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$340 / month
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Free intro call
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Ongoing calls + chat
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MentorCruise summary
Demian is a Principal Software Developer Engineer and former Principal Engineer at Amazon Web Services. He has more than 20 years of software engineering experience, including over seven years at AWS and five years teaching computer science. He helps software engineers prepare for coding, system design, and behavioral interviews, strengthen software architecture and infrastructure skills, and set clearer career goals.
Based on 18 verified mentee reviews
- Reviewers often praise his mock interview guidance on system design and behavioral questions.
- Several reviewers value his ability to break down complex algorithms, system design, and software engineering topics into clear, actionable lessons.
- Mentees value his thoughtful career guidance, including help identifying skill gaps and setting direction.
About
I am a pragmatic software engineer with 20+ years of experience, passionate about simplicity, operational and engineering excellence, DevOps, distributed systems and computer science. I am also a teacher and mentor at heart, which allows me to connect with software engineers, managers and tech product leaders of all levels of experience, helping them to grow, learn, and achieve their career goals.
I started coding in GW-BASIC with an 8086 when I was 13 years old (yes, I’m old, I’ve seen a lot). This initial experience made me realize that I wanted to stay around computers as much as I could. All this eventually led to college (Systems Engineering/Computer Science) which led to a long and fulfilling career as software developer engineer, teacher, and mentor.
My journey includes starting my own software engineering companies in Venezuela (and making a living of them for seven plus years), a five-year detour teaching Computer Science related courses at a notable Venezuelan university, and seven plus years at Amazon AWS as a Principal Engineer.
What mentees say
5 out of 5 stars
Demian has been of great impact since we started having our sessions, helping me surf difficulties, validate approaches and refresh my preparation for coding and systems design interviews. Our conversations are always of great value, fun and interesting.
Sebastian
Session: [Current Mentees Only…
5 out of 5 stars
Incredibly helpful. Provides amazing help with algorithms and thoughtful insights into all aspects of career.
Jesper
Standard Plan • 5 months
5 out of 5 stars
I definitely recommend mentoring with Demian. He is honestly interested in you and the problems you bring to the session.
Mat
Standard Plan • 2 months
Get to know Demian
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Article 5 min readDemian Gutierrez – Meet the Mentor
I have 20+ years of experience in software development roles. I founded two companies serving government and building enterprise systems. …
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PodcastBytes In Balance • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters
Developing software can be total chaos! Dan and Demian, with 35+ years of combined experience, share their journey from junior …
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What happens when you start
You tell Demian your goals. They see exactly what you want to work on before session one.
You meet within days. Demian reviews your application and books your first session, usually within a day or two.
You leave with a plan. Concrete next steps and a weekly rhythm from your very first week.
