QCon AI New York 2026
Senior engineers from Amazon, Netflix and Goldman in one room across the river from Manhattan.
479 Washington Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07310
What this event is
QCon AI New York runs December 15–16, 2026 at the Westin Jersey City Newport, a PATH ride from Manhattan. It targets senior developers, architects and engineering leaders making production AI decisions, with past attendees from Amazon, Netflix, Google, Meta, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs. Tickets are $1,620 through October 13 and rise to $1,875 after December 8.
Roles you will actually see
Who should go
Senior and staff-level engineers whose employer will cover the ticket and who want peer-level networking with hiring leaders.
This is a networking conference for senior people, not a job fair, and the attendees are the value; 76 percent are senior-level and many are hiring managers. Sit at lunch with strangers and ask what their team is building, then ask what they are hiring for. Sponsorship is unknown but the attendee companies are heavy H-1B filers, so the odds are decent if you get a referral. Do not pay out of pocket unless you are senior enough to convert the connections.
Show up prepared
- 1Get the ticket expensed before the October 13 price increase
- 2Study the speaker list and pick 5 people to talk to
- 3Prepare a short answer to what you are building in production right now
Sponsorship reality
Sponsorship varies by employer. No organizer publishes sponsorship. Check each employer you plan to meet against H-1B disclosure data before you go, and ask in the first two minutes so neither side wastes the conversation.
Showing up is half of it.
The other half is being first to the roles these employers post, and having something real to show when you get there.
See roles the minute they go live, tailor one resume per employer, and reach the hiring manager directly. Walk into the event as a follow-up, not a stranger.
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