# Work directly with the engineers who run interviews at top companies Every member of the Formation network brings a different background and hard-won expertise — all aimed precisely at your next offer. \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Wil Gatlin\\ \\ Senior Software Engineer  \\ \\ 6+ years of experience in Software Engineering\\ \\ Joined Formation to level up into a top-tier tech company\\ \\ Landed at Meta in August 2025](https://www.linkedin.com/in/wilgatlin/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Farnoosh Abrishamkarzadeh\\ \\ Software Engineer  \\ \\ 3 years of experience in Software Engineering\\ \\ Started their engineering career at Coinbase\\ \\ Placed at Meta in 2025](https://www.linkedin.com/in/farnoosh-abrishamkar/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Jedidiah Akano\\ \\ Software Engineer  \\ \\ 5+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined Formation to level up into a new company and role\\ \\ Landed at Applied Intuition in May 2025](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jedidiah-akano/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Dalila Nelson\\ \\ SDE II  \\ \\ 7+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined Formation to level up into a FAANG company\\ \\ Landed at Amazon in April 2025](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalilanelson/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni Spotlight\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Myranda Palomino\\ \\ Rotational Software Engineer @ Meta\\ \\ Worked with multiple startups as a contract SWE\\ \\ Joined to land a role at a top-tier company\\ \\ Placed at Meta in 2023\\ \\ \\ \\ Formation’s emphasis on repetition and structured approach significantly improved my performance in actual interviews.\\ \\ Read her story](/content/blog/myranda-palomino-how-i-landed-a-role-as-a-software-engineer-at-meta-with-formation/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Varun Kulkarni\\ \\ Senior Software Engineer  \\ \\ 16+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined Formation to break into a cutting edge company\\ \\ Landed at NVIDIA in April 2025](https://www.linkedin.com/in/varunkulkarni/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ John Chen\\ \\ Backend Engineer II  \\ \\ 5+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined Formation to level up into a prestigious role\\ \\ Landed at HashiCorp in April 2025](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jchenm/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Sai Poruri\\ \\ IC5 Engineer  \\ \\ 6+ years of experience in software engineering\\ \\ Joined Formation to break into a FAANG company\\ \\ Landed at Meta in March 2025](https://www.linkedin.com/in/saiporuri/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Arjun Kaul\\ \\ Software Engineer, L5  \\ \\ 4+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined Formation to transition from the finance industry to tech\\ \\ Landed at Amazon in March 2025](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaul1/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni Spotlight\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Roy Garcia\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Meta\\ \\ Former Tesla & Northrop Grumman SWE\\ \\ Wanted to work on large-scale systems\\ \\ Placed at Meta in 2023\\ \\ \\ \\ I improved significantly with Formation. I went from freezing up and being super anxious about these interviews to being really confident in them. \\ \\ Read his story](/content/blog/roy-garcia-success-story/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Adam Miller\\ \\ Engineering Manager @ Square\\ \\ 16+ years of experience in software engineering\\ \\ Joined Formation to level up tech in an engineering manager role\\ \\ Landed at Square in November 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadam-miller/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Amaya Agha\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Meta\\ \\ 14+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined Formation to level up into a top-tier tech company\\ \\ Landed at Meta in November 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amaya-agha/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Eddie Melo\\ \\ Senior Software Engineer @ Roblox\\ \\ 5+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined Formation to level up into a dream company\\ \\ Landed at Roblox in October 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/heriberto-melo/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Jacob Dowdle\\ \\ Rotational Engineer @ Meta\\ \\ 3+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined Formation to break into tech and work on meaningful projects\\ \\ Landed at Meta in October 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobdowdle/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni Spotlight\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Nicole Miller\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Apple\\ \\ Worked on ATLAS Space Force contract at past role\\ \\ Wanted to increase comp and move out of defence\\ \\ Placed at Apple in 2023\\ \\ \\ \\ Formation gave me the motivation to pursue what I wanted: career development, higher compensation, and interesting technology.\\ \\ Read her story](/content/blog/success-story-nicole-miller/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Mariah Maninang\\ \\ Rotational Software Engineer @ Meta\\ \\ 2+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined Formation to break into tech\\ \\ Landed at Meta in October 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariah-m/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Sodiq Lawal\\ \\ Rotational Software Engineer @ Meta\\ \\ 9+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined Formation to land in a FAANG role\\ \\ Landed at Meta in October 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawalsodiq/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Julio Barriga\\ \\ Senior Software Engineer @ Paypal\\ \\ 3+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined to break into the tech industry and level up\\ \\ Landed at PayPal in September 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliodbarriga/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Aditya Arolkar\\ \\ Deployment Strategist @ Palantir\\ \\ 5+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined Formation to break into a FAANG-level company\\ \\ Landed at Palantir in September 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityaarolkar1/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni Spotlight\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Jocelyn Icaza\\ \\ iOS Engineer @ Realtor.com\\ \\ Grace Hopper bootcamp grad\\ \\ Wanted to land first role in tech\\ \\ Improved algo and system design skills\\ \\ \\ \\ I always have confidence that I can complete tasks on-the-job because of how Formation trained me.