Building with AI: Smart Workflows & Safe LLM Integration

​Join engineers from Trade Me to learn how to build structured, AI-powered workflows and architect safe LLM strategies. Get practical insights from their real-world experiments.

​Session 1

​Is Spec-Driven Development the Key to AI-Assisted Coding?

​Is Spec-Driven Development the key to moving from vibe coding to AI-assisted development, or just another buzzword? We've been putting it to the test.

​Join Aorthi Afroza and Georgia Singleton from the Trade Me AI Engineering Squad for an honest look at their experiments as they try to build a more structured, AI-powered workflow.

​Session 2

​Your LLM as Search Strategist, Not Hiring Manager

​Would you let AI make hiring decisions? Hard NO! But would you let it brainstorm search strategies like a talented recruiter? That's the pattern.

​Join Matt Wright (AI and Engineering Lead at CarbonInvoice & Trade Me) as he reveals his framework for safe, high-value LLM integration.

​You'll learn practical skills for safe LLM integration: how to identify low-risk, high-value insertion points; when to let LLMs expand vs. decide; and how to architect around their strengths.

​We'll demonstrate with candidate search (decoding job intent, finding non-obvious matches), but you'll leave with a playbook for your own problem space.

​RSVP now (limited numbers). Doors open 5pm. Talks start at 5:30pm.