RailsConf 2025: Alan Ridlehoover of Cisco Meraki Discusses Hiring 100+ Rails Devs/Year & Sponsorship

At RailsConf 2025, Rhiannon Payne caught up with Alan Ridlehoover, Senior Engineering Manager at Cisco Meraki, to talk about Rails at scale, engineering culture, and why Cisco continues to invest in the Ruby on Rails community. They discussed: ✨ Why Cisco Meraki sponsors events like RailsConf & RubyConf year after year ✨ The challenges of hiring 100+ Rails developers annually ✨ Cisco’s massive Rails codebase (4M+ lines!) ✨ What makes the engineering culture at Cisco Meraki unique ✨ Reflections on the bittersweet final RailsConf experience ✨ How Cisco is supporting local & regional Ruby conferences Learn more about careers Cisco Meraki: https://meraki.cisco.com/careers/