\\ \\ Read her story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-josie-icaza/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Alexis Olaes\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Microsoft\\ \\ 4+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined Formation to join a company she was passionate about\\ \\ Landed at Microsoft in August 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexis-olaes-925b7618a/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Shane Gallagher\\ \\ Software Development Engineer @ Amazon\\ \\ 5+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined Formation to land in a role that enables him to learn and grow\\ \\ Landed at Amazon in August 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sgall/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Samuel Singer\\ \\ Front-End Engineer  \\ \\ 5+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined Formation to get back into a FAANG company\\ \\ Landed at Amazon in July 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-y-singer/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Brandon Nicklas\\ \\ Data Engineer  \\ \\ 6+ years of data engineering experience\\ \\ Joined Formation to level up and work on cutting edge tech\\ \\ Landed at Netflix in July 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-nicklas-b111736a/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni Spotlight\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Heather Barney\\ \\ Assoc. SWE @ Carrot Fertility\\ \\ Former collegiate athletics coach\\ \\ Bootcamp grad seeking SWE role\\ \\ Placed at Carrot Fertility in 2023\\ \\ \\ \\ Self-directed platforms like Leetcode can determine if your code works, but having experienced engineers point out subtle aspects went a step beyond that.\\ \\ Read her story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-heather-barney/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Yernat Yestekov\\ \\ Software Engineer  \\ \\ 8+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined Formation to level up into a FAANG company\\ \\ Landed at Meta in July 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yernatyestekov/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Franklin Hernandez\\ \\ Principal Machine Learning Engineer @ Atlassian\\ \\ 6+ years of data science and machine learning experience\\ \\ Joined Formation to level up into a tech company\\ \\ Landed at Atlassian in July 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/franklinhernandez/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Andrea Garcia\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Microsoft\\ \\ 1+ year of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined to break into tech\\ \\ Landed at Microsoft in June 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrygzt/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ They/Them\\ \\ Orion Montoya\\ \\ Senior Software Engineer @ Gusto\\ \\ 8+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined Formation to break into a big company post start-ups\\ \\ Landed at Gusto in June 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/orionmontoya/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni Spotlight\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Brian Do\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Statsig\\ \\ Self-taught coder with Philosophy degree\\ \\ Wanted to work for a tech-first company\\ \\ Placed at Statsig in 2022\\ \\ \\ \\ I wanted to get into software engineering, I just needed the right path to entry. I tried getting a SWE job for at least 6 months with no luck before finding Formation.\\ \\ Read his story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-brian-do/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Harvey Limbo\\ \\ Software Development Engineer  \\ \\ 4+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined Formation to level up into a top company\\ \\ Landed at Amazon in June 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/harvey-limbo-a10809151) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Sinuhe Guerra\\ \\ Senior Software Engineer @ Microsoft\\ \\ 17+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined Formation as a Mentor, and then as a Fellow\\ \\ Placed at Microsoft in 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sinuheg/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ They/Them\\ \\ Sofie Graham\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Meta\\ \\ 6+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined to break into “Big Tech”\\ \\ Placed at Meta in 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofiegraham/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Drew Bartlett\\ \\ Senior Software Engineer @ Atlassian\\ \\ 17 years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined to land at a top-tier company\\ \\ Placed at Atlassian in 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewjbartlett/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni Spotlight\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Mariah Papy\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Google\\ \\ Systems Senior Associate at Net Impact\\ \\ Wanted to work at a top-tier tech company\\ \\ Placed at Google in 2022\\ \\ \\ \\ All the mock interviews I did in my Fellowship helped me see that interviewers are just like us. The person on the other side is just a human going through this, too. \\ \\ Read her story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-mariah-papy/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Connor Stauffer\\ \\ Software Engineer  \\ \\ 8+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Joined to land at a FAANG company\\ \\ Placed at Meta in 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/connorstauffer/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Anthony Wallace\\ \\ Software Engineer for AI Training Data @ Scale AI\\ \\ Former Navy Operations Specialist\\ \\ Joined to break into tech\\ \\ Placed at Scale AI in 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonytwallace/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Mike Clarke\\ \\ Software Engineer, Service Capacity Management @ Meta\\ \\ 25 years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Wanted to transition from finance to tech\\ \\ Placed at Meta in 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-g-clarke/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Rafael Segarra\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Meta\\ \\ Former Zinnia & Policygenius SWE\\ \\ Joined to level up his career\\ \\ Placed at Meta in 2023](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafael-segarra/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni Spotlight\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Valerie Don\\ \\ iOS Software Engineer @ Apple\\ \\ • Blue Bottle Barista\\ \\ • Wanted to be held to a top-tier bar\\ \\ • Placed at Apple in 2022\\ \\ \\ \\ Formation uses a level system that allowed us to test into more and more advanced levels, which was a great gauge for tracking progress\\ \\ Read her story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-valerie-don/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Patrick Mondala\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Google\\ \\ Software engineer with 3 years of experience\\ \\ Looking to place at a top-tier company\\ \\ Placed at Google in 2023](https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-mondala/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Alec Inthalangsy\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Mailchimp\\ \\ Software engineer with 4+ years of experience\\ \\ Wanted to up-level his career\\ \\ Placed at Intuit Mailchimp in 2023](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aalecji/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Rosemary Liang\\ \\ iOS Engineer @ Realtor.com\\ \\ Assurance Senior at Ernst & Young\\ \\ Wanted to land first full-time SWE role\\ \\ Closed technical skill gaps with Eng. Mentors](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosemaryliang18/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Anthony Benites\\ \\ Senior Data Engineer @ Capital One\\ \\ Joined Formation with 6+ years of SWE experience\\ \\ Wanted to close his skills gap\\ \\ Placed at Capital One in 2023](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthnyb/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni Spotlight\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Tiffany Grevious\\ \\ Apprentice Engineer @ Pinterest\\ \\ Self-taught engineer\\ \\ Wanted to land first SWE role\\ \\ Placed at Pinterest in 2022\\ \\ \\ \\ Formation was so well-structured and the material was very much individualized to you. It made me feel valued and like I was more than just a number.\\ \\ Read her story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-tiffany-grevious/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Jaime Mutale\\ \\ Senior Software Engineer @ Chegg\\ \\ 9+ years of software engineering experience\\ \\ Wanted to increase compensation\\ \\ Placed at Chegg in 2023](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaime-mutale) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Joshua Igwe\\ \\ Software Engineer @ JP Morgan\\ \\ Bootcamp grad\\ \\ Wanted a role where he could grow his career\\ \\ Placed at JP Morgan in 2023](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuaigwe/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Pierre Lourens\\ \\ Senior Full-Stack Engineer @ Flow\\ \\ SWE at IBM with 2+ years of experience\\ \\ Wanted to build a strong network\\ \\ Placed at Flow in 2023](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierrelourens/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ They/Them\\ \\ Sara Devereux\\ \\ Deploy @ Scale SWE\\ \\ Former Executive Chef\\ \\ Wanted to land first SWE role\\ \\ Placed at Cloudflare in 2023](https://www.linkedin.com/in/saradevereux/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni Spotlight\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Adam Zhu\\ \\ Software Engineering Intern @ Nextdoor\\ \\ • Computer Science Student\\ \\ • Wanted to land a top-tier Internship\\ \\ • Placed at Nextdoor in 2021\\ \\ \\ \\ The actual job interviews went almost exactly like what I had been practicing for a while in Formation\\ \\ Read his story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-adam-zhu/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Shivam Patel\\ \\ Senior Engineer @ Draft Kings\\ \\ Software Engineer at Electronic Arts\\ \\ Wanted to increase comp. and responsibilities\\ \\ Placed at Draft Kings in 2023](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivamap/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Arshiya Singh\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Microsoft\\ \\ Software Engineering Consultant\\ \\ Left consulting to land a top-tier role\\ \\ Placed at Microsoft in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arshiyasingh/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Arthur Damm\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Meta\\ \\ Full Stack SWE with 1 year experience\\ \\ Wanted to land a role with a bigger scope\\ \\ Placed at Meta in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arthur-damm/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Austin Rochon\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Amazon\\ \\ Former Corps Member, Teach For America\\ \\ Wanted to gain confidence in interviews\\ \\ Placed at Amazon in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/austinrochon/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni Spotlight\\ \\ He/They\\ \\ Carlitos Willis\\ \\ Full Stack Engineer @ Gusto\\ \\ UC Berkley Grad, Cognitive Science\\ \\ Wanted to master CS fundamentals\\ \\ Placed at Gusto in 2021\\ \\ \\ \\ Working with the Mentors helped me find my areas of insecurities but also areas of confidence.\\ \\ Read their story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-carlitos-willis/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Balaji Vemulapalli\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Amazon\\ \\ Software Engineer with 12 years of experience\\ \\ Sought role at high caliber eng. company\\ \\ Placed at Amazon in 2022](/content/site-root.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Bryan Tran\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Plaid\\ \\ Software engineer with 2+ years of experience\\ \\ Sought role at engineering-focused company\\ \\ Placed at Plaid in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryantranva/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Chris Guizzetti\\ \\ Frontend Engineer @ Snap\\ \\ Triplebyte Certified Front End Engineer\\ \\ Wanted to level up his career\\ \\ Placed at Snap in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherguizzetti/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Christina Tang\\ \\ CoreOS Engineer @ Apple\\ \\ Software engineering intern at T-Mobile\\ \\ Wanted to break into a top-tier company\\ \\ Placed at Apple in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tangckt/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni Spotlight\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Colin Bethea\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Afterpay\\ \\ College “opt-out”\\ \\ Wanted to improve in technical interviews\\ \\ Placed at Afterpay in 2021\\ \\ \\ \\ During my job hunt, people at Formation were experienced and knew how to handle certain situations and helped me avoid mistakes. I’m so grateful for that.