$240 / month
2 calls per month (60min/call)
Unlimited Q&A via chat
Expect responses in 2 days
Hands-on support
I have over 20 years of engineering experience, including 10+ years in engineering leadership across teams of up to 30+ people and multiple layers of leadership. I’ve worked in mid-sized companies through rapid growth, reorgs and scaling challenges, building and maintaining high-load SaaS and B2C products.
Over the last 15 years, I’ve coached dozens of engineers and engineering leaders towards higher-impact roles, better-paid opportunities and more sustainable growth.
I can help you with:
- Stepping into Engineering Management: building confidence as a newly promoted EM, setting expectations, running 1:1s, giving feedback, and avoiding common early mistakes.
- Growing beyond Senior Engineer: choosing between Staff, Tech Lead, EM or other paths, and building an actionable roadmap towards your next level.
- AI enablement for engineering organisations: finding practical AI adoption opportunities, improving engineering workflows, and avoiding shallow “AI theatre”.
- Scaling teams and org structures: designing team boundaries, leadership layers, ownership models, career progression frameworks, and engineering rituals that work as the organisation grows.
- Navigating reorgs and change: making sense of ambiguity, communicating clearly, and keeping teams effective during transition.
My mentoring style is practical and outcome-oriented: we’ll turn ambiguous career or leadership challenges into clear decisions, concrete next steps and repeatable habits.
Feel free to reach out if you’re looking for support with engineering leadership, career growth, AI enablement or scaling an engineering organisation.
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Mentees who work with a mentor for 3+ months reach their goals 2x faster than those going it alone. Long-term mentorship means fewer false starts, more focused sessions, and support that builds week after week.
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Anton Kazakov
Director of Engineering at casavi, ex-Canonical
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We'll meet for a quick call (usually under 30 minutes) where we:
- Break the ice and introduce ourselves
- Discuss your goals and how I can support you
- Coordinate logistics like time zones, meeting frequency, and communication methods
