Jonathan Courtois is a Senior Principal Engineer at Sky (UK), leading the development in C++/Qt of the immersive UI experience of Entertainment OS, the operating system powering Sky Glass and Sky Stream.In today's episode:• What makes a great Product and Engineering relationship through the lens of a Senior Principal Engineer• How Sky how approaches product feature development• The future of TV and streaming experiences—Jonathan's contact info:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-courtois-8a9ab98/—Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling-26494b35/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Introduction(01:33) What the Senior Principal Engineer does at Sky and Jonathan's professional journey(05:55) Having a strong alignment with business direction(06:54) The Engineering and Product relationship(09:38) How Squads and Crew function at Sky(11:07) Some tactics on product-engineering alignment(13:04) Advice to Product Managers(14:36) Typical product feature development approach at Sky(20:11) Trimming MVPs(24:00) Accessibility within product development(24:52) The future of TV and streaming experiences(32:32) The power of generative AI (34:30) Social Media (36:22) The end of traditional TV?(37:46) Where the ad money goes and impact of individual content creators(41:39) What emerging tech Jonathan is most excited by (43:51) OutroFollow the podcast on Twitter: @proddevpodcastGet in touch with the host, Adam Wakeling, on Twitter: @adamjwakeling