\\ \\ Read his story](/content/blog/colin-bethea-fellow-spotlight/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Clarence Luk\\ \\ Full Stack Engineer @ Quantcast\\ \\ Full Stack Mobile Developer Intern\\ \\ Wanted to land first full-time SWE role\\ \\ Placed at Quantcast in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarenceluk/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Jacob Authier\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Amazon\\ \\ B.S. in Civil Engineering\\ \\ Wanted to land first big role in tech\\ \\ Placed at Amazon in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobauthier/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Jason Wang\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Amazon\\ \\ Data Engineer with 1 year of experience\\ \\ Wanted to land a full-time SWE role\\ \\ Placed at Amazon in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-w-31114090/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Ji En Chen\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Amazon\\ \\ Software Engineer with 3+ years of experience\\ \\ Wanted to work at a FAANG company\\ \\ Placed at Amazon in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jienchen/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni Spotlight\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Hiwot Woldeyohannes\\ \\ SDE II @ Amazon\\ \\ Started Eng. Career in Ethiopia\\ \\ Wanted to improve in technical interviews\\ \\ Placed at Amazon in 2021\\ \\ \\ \\ The platform's timeline allowed me to actually enjoy the journey because I knew all the challenges and tasks I was doing were going to help me get to my end goal.\\ \\ Read her story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-hiwot-woldeyohannes/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Jordan Gamble\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Amazon\\ \\ Self-taught Full Stack Engineer \\ \\ Wanted to land a FAANG role\\ \\ Placed at Amazon in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-gamble-dev/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Juan Mendoza\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Square\\ \\ Rotational Software Developer\\ \\ Wanted to improve technical skills\\ \\ Placed at Square in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanjmendoza/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Kevin Khuong\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Microsoft\\ \\ Software Engineer with 1+ year of experience\\ \\ Wanted to break into a top tech company\\ \\ Placed at Microsoft in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kkhuong/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Lena Kwon\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Google\\ \\ Developed app that earned 800,000+ downloads\\ \\ Wanted to land a role at Google\\ \\ Placed at Google in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lena-k-1b385046/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni Spotlight\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Leizle Ho\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Meta\\ \\ • Born in the Philippines\\ \\ • Wanted access to supportive Mentors \\ \\ • Placed at Facebook in 2021\\ \\ \\ \\ One of my biggest goals was to work at Facebook, so I printed out the Facebook logo and framed it. Every time I looked at it, I told myself someday I would work there.\\ \\ Read her story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-leizle-ho/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Liana Getkin\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Dropbox\\ \\ NYU Law School Grad, former attorney\\ \\ Wanted to land a top-tier role\\ \\ Placed at Dropbox in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lianagektin/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Martin Maza\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Atlassian\\ \\ Member of the U.S. Army Reserves\\ \\ Wanted to up-level his career \\ \\ Placed at Atlassian in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinmaza/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Matt Payne\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Meta\\ \\ Began career in Real Estate sales\\ \\ Wanted to land his first SWE role\\ \\ Placed at Meta in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpay/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Pooja Ghatge\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Microsoft\\ \\ SWE with 2 years of experience\\ \\ Wanted to break into a top-tier company\\ \\ Placed at Microsoft in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pooja96/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni Spotlight\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Paul Lueng\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Airbnb\\ \\ SWE at an early-stage startup\\ \\ Wanted to accelerate growth\\ \\ Placed at Airbnb in 2021\\ \\ \\ \\ I learned the practical side of engineering that I was missing from my Computer Science background at Formation.\\ \\ Read his story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-paul-lueng/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Shannon Brown\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Microsoft\\ \\ Earned Bachelor’s and Master’s in CS \\ \\ Wanted to break into a top tech company\\ \\ Placed at Microsoft in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbrown2012/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Thomas Hlebowicz\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Palantir\\ \\ Investment analyst looking for big tech role\\ \\ Strengthened live coding interview skills\\ \\ Placed at Palantir in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-hlebowicz-9a745a10b/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Vincent Samaco\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Front\\ \\ SWE with 8+ years of experience\\ \\ Wanted to land a high-impact SWE role\\ \\ Placed at Front in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincentsamaco/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Yoichi Nagano\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Loom\\ \\ Bootcamp grad\\ \\ Wanted to master CS fundamentals\\ \\ Placed at Loom in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ymnagano/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni Spotlight\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Akyya Mayberry\\ \\ iOS Mobile Engineer @ VMware\\ \\ • Film Director\\ \\ • Wanted to master CS fundamentals\\ \\ • Placed at VMware in 2020\\ \\ \\ \\ I really loved the system design group sessions because I had only known about the monolithic, outdated ways of designing and managing applications.