Peter Muldoon
Senior Engineering Lead at Bloomberg
Peter Muldoon has been using C++ professionally since 1991. He has worked in Ireland, England, and the USA across a wide variety of technical and financial domains. Peter spent over 20 years as a consultant before joining Bloomberg, where he has now worked for over 15 years. During his time at Bloomberg, he has led engineering efforts on large-scale, high-reliability systems and contributed to numerous strategic initiatives. Throughout his career, Peter has worked on an expansive range of projects and codebases, giving him deep insight into what works—and what fails—in complex software systems. He’s a strong advocate for applied engineering principles, elegant architectural design, and expressive, maintainable code.
Topic
The Pyramid of Software Engineering Mastery : Maturity in your Career
This talk introduces the Software Engineering Pyramid—a tiered model for evaluating and growing engineering maturity across an organization. Just as Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs maps human development, this pyramid maps the ascending stages of engineering maturity, from basic coding and delivery to full system resilience and business alignment. True engineering goes far beyond functional correctness. As engineers progress in their careers, so too must their perspective of “done.” It expands to include code quality, technical debt management then expanding to include system resiliency, architectural design etc. and on up to topics encompassing strategic initiatives and business alignment. Each tier of the pyramid represents a qualitative leap in engineering capability and mindset By climbing this pyramid, engineers evolve from individual contributors into systems thinkers and organizational leaders. This talk offers a practical lens through which teams can assess where they are today, where they’re going, and what’s needed to deliver change reliably and meaningfully—both in the codebase and in their careers.
