Building Tech Teams
A weekly podcast on how Australia hires, builds, and leads tech teams in the age of AI.
Building Tech Teams is a weekly podcast on how Australia hires, builds, and leads tech teams in the age of AI. Host James MacDonald sits down with the founders, CTOs, VPs of Engineering and People Leaders building Australia’s best tech teams, from startups to enterprise, on what actually works. How they hire, how they build and lead their teams, and the calls that made or broke them. It is built for the leaders making the hire and the tech professionals making the move.
Building Tech Teams is a Day One® show. Day One is the podcast network for founders, investors and operators, and the production partner behind Blackbird Ventures’ Wild Hearts. Sister shows include First Cheque, Oversubscribed and In The Blink of AI.
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6 July 2026 Guardrails Are Just Suggestions: Securing AI Agents with Okta's Kevin Akermanis The business wants AI now — and the people who have to secure it are told to move faster on shrinking budgets. Okta's Kevin Akermanis on what breaks when enterprises rush AI into production, and why guardrails are just suggestions. - 01 ▶
29 June 2026 Why Your First Hire Isn't an Engineer Anymore — Michael Batko, ex-Startmate CEO The first hire used to be an engineer. Michael Batko thinks that's now backwards — and that's just the start of how AI is rewiring the way you build a tech team.