\\ \\ Read her story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-akyya-mayberry/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Stella Liao\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Formation\\ \\ • Contributor to open source projects\\ \\ • Wanted mock interviews with top engineers\\ \\ • Joined the Formation team!](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stellaliao/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Alex Perez\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Gusto\\ \\ Bootcamp intern\\ \\ Wanted to strengthen his technical skills\\ \\ Placed at Gusto in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-perez4/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Amy Lam\\ \\ Senior Engineer @ HashiCorp\\ \\ • Learning Core Team at Ember.JS\\ \\ • Wanted to improve in technical interviews\\ \\ • Placed at HashiCorp in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyrlam/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/They\\ \\ Ashley Luk\\ \\ Frontend Engineer @ Gusto\\ \\ • Contract Web Developer\\ \\ • Wanted to improve in technical interviews\\ \\ • Placed at Gusto in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-luk-89049092/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni Spotlight\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Justin Johnson\\ \\ Web Developer @ Dropbox\\ \\ • Bootcamp Grad\\ \\ • Wanted to improve in technical interviews\\ \\ • Developing the Dropbox brand\\ \\ \\ \\ Spiral Matrix flabbergasted me the first time I saw it in an interview...After Formation, I could solve it in my sleep.\\ \\ Read his story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-justin-johnson/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Awuradjoa Quansah\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Blend\\ \\ • Bootcamp Grad\\ \\ • Wanted to master CS fundamentals\\ \\ • Placed at Blend in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/awuradjoaq/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Carolyn Chan\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Asana\\ \\ • Software Engineer at an early-stage startup\\ \\ • Wanted to land a top-tier role\\ \\ • Placed at Asana in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyngchan/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Casey Matt\\ \\ Software Developer @ Amazon\\ \\ Michigan State University Grad, Accounting\\ \\ Wanted to land a top-tier role\\ \\ Placed at Amazon in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseydmatt/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Deep Patel\\ \\ Forward Deployed Eng. @ Palantir\\ \\ • SWE at an investment group\\ \\ • Wanted to land at a top-tier company\\ \\ • Placed at Palantir in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpatl/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni Spotlight\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Raymond Chen\\ \\ Production Engineer @ Meta\\ \\ • City College Student\\ \\ • Wanted to master CS fundamentals\\ \\ • Placed at Meta in 2020\\ \\ \\ \\ The Formation Fellowship structured the process with milestones that gave me confidence\\ \\ Read his story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-raymond-chen/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Grace Chung\\ \\ Frontend Dev. Intern @ Shopify\\ \\ • Bootcamp Grad\\ \\ • Wanted to improve in technical interviews\\ \\ • Placed at Shopify in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chung-grace/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Julius Hochmuth\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Rockset\\ \\ • Contract Software Consultant\\ \\ • Wanted to land a top-tier role\\ \\ • Placed at Rockset in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jhochmuth/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Malik Jean\\ \\ Full Stack Engineer @ Twitch\\ \\ Contract Javascript Dev\\ \\ Sought referrals into top-tier companies\\ \\ Placed at Twitch in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/malikxjean/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Mallory Ishaya\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Nextdoor\\ \\ UC San Diego Grad, Computer Science\\ \\ Wanted to improve technical skills\\ \\ Placed at Nextdoor in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mallory-ishaya-8573b914a/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor Spotlight\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Kyle Gabriel\\ \\ Senior Staff Software Engineer @ Uber\\ \\ Kyle has 10+ years of experience and has excelled on high-performing teams at Nextdoor, Apple, and most recently Uber, where he works as a tech lead on the Rider mobile team.\\ \\ \\ \\ I look for candidates who can clearly describe their thought process and defend the decisions that they are making.\\ \\ Read his story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-kyle-gabriel/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Pavan Reddem\\ \\ Software Developer @ Amazon\\ \\ Earned M.S. in Data Analytics Engineering\\ \\ Wanted to master CS fundamentals\\ \\ Placed at Amazon in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavanreddem/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Prajkta Bonde\\ \\ Sr. Software Engineer @ Microsoft\\ \\ • Sr. Software Engineer at New Relic\\ \\ • Needed to brush up on Algos and Sys. Design\\ \\ • Placed at Microsoft in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/prajkta-bonde-98279617/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Rajesh Maheswaran\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Microsoft\\ \\ Earned M.S. in Computer Science\\ \\ Wanted to gain more confidence in skills\\ \\ Placed at Microsoft in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeshmaheswaran1996/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Soubhagyasri Guddum\\ \\ SDE @ Microsoft\\ \\ • Software Engineer at Goldman Sachs\\ \\ • Was tired of Leetcoding\\ \\ • Placed at Microsoft in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/soubhagyasri-guddum-2524b11a1/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Dhivyaa Mailvaganam\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Nova Credit\\ \\ • UC Berkeley Grad, Chemical Engineering\\ \\ • Was tired of Leetcoding\\ \\ • Placed at Nova Credit in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhivyaa-mailvaganam/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Meagan Nolan\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Microsoft\\ \\ • Wellesley College Grad\\ \\ • Wanted to master CS fundamentals\\ \\ • Placed at Microsoft in 2020](https://www.linkedin.com/in/meagannolan/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Swapnil Pandey\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Microsoft\\ \\ Senior Software Engineer at SAP\\ \\ Wanted mock interviews with top engineers\\ \\ Placed at Microsoft in 2020](https://www.linkedin.com/in/swapnil-pandey-59a97737/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Alumni\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Chris Wilson\\ \\ Software Engineer @ LinkedIn\\ \\ • UC Berkeley Grad, Political Economy\\ \\ • Wanted to master CS fundamentals\\ \\ • Placed at LinkedIn in 2019](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cwcodes/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Speaker\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Adam Wolff\\ \\ Ex-VP of Engineering @ Robinhood\\ \\ Adam is the former VP of Engineering at Robinhood. Previously, he was an Engineering Director at Facebook where he helped pioneer React.