Yotewo™ Podcast #27 Building for FAANG – Svyatoslav Babinets (Meta)

BigTech / November 14, 2025

In this episode, Yotewo CEO Aliaksandr Kazhamiakin hosted Svyatoslav Babinets, a talented engineering manager at Meta with over a decade of experience, and had a deep conversation about big tech culture, the skills that make truly world-class engineers, and how the future of the software engineering industry is evolving.

Highlights from the Episode

How Svyatoslav started his software engineering journey
Whether onboarding into big tech is as bureaucratic as it seems
Key engineering principles learned from Meta
How innovation is structured and encouraged inside Meta
Moving from software engineer to engineering manager
How to manage and motivate technical teams effectively
The skill that differentiates good engineers from world-class engineers
Real “war stories” from Svyatoslav’s engineering career
What makes Meta’s culture different from other tech companies
How the software engineering industry is changing
Thoughts on the concept of “polygamy jobs” in tech
The secret behind the success of engineers from Eastern Europe
Whether Svyatoslav has an ambition to build his own product one day

Listeners can access the full episode on Yotewo’s official Youtube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts channels.

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