Sydney Data Eng meetup, October Edition

Hey all, please join us for our October Sydney Data Eng meetup. Join us for an engaging session filled with exciting discussions and networking opportunities.

Don't miss out—RSVP to secure your spot. Join us at Atlassian for talks and networking from 5:30–7:30pm. A big shout-out to Atlassian for the venue and catering! 🎉

🏠 Location: Atlassian Level 29, 363 George Street, Sydney 🗺️ How to find us We will have our volunteers in the lobby to assist with access 🍕 Catering: Atlassian 😊 📬 Join the community (newsletter + Discord): https://dataengbytes.com/community

Schedule:

• 5.30pm: Doors Open
• 5.45pm: Announcements and Welcome
• 5.55pm: Lucas Masina — Building an MCP Server for our Internal Data Lake
• 6.25pm: More talks coming soon
• 6.55pm: Networking
• 7.30pm: Doors Close

Speakers: 🎤 Lucas Masina, Senior Software Engineer, Atlassian Talk Title: Building an MCP Server for our Internal Data Lake Talk Summary: A walkthrough of the MCP server that enables AI to interact with Atlassian's internal data lake, Socrates. Includes a detailed look into its design and implementation as well as an overview of how it's used across various AI tools and what we have planned for the future. Speaker Bio: Lucas is a senior software engineer at Atlassian, where he has spent four years on the internal data lake platform team. He originally started as an intern on the infrastructure team and has since moved to focus on the AI and Consumption layer. If you'd like to submit a talk, host a meetup, or become a volunteer, head here: https://dataengbytes.com/meetup Remember to bring along some great questions! See you all there...