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamwolff/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Alejandro Marcu\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Figma\\ \\ Alejandro joins Formation with 20+ years of software engineering experience. He enjoys building frameworks, notably at Facebook where he developed tools allowing engineers to define graph database schemas and auto-generate data access code.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandromarcu/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Alex Jenkins\\ \\ Talent @ Ramp\\ \\ Alex brings over 10 years of talent and leadership recruiting experience at companies like PayPal, Twitter, Stripe, and most recently, Ramp.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aljjenkins/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Alex Reyes\\ \\ Diversity Technical Sourcer @ Meta\\ \\ Alex brings 5+ years of experience of working at both the US Air Force Reserve and Meta. He coached & mentored hundreds of Veterans and guided them to roles at Meta Platforms.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexreyes27/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Alex Staninger\\ \\ SDE II @ Microsoft\\ \\ Alex has 3+ years of experience on teams at IBM and Microsoft, where he currently works on Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Stack HCI.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexstaninger/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Allen Miao\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Nextdoor\\ \\ Allen has been on Nextdoor’s core iOS Engineering team for 3 years.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/allen-miao-78900b48/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Alvin Zablan\\ \\ Software Engineering Educator @ Structy\\ \\ Alvin brings over 7 years of software engineering experience, both in the tech industry at companies like Google and now at his own very popular education startup, Structy.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvin-zablan-b73a92117/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Austen McDonald\\ \\ Chief Technology Officer @ Reflex Integration Through Play\\ \\ Austen brings 16+ years of engineering, leadership, and hiring experience. Previously a Senior Engineering Manager at Meta, he chaired the iOS and Android Hiring Committees, hiring thousands of engineers.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/austen-mcdonald-8393566/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Ayush Jain\\ \\ Senior SDE @ Meesho\\ \\ Ayush has 4+ years of experience. In his role at Meesho, he leads the Recommendations team which provides user-based recommendations in an e-commerce setup.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayushjain-6013/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Ben Muschol\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Airtable\\ \\ Ben brings 6 years of experience and has excelled at Airtable, Airbnb, Amazon, & Hubspot. At Airbnb, he provided tooling to automate hundreds of database upgrades with minimal downtime.](/content/network/linkedin.com/in/benmuschol/index.html) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Brett DeWoody\\ \\ Lead Frontend Engineer @ Firstbase\\ \\ Brett founded his first company in 2005 and has been engineering ever since. He’s mentored countless engineers in his 17+ years of experience.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettdewoody/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Brian Zhu\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Airbnb\\ \\ Brian has 4+ years of experience and has driven innovation on talented teams at Tableau and Airbnb, where most recently he has created machine learning models to stop fake accounts.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianzhu1/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Bronze Compere\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Spotify\\ \\ Bronze brings his experience as a software engineer to Formation as a Mentor. He believes that his decision to move abroad and invest fully in tech, has made him a better engineer.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bronze-compere-395739a0) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Bryce Oldham\\ \\ Lead Engineer @ Slalom\\ \\ Bryce has 8 years of experience working for Charles Schwab, GM, Amazon, & Apple. At Apple, he led a team that built and migrated services to AWS in their Ad Platforms organization.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryceoldham/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Speaker\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Charles St. Louis\\ \\ COO @ Element Finance\\ \\ Charles advised us on decentralized governance processes and the different career paths for software engineers in the blockchain space.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesstlouis/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Speaker\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Cherry Hertz\\ \\ Senior Manager @ Auth0\\ \\ Cherry spoke to us about her journey into DevOps. She shared her tips for engineers working toward a career in the field.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherryhertz/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Chislaine Cruz\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Oscar Health\\ \\ Chislaine brings 2+ years of experience to Formation as a Mentor. At Oscar Health, she enjoys deep technical dives with her SWE team to ensure the end user has a positive experience.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chislaine-cruz/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Clint Hall\\ \\ Tech Lead @ Elastic\\ \\ Clint has 20 years of experience in engineering, incl. 6 years at Facebook. He is the Tech Lead at Elastic where his team is creating, maintaining, and supporting shared UX infrastructure.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/clintandrewhall/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Dave Miller\\ \\ VP of Engineering @ Cord\\ \\ Dave has 20+ years of experience and has been in IC, Manager, and Director roles at Facebook and Lyft. He is now the VP of Engineering at Cord.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-miller-162061151/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Speaker\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ David Novati\\ \\ Principal Analyst @ Epic Games\\ \\ David spoke to us about his experience breaking into the world of gaming and what’s it’s like to be part of such a fast-growing industry.