Nnenna Ndukwe.
AI Ecosystem Architect
I help developers
build with AI.
And help organizations
earn their trust.
Software engineer. Applied AI researcher. Always building in public, always educating developers.
Co-host of the Agentic Review podcast.Currently
Developer Relations
at Qodo.
I lead Developer Relations at Qodo, helping serious engineering teams learn AI coding workflows and adopt agentic engineering best practices at scale. My work spans AI engineering enablement, enterprise engineering workshops, technical writing, demos, and conversations with practitioners.
I also work with engineering executives, decision makers, and buyers to connect their technical challenges with the value of AI developer tools and how to evaluate ROI as teams move through the AI adoption maturity levels.
01 / In practice
My POV
behind the work.
I build and examine the systems around AI-assisted engineering: the context, controls, and evidence that help us decide what to trust.
How I Design
My Codex Harness
A look inside my setup: how instructions, skills, tools, and evidence support the work of a coding agent.
Read the engineeringThe Software Integrity
Evaluation Scorecard
Can policy guidance improve
an AI coding workflow?
02 / In the field
Teaching and speaking at the edge of emerging technology.
Teaching / DeepLearning.AI
AI Code Review
I teach this DeepLearning.AI short course, built in collaboration with Qodo. It covers effective AI review practices, the codebase context reviewers need, and how to build context-aware review agents.
Explore the course on DeepLearning.AI
Global technical
conference talks
Practical sessions on agentic systems, software integrity, and the engineering decisions behind trustworthy AI adoption.
Before the Agent Writes Code: Building a Policy Preflight Layer with MCP
Governed Agent Autonomy: The Control Plane for Building Agentic Systems
Architecting autonomous pipelines
Separation of Agentic Concerns: Why 1 AI Can’t Rule Your Codebase
From AI Chaos to Production Ready: Using AI Agents to Improve Your Code Quality
Explore my speaking03 / The newsletter
nnenna hacks.
Field notes on AI sovereignty and developer experience: what I’m building, questioning, and learning along the way.
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Codex AmbassadorView the official directory Agentic AI Foundation AmbassadorView my verified Credly badge Program Committee MemberAGNTCon + MCPCon Europe 2026View the program committee AGNTCon + MCPCon North America 2026 SpeakerView my verified Credly badge AGNTCon + MCPCon Japan 2026 SpeakerView my verified Credly badge AGNTCon + MCPCon Europe 2026 SpeakerView my verified Credly badgeSpeaking & engagements
2026
- AI Engineer MiamiSpeaker
- QCon AIWorkshop & speaker
- LeadDevVirtual workshop for engineering leaders
- AI Engineer World’s FairWorkshop & speaker
- WeAreDevelopers World Congress · BerlinSpeaker
- Linux Foundation AGNTCon + MCPCon JapanSpeaker
- Linux Foundation AGNTCon + MCPCon EuropeSpeaker
- Linux Foundation AGNTCon + MCPCon North AmericaUpcoming · Speaker
- ODSC AI WestUpcoming · In-person training · October 28
- ODSC AI WestUpcoming · Virtual workshop · October 29
Fall 2025
- AI Native DevConTalk · Multi-Agent Systems
- Harvard Business SchoolMentor · AI Coding
- Building MCP Servers & AI AgentsWorkshop
- AI-Assisted Software DevelopmentWebinar
- Commit Your Code conferenceTalk · AI-Assisted Software Development
- DevSecConTalk · AI App / LLM Security
- All Things OpenTalk · Multi-Agent Systems
- TechFuturesWorkshop · AI Development
- Dot AI conferenceTalk · AI-enabled progressive delivery
Summer 2025
- Harvard EntrepreneurshipGuest speaker · AI Coding
- MITTechnical workshop · Building AI Agents
- DEFCON AppSec VillageTalk · AI Security
Media
The Agentic Review podcast
I co-host a podcast alongside Qodo CEO and co-founder Itamar Friedman, bringing in engineering and AI industry leaders for profound conversations about building with AI, the future of engineering, culture, the software business, and the techniques and wisdom practitioners need as the field advances.
Listen to The Agentic Review04 / About Me
From a tanning salon in Houston to leading developer relations in agentic engineering.
I started learning to code between customer-service duties at a tanning salon. Tutorials turned into websites, then a move to Boston and a place in Resilient Coders.
That path led to fintech, four years of software engineering at O’Reilly Media, and a career connecting developers with the tools and knowledge they need.
The technical and academic communities ushered me in, matching my relentless curiosity and discipline. I studied computer science at Boston University. I’ve spoken at MIT and taught hands-on sessions on AI coding and vibe coding at Harvard Business School. It’s why access, learning, and sharing what I know are still at the center of my work.
Hear my story on DevJourney05 / Work with me
What are
you building?
My niche is AI developer tools and AI infrastructure. I enable engineering platform teams to adopt AI and advise GTM companies as a technical partner, connecting market, industry, and developer patterns to their next lucrative business decision.
- Strategic advisory
- Enablement & workshops
- Technical narrative & content partnerships