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Josip S.

Software engineer, DevOps engineer, Infrastructure engineer, Site reliability engineer, Staff software engineer
Location iconToronto timezone
Location icon3.0 (2 reviews)
Location icon2 clients (50% rebook rate)
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Josip S.

Credits3 credits per 1h session
Software engineer, DevOps engineer, Infrastructure engineer, Site reliability engineer, Staff software engineer
Location iconToronto timezone
Location icon3.0 (2 reviews)
Location icon2 clients (50% rebook rate)
BriefcaseExperience
2025-present: Valley Labs, Company Owner, Croatia 2020-25: Google, Software Engineer, San Francisco 2015-20: Thumbtack, Principal Engineer, San Francisco

I'm a former tech lead at Google and worked at two startups. I specialized in backend, infrastructure, and engineering productivity. I now coach eng ICs to grow in their roles.

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Interview coaching Interview coaching

I've interviewed over a few hundred candidates, from junior engineers to senior staff engineers. While most interviews were technical (algorithms, system design, SRE-related), I also conducted culture-fit interviews.

My goal is to give you honest feedback and highlight areas to improve.

Career coaching Career coaching

As a senior staff, and later a principal software engineer at Thumbtack, I helped many team members learn about scaling their services, setting up telemetry, and designing code that it's sustainable. At Google, I coached junior team members and helped them get promoted.

I can share what worked well...

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I have about 15 years of experience in designing and building scalable systems - from backend to infrastructure (DevOps and SRE). I led many big projects at Thumbtack and Google, and most of them required cross-team efforts and extensive communication with stakeholders. I can also share my debugging skills,...

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Zhanna · Site reliability engineer
Interview coaching · Coding mock interview
Mock Interview Coach Review I had one coding mock interview with this person. The feedback was provided in an incorrect manner that made me cry half way through the interview. I felt humiliated and stressed for several more days. I definitely recommend him to work on improving his soft skills. A course on giving correct feedback could go a long way. There was a total lack of talent for coaching and support. Regarding the technical aspects, he demonstrated a very low ability to explain his own solution; the explanation was fuzzy and unclear. I do not recommend this coach.
Arrow pointing to right Josip replied  •  Nov 09, 2025
I'm so sorry to hear that, and that you felt the way you did. I acknowledge that I should've provided feedback more carefully and be more considerate when delivering it. My intention was to give honest feedback in a very short time, and to set you up for a success. However, it's clear my feedback di... Show more
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Credits3 credits
Per 1h session