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-novati-71b48821/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Derek Darko\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Google\\ \\ Derek has 3+ years of experience and has excelled on high-performing teams at Bank of America and, most recently, Google.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-darko-a93b4a88/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Eric Ning\\ \\ Staff Software Engineer @ Brex\\ \\ Eric has 9+ years of experience and has excelled on high-performing teams at Microsoft, Facebook, and Airbnb.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-ning/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Erica Law\\ \\ Founder and Recruiting Leader @ Springhouse Talent\\ \\ Erica has more than 7 years of experience in technical recruiting at both large tech companies like Lyft and smaller start-ups. Most recently, Erica has founded her own talent agency.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericalaw/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Frances Coronel\\ \\ Senior SWE @ Slack\\ \\ Frances brings more than 6 years of experience to Formation as a Mentor. She has excelled on high-performing teams at Slack, Byteboard, and Accenture.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/francescoronel/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Speaker\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Geeta Chaudhry\\ \\ Engineering Mindset Coach  \\ \\ Geeta is a former Google software engineer and Stanford lecturer. She now runs her own practice as an Engineering Mindset Coach.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/geeta-chaudhry-a963411/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Gracielle Yan\\ \\ Human Resources Generalist @ Equilibrium Energy\\ \\ Gracielle brings over 15 years of experience to her role as a Career Coach at Formation. She has spent the majority of her career at Teach for America and Meta, working in People & Talent Ops.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracielleyan/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Jackson Gabbard\\ \\ CTO @ Cord\\ \\ Jackson spent 6+ years at Facebook, runs an engineering- focused youtube channel with 1M+ views, and acts as CTO of Cord.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacksongabbard/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ James O’Dwyer\\ \\ Sr. Software Engineer @ Kustomer\\ \\ James has 6+ years of engineering experience and has shipped impactful products for Carta, Sprig, and Spotify.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesxodwyer/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Jean Leconte\\ \\ Business Engineer @ Meta\\ \\ Jean brings over 4 years of experience as an engineer at some of the industry’s top companies, like Snap, Adobe, Google, Amazon, and most recently, Meta. At Meta, he is working as a Business Engineer on AI Agents.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-leconte-ii/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Joe Grinstead\\ \\ ex-Staff Engineer  \\ \\ Previously a Staff Engineer at WhatsApp, Joe brings over 9 years of software engineering experience and is most recently the Co-Founder of SkyMass.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-grinstead/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Karen Hsu\\ \\ Senior Software Engineer @ Linkedin\\ \\ Karen brings 9+ years of software engineering experience and excellence to mentoring at Formation. Most recently, she is at LinkedIn leading a 13 person frontend team through planning, execution, and testing.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenlohsu/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Speaker\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Kent Beck\\ \\ Creator of Extreme Programming  \\ \\ Kent is the proprietor of Three Rivers Consulting, Inc. where he’s spent 30+ years helping companies build out SWE teams. He also spent 7+ years as a Technical Coach at Facebook.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentbeck/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Kevin Farst\\ \\ Senior iOS Engineer @ Earnin\\ \\ Kevin has 14+ years of engineering experience and has shipped impactful products at Earnin and Stanza where he developed features using React and GraphQL.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-farst-14a63914/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Keyan Pishdadian\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Stripe\\ \\ Keyan has 7+ years of engineering experience building backend systems at companies like Lyft and Venmo. He now works on Money Movement systems at Stripe.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/keyanp/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Speaker\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Kirk Yokomizo\\ \\ Co-founder @ Lithium Technologies\\ \\ Kirk discussed the engineering job hunt, what the recruiting process looks like for different stage companies, and strategies for targeting specific companies.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirk-yokomizo/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Lovedeep Mittal\\ \\ Software Development Engineer @ Sigmoid\\ \\ Lovedeep brings 5+ years of industry experience to mentoring at Formation, currently managing a team of 5+ engineers at Sigmoid. He’s passionate about education and mentoring.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lovedeep-m-918859139/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Marques Hill\\ \\ Technical Recruiter @ Landed\\ \\ Marques brings 3+ years of SWE recruiting to Formation. He has recruited and built teams at Facebook, Zenefits, Cisco, Gem, and Greenhouse.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marques-hill/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Martin Murjas\\ \\ Software Dev. @ Bloomingdale’s\\ \\ Martin is the sole web developer at Bloomingdale's. This gives him the unique opportunity to develop solutions that drive growth, sales, and efficiency.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinmurjas/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Michael Shao\\ \\ Senior Software Engineer @ Amazon\\ \\ Michael has 8 years of experience building inclusive SWE teams with a focus on diversity, psychological safety, and carefully balancing the delineation between home and work life.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mshao/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Michell Brito\\ \\ Full-Stack Developer @ Adobe\\ \\ Michell has 2+ years of software engineering experience. At Adobe, she’s working on features that allow creatives to get paid for their art.