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Stefan A.

Software engineer, Infrastructure engineer, Staff software engineer
United States
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Stefan A.

Credits2 credits per 1h session
Software engineer, Infrastructure engineer, Staff software engineer
United States
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Principal firmware architect. 15+ years at Microsoft and Apple. I help senior engineers break into staff and architect roles, thrive once they get there, and build careers that are genuinely more fulfilling, not just higher-paid. I coach on interview prep, promotion strategy, and the shift from strong IC to technical leader.

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Principal System Software Architect
Microsoft
Interviewer
Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos
Seattle, United States
SW/FW Architect
Apple
Interviewer
Feb 2023 - Oct 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos
Seattle, United States
Senior Software / Firmware Architect
Microsoft
Interviewer
Sep 2012 - Feb 2023 · 10 yrs 5 mos
Seattle, United States
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Interview coaching Interview coaching

I've interviewed over 100 candidates over my career at Microsoft and Apple, across software engineering, firmware, and architecture roles, from senior IC to staff and principal levels.

I can help you practice behavioral, system design, technical/coding, and architecture-specific interviews. I've helped a client land an offer at a...

Career coaching Career coaching

I've navigated multiple career transitions myself, moving between large tech companies and different teams within them, and evolving from individual contributor to architect-level scope across firmware, hardware, and cloud systems. Each move meant re-proving myself in a new environment and figuring out what actually mattered at the next level.

Now...

Grow at work
Leadership coaching Leadership coaching

My approach starts with digging deep into what's actually going on: naming the real problem, not just the symptoms. Career confusion often comes from several issues and feelings tangled together: a stalled promotion that's really about visibility, or burnout that's really about unclear expectations. We untangle that first, so...

Mentorship Mentorship

I mentor engineers in firmware and systems-level skills: C/C++, embedded and bare-metal development, UEFI, system architecture, and cloud infrastructure. Together, we'll build a personalized learning roadmap based on where you want to go, review your projects and designs with direct feedback, and keep you accountable to actual progress, not...

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Credits2 credits
Per 1h session