2026: https://dataengbytes.com/2026 tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/dataengbytes/ Brisbane: 20th March 2026 Auckland: 24th March 2026 Melbourne: 22-24th July 2026 Sydney: 27th-29th July 2026 linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dataengbytes/ Sponsorships: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterhanssens/