Laura de Vesine, Reddit
Laura de Vesine is a staff engineer and 25-year industry veteran who specializes in the intersection of technical systems and organizational culture. She thrives in ambiguous spaces - whether that involves untangling complex technical problems or helping teams align on a shared direction. With a background in incident analysis and chaos engineering, Laura is passionate about building resilience in a way that genuinely improves the lives of both users and engineers. This is an informal, off-the-record session with no slides or microphones - just a space for candid conversation about prevention, resilience, or the realities of building engineering cultures.
Laura de Vesine is a 25+ year software industry veteran. She has spent the last 10 years in SRE working in incident analysis and prevention, systems understanding, chaos engineering, and the intersection of technology and organizational culture. Laura is currently a staff engineer at Datadog, Inc. She also has a PhD in computer science, but mostly her kittens nap on her diploma.
author = {Laura de Vesine},
title = {{AMA} with Laura de Vesine},
year = {2026},
address = {Seattle, WA},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = mar
}