Events
Beyond the Prompt: Engineering True Quality - Vilnius QA Meetup
What we planned as a meetup turned into a mini-conference. Around 150 people joined us for an evening focused on the practical realities of AI in quality assurance.
Raymond Ding, AI/ML Customer Engineer from Google, shared how to architect agentic AI applications with quality built in from the start.
Viktor Nedelko from Architus showed how to use GenAI for test reporting and debugging flaky tests without falling for the hype.
Nigel Rantor, Tech Lead at OVO, talked about procedural data generation and how being "lazy" led to unexpected benefits across QA, performance testing and sales.
Lina Zubytė, independent quality consultant, reminded us that AI can generate content but cannot take responsibility. The human element in QA is more important than ever.
A big thank you to all our speakers for sharing honest, grounded perspectives on where AI fits in quality engineering.
AI Risks and Opportunities: Brown Rudnick Breakfast Panel
Viktoras joined an invitation-only breakfast panel at Brown Rudnick's London offices, bringing together senior leaders from financial services and technology to discuss the practical implications of AI. The event was moderated by Matthew Richardson, Head of Cybersecurity and Data Privacy at Brown Rudnick.
Other panellists included James Coltman, Partner at Montbridge Group, and Nick Wilcock, Chair at Saxo Capital Markets - with Viktoras contributing the investor and product-builder perspective, drawing on his experience building and investing in AI products and engineering teams.
The conversation covered how organisations are navigating AI adoption, the risks boards need to understand, and what good governance looks like in practice.
CTO Craft Con: Financial Services
Architus hosted a roundtable at CTO Craft London for engineering leaders scaling teams across borders, featuring Teodor Iliev, Director of Engineering at Tide, who grew his org from 100 to 800 engineers across six locations in five years.
The headline finding: today's primary driver for remote teams is access to talent, not cost. Approaches vary by stage - startups should establish a core team first, while scale-ups find success with a Build–Operate–Transfer model to test new locations before committing.
Success ultimately comes down to empowerment: find trusted local leaders, give teams real ownership, and invest in regular in-person visits. Treating remote engineers as true colleagues, regardless of how they're contracted, was the advice that resonated most.
Engineering Leadership: Building Teams, Career Growth and AI
We recently hosted a morning fireside chat in partnership with Tide – one of the UK’s leading fintech companies – to explore what it takes to grow as a technical leader in a remote-first world.
Speakers from Tide and Architus, including engineering leaders from both companies, shared honest insights on building distributed teams, career paths beyond senior engineer, and the impact of AI on engineering work. It was an open, real conversation with perspectives from those doing the work, and a glimpse into Tide’s growing tech presence in Lithuania.
At Architus, we’re proud to bring together top engineering talent with forward-thinking companies like Tide.
Engineering Summit: ML/AI sessions v 2.0
The Architus AI/ML Engineering Summit was an amazing experience! It was an incredible opportunity to explore the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence, with engaging presentations and in-depth discussions on both the practical uses of AI and the complex technical challenges it poses.
A big thank you to our outstanding speakers: Ignas Budvytis from Cambridge Innovation Capital, Marius Balodis from Repsense, Mantas Lukoševičius from KTU, Rokas Tamošiūnas from Sentiance, and Jogundas Armaitis. Your expertise and insights were invaluable, and we are grateful for your contributions to this event!
The Architus team is committed to fostering growth and innovation within Lithuania’s engineering community, and we can’t wait to share more exciting opportunities with you soon.
Engineer to Leader
We hosted an exclusive event with Guy Duncan, CTO of OVO and former tech leader at Tide, BMW, and PayU, on September 24th in Vilnius at the Energetikos ir technikos muziejus (Energy and Technology Museum).
Guy shared invaluable insights on transitioning from engineer to leader and building high-performance engineering teams. One standout piece of advice from Guy was to write a "PR release" about your life in 2, 5, or 10 years and work backward to achieve it. Always have a clear goal and ensure your current job helps you get there.
We are dedicated to advancing our Lithuanian engineering community, so stay tuned for more exciting events ahead!
Engineering Summit: ML/AI sessions
The Vilnius AI/ML Summit was a fantastic event! It was a great chance to dive deep into the world of artificial intelligence, with lively discussions and thought-provoking presentations that covered both the practical applications of AI and the complex technical challenges it presents.
A huge thanks to our incredible speakers: Jurgis Pašukonis from DeepMind, Nerijus Arlauskas from PIXEVIA, Arūnas Kareckas of Architus/Tide, Gytis Žilinskas from Genus AI, and Adas Vasiliauskas. Their insights were truly valuable.
This is just the beginning! We're committed to supporting our Lithuanian engineering community forward, so stay tuned for more exciting events coming your way.
Kaunas Java User Group
Sharing knowledge is super important because it helps everyone learn and grow together. Justas Eimutis, one of our team members working with Tide, brought a practical and entertaining talk to the Kaunas Java User Group on why passwords are a problem - and what we should be using instead.
Justas walked through the real-world weaknesses of passwords and 2FA, then made the case for passkeys: a FIDO-based authentication approach that replaces passwords with biometrics or a PIN, offers strong phishing and breach resistance, and is already supported out of the box on all major platforms. The talk drew on Tide's own production experience running WebAuthn since early 2022 - including the honest lessons on device compatibility issues and debugging challenges that don't always make it into the spec.
You can download the full slide deck below. If you'd like to learn more, click here: "Bye, Passwords. For real!"
