Software Engineering Events in Belfast
This is the widest category on Brainberg, because software engineering itself spans a huge range of events: language user groups (Python, Rust, Go, TypeScript, Kotlin, Elixir, Ruby, Zig), framework communities (React, Svelte, Next.js, Vue, Laravel, Django, NixOS), backend architecture tracks, testing and QA tracks (ISTQB certification courses, mutation testing, test-automation workshops), refactoring and DDD circles, hackathons, and the long tail of "thoughtful engineering" meetups that don't fit neatly under any specific stack.
This page narrows the Belfast calendar to Software Engineering events. It's a subset of United Kingdom's wider tech-event schedule, useful when you want something specific to go to in the city this month.
Upcoming tech events in Belfast, United Kingdom.
Upcoming Software Engineering events in Belfast
Lockpicking Social
Belfast, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Kicking off a regular series of monthly community events, we're heading to the pub, and we're gonna pick some locks.
Bring your picks, tumblers, shims, decoders, tensioners and most importantly, locks, and we'll keep picking them till we can pick no more!
Or, if lockpicking isn't your thing, just come and chill out and chat about everything infosec.
Food is available at the venue, please see their website if you want more info.
Belfast Design Meetup
Belfast, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Belfast Design Meetup is a free after-work event for designers to learn, connect, and grow together. Starting at 5:30 PM, we’ll have talks, discussions, and real-world experience sharing in Belfast City Centre at the stunning MCS Group event space.
T A L K S
​①How Web Operations, CRO, and Research Change Design Thinking by David Cleland, Researcher at Rapid7.
​② Remaining Human in an AI World by Paul Boal, Creative Director and Founder of Clever Ghost | B Corp™.
​③ Metrics Matter More Than Ever by Emma Mulholland, Product Manager and Advisor, Organiser at ProductTank Belfast.
​W H E R E
​The venue is the MCS Group office event space, located on the 10th Floor of The Ewart, 3 Bedford St, Belfast BT2 7EP. We’d like to thank MCS Group for hosting the event and providing beers and soft drinks. It’s a space designed for open conversation, fresh ideas, and community learning.
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C H E C K I N
​Please try to arrive between 5:30pm and 6:00pm, as this is our check in window and we’ll be welcoming all guests during this time.
​If you’re running a little late, don’t worry, we’ll do our best to help you get access.
​If you have any issues, please send a message in the Belfast Design Community WhatsApp group and someone will help you. If you’re not yet in the group, visit the Belfast.Design website and click “Become a Member”.
​P A R K I N G
​Ⓟ Around The Ewart – 3 Bedford St, Belfast BT2 7EP. It might be a bit challenging to find a spot, but since it’s an after work event, you will likely find one with a bit of patience.
​Ⓟ Little Victoria Street Car Park – Downshire Pl, Belfast BT2 7JQ. Conveniently located nearby.
​Ⓟ NCP Belfast The Tannery – 1 Francis St, Belfast BT1 1EJ. The most affordable option, about a 12-minute walk from the venue.
​Everyone is welcome, including Developers, Managers, Experience Designers, Product Designers, all types of Designers, Marketers, Researchers, and all UX-related professionals. This event isn’t just for designers; it’s for anyone interested in creating better user experiences and learning from one another.
Belfast Design — ​Keep learning and meet new people.
​The event takes place on the second Thursday of every month.
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J O I N
​Join the Belfast Design Community at www.belfast.design to access our WhatsApp chat, the largest experience and product design library, and exclusive discounts.
In Person: "Do No Harm" Product Ethics Workshop
Belfast, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Is your product causing harm you haven't accounted for?
A rescheduled event — originally postponed due to the civil unrest in Belfast last summer.
We're glad to finally be bringing this one to life.
AI is accelerating product development at an unprecedented pace — but our ability to anticipate the ethical consequences hasn't kept up.
For product teams, good intentions are no longer enough. Regulatory scrutiny around responsible technology is intensifying, reputational risk from harmful products is growing, and the cost of identifying ethical failures post-launch far outweighs addressing them early. Ethical design isn't a values exercise — it's a risk management discipline.
This session is about putting that into practice.
Working in small groups, you'll apply a real ethical design tool to a real product — surfacing harm, unintended consequences, and blind spots that traditional product processes miss.
Tools include Spotify's own Ethics Assessment, the Black Mirror Brainstorm, Provocatype, Dichotomy Mapping, and more. Each table works with a different tool and a different product, before the room comes together to compare findings.
What you'll take away:
- Networking, drinks and food
- A sharp introduction to why ethical design tools exist — and why most product teams still aren't using them
- 30 minutes of hands-on group work applying a structured tool to a real product scenario
- A full-room debrief surfacing themes and risk patterns across all six tools
- A practical framework for choosing the right tool at the right stage of your product lifecycle
No prior knowledge of ethics or ethical design required. These tools are built to be picked up without specialist training — you'll leave knowing whether that's actually true.
Come ready to ask the questions nobody on your team has thought to ask yet.