DeveloperWeek San Jose 2026

DeveloperWeek is scheduled for February 18–20, 2026 in San Jose. The event will be held at the San Jose Convention Center and features conference sessions, an expo and co-located programs.

The program spans core developer disciplines and emerging areas including AI and platform engineering. It includes hands-on workshops, a hackathon and the DEVIES Awards, alongside a multi-track conference and expo for tools and cloud platforms. Programming targets both individual contributors and engineering leaders.

DeveloperWeek Key Themes

• AI & LLM Engineering: Model integration, retrieval and safety for teams adding AI features; relevant to staff engineers, ML engineers and product leaders.
• DevOps & Platform Engineering: CI/CD, observability and internal platforms at scale; useful to DevOps leads, SREs and platform teams.
• APIs & Microservices: Design, governance and lifecycle management for service architectures; aimed at backend engineers and API product managers.
• Cloud-Native & Containers: Kubernetes operations and cost management; relevant to cloud architects and infrastructure engineers.
• Security & DevSecOps: Secure SDLC, supply chain risk and runtime protection; useful to security engineers and CISOs supporting engineering.
• Frontend & Web: Framework updates, performance and accessibility; aimed at frontend engineers and tech leads.
• Leadership & Developer Experience: Team enablement, metrics and org design; useful to VPEs, directors and principal ICs.

Who Should Attend DeveloperWeek

• Senior software engineers and staff engineers seeking updates across AI, cloud and APIs.
• DevOps, SRE and platform leaders focused on reliability and developer productivity.
• Engineering managers, directors and VPs shaping team process and technical strategy.
• Product leaders and technical founders evaluating tools, partners and hiring pipelines.

DeveloperWeek Offerings

• Conference & Expo: Multi-track program and expo covering AI, cloud, APIs, security and frontend with vendor sessions and tool briefings.
• PRO Workshops: Paid, hands-on training aligned to tracks for deeper skill development and implementation.
• Hackathon: On-site hackathon with sponsor challenges and awards for rapid prototyping and collaboration.
• DEVIES Awards: Annual awards recognizing developer technologies, tools and platforms across categories.
• Tech Hiring & Networking: Hiring expo and structured networking connecting employers with engineers and leaders.
• Co-located Summits: Thematic programs such as executive, cloud-native, security, product and frontend tracks.

DeveloperWeek Sponsors

• Partner sponsors: DigitalOcean, IBM, Red Hat
• Showcase Plus sponsors: GitHub, Google Cloud
• Showcase sponsors: CAST AI, Fastly, Mescius, Revelo, SiMa.ai, Sysdig, Unblocked