AI Engineering

Reshaping Our Development Culture: Embracing and Embedding AI in Product Engineering

Translytics Editorial Team
18/6/2025
5 min read

Building the Future: How Translytics Is Becoming an AI-Native Product Company

Introduction

At Translytics, we're not just using AI — we're rebuilding our engineering DNA around it. Becoming an AI-native product company means embedding artificial intelligence into every layer of our tech stack — from frontend to backend, from code generation to deployment — to create faster, smarter, and more resilient supply chain solutions.

This shift isn't about buzzwords or chasing trends. It's a deliberate transformation in how we build, deploy, and scale products in an increasingly complex and dynamic world.

AI-First Development: Embedding Intelligence at the Core

Over the past few months, our engineering teams have made significant strides in integrating AI agents into core development workflows — with measurable results.

Frontend Acceleration with Generative AI

In our ReactJS development, we've reduced UI build time by over 50% by leveraging generative AI agents for:

Component scaffolding

UI logic automation

Accessibility enhancements

Rapid prototyping

Backend Boost via Coding Assistants

In the backend, intelligent code assistants integrated into our IDEs have helped cut API development time by nearly 30%, assisting in:

Boilerplate code generation

Input validation patterns

Test coverage scaffolding

Code reviews and refactoring suggestions

But this shift isn't just about productivity. It's about redefining how software is created, and empowering engineers to do more with less friction.

AI as a Partner — Not a Replacement

We view AI not as a replacement for human intelligence but as a collaborative partner.

Our engineers are actively using AI for:

Code generation and completion

Technical documentation drafting

Test automation and coverage analysis

CI/CD and deployment workflow automation

We're simultaneously investing in:

Internal training programs

Upskilling tracks for AI-assisted development

Change management practices to align teams

This ensures that our engineers feel enabled, not threatened — empowered to lead with creativity and insight while offloading repetitive tasks to their AI counterparts.

Navigating the Challenges of AI-Embedded Engineering

While the gains are real, we're clear-eyed about the limitations.

AI agents excel in narrow, repetitive tasks, but still struggle with:

Deep domain logic

Cross-service dependencies

Long-term architectural coherence

Debugging in high-scale environments

As our codebase grows, so do the challenges around agent governance, debugging complexity, and infrastructure costs.

To address this, we're building domain-specific AI agents tailored to our supply chain product context — especially in areas like:

Testing edge-case business logic

Security and compliance scanning

DevSecOps automation

We maintain full adherence to SOC 2 and ISO 27001 standards, ensuring our AI-embedded processes meet enterprise-grade security and governance requirements.

Feature Agents vs. Application Agents: The Strategic Debate

One of our most exciting internal discussions right now is this:

Should we invest in Feature Agents (focused on tasks like testing, documentation, refactoring)?

Or Application Agents (trained on our unique product logic and workflows)?

This debate reflects a deeper cultural shift — from AI as a helper to AI as a thinking partner that understands context, adapts to our ecosystem, and helps us ship better, smarter products faster.

It's not just a tooling change. It's a mindset shift — toward an AI-first product strategy for the modern supply chain.

Conclusion: Reimagining How Software Is Built

At Translytics, we're not chasing AI trends. We're defining what it means to be AI-native in a real-world, enterprise-grade environment.

By embedding AI deeply into engineering, we're:

Speeding up development

Enhancing quality and reliability

Freeing human talent to focus on creativity and critical thinking

Building a platform that's resilient, scalable, and future-ready

We're not just building supply chain software.

We're building the future of how software is built.

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