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellbrito/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Speaker\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Mike Rognlien\\ \\ Chief Builder of Awesome People @ Multiple Hats Management\\ \\ Mike is a founding member of Facebook's L&D team and an expert facilitator focusing on D&I and company culture.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikerognlien/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Mitali Gala\\ \\ Engineering Manager @ Coinbase\\ \\ Mitali has over 8 years of experience and has excelled on high-performing teams at Nextdoor, Airtable, Coinbase and Front where she led the SF Android and iOS team.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitali-gala/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Mohy Saleh\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Google\\ \\ Mohy has 4+ years of experience at Amazon and Google. At Google he has developed features for both Google Assistant and their speech recognition service.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohysaleh/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Muneeb Azam\\ \\ Senior Software Engineer @ Apple\\ \\ Muneeb has 6 years of software engineering experience and brings expertise as a Formation Mentor. Most recently, Muneeb is a Senior SWE at Apple where he’s worked on modernizing Apple Maps Search & UI, impacting millions of iPhone users globally](https://www.linkedin.com/in/muneebazam/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Nam Nguyen\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Sudozi\\ \\ Nam joined as a Fellow and is now a Mentor. At Sudozi, he led a budget tracking project and is currently working on integrating customers' accounting data through 3rd party APIs.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/namdoannguyen/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Nathen Lee\\ \\ Technical Recruiter @ Google\\ \\ Before joining Google, Nathan helped recruit and staff hospitals with nurses across the U.S. and Guam during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathen-lee-recruiter303132/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Nicholas Wong\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Meta\\ \\ Nic brings his experience as a Formation Alumni to his role as a Mentor. He also has 3+ years of experience as a Software Engineer at companies like Digit, Cointracker, and Meta.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/niczwong/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Nook Harquail\\ \\ Staff Software Engineer II @ Etsy](https://www.linkedin.com/in/harquail/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Peter Royal\\ \\ Staff Software Engineer @ Netflix\\ \\ Peter brings more than 25 years of experience to Formation, with 5+ years at Netflix. A highlight of his career was building a full U.S. equity trading system with a dream-team at DRW Trading.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterroyal/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Philip Su\\ \\ Member of Technical Staff, OpenAI  \\ \\ Philip spent 12+ years at Microsoft and 7+ years at Facebook, where he led the London engineering office, before founding his own company, Audere.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/suphilip/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Rafa Moreno Cesar\\ \\ Software Engineer @ Clubhouse\\ \\ Rafa brings 6+ years of experience working at Instacart, Dosh, Big Nerd Ranch.](https://linkedin.com/in/rafaelmorenocesar) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Rajagopal Bojanpalli\\ \\ Senior Software Engineer @ Uber\\ \\ Rajagopal has 8+ years of engineering experience. He was the first data engineer in his org. and helped it grow to 10 engineers.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/brajagopal/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Roby Singh\\ \\ Technical Recruiter @ Doordash\\ \\ Roby brings over 9 years of technical recruiting experience and expertise as a Career Coach. He’s spent the majority of his time at DoorDash and Meta on their Early Careers teams.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhupinder408/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Ryan Mack\\ \\ Director Of Engineering @ Uptycs\\ \\ Ryan has been programming since 2002, helped develop AI for Rockstar Games, and spent 10 years at Facebook where he founded their Boston Office.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmackfb/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Shagun Bhatia\\ \\ Senior Software Engineer @ Cloudera\\ \\ Shagun brings 7+ years of experience, most recently as a Senior SWE at Cloudera, optimizing tooling, infrastructure, and automating test workflows.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shagunbhatia/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Shekhar Venkat\\ \\ Head of Software Development @ Amazon\\ \\ Shekhar joins Formation with 20+ years of experience, most recently as Amazon’s Head of Software Development for Alexa Healthcare, Device Certification, and Data Privacy & Trust. He’s also an Amazon Bar Raiser who recruited over 250 top talents.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shekhar-venkat/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Shubham Sharma\\ \\ Software Engineer II  \\ \\ Shubham brings over 6 years of experience in software engineering, most recently at Microsoft on their Cloud + AI team.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shubhamsharma1996/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Sivcan Singh\\ \\ Staff Engineer @ Postman\\ \\ Sivcan joins Formation with 7+ years of software engineering experience, most recently as a Staff Engineer. His roles as Product Engineer and Tech Lead allow him to offer diverse expertise to mentees.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sivcan/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ She/Her\\ \\ Sophia Vanegas\\ \\ University Recruiting Technical Sourcer @ NVIDIA\\ \\ Sophia brings over 8 years of experience and expertise in technical sourcing to career coaching at Formation. Sophie has spent the majority of her time at Meta, and is most recently at NVIDIA.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophia-vanegas-136b5591/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Stanley Ye\\ \\ Software Engineer II @ Microsoft\\ \\ Stanley has 5+ years of experience and has excelled on high-performing teams at Amazon and most recently, Microsoft where he contributes to Edge.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanye/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Steven Dang\\ \\ Senior Software Engineer @ Uber\\ \\ Steven brings over 7 years of software engineering experience at Capital One and Uber where he specializes in building security infrastructure products.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dangsteven) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Suhas Joshi\\ \\ Engineering Manager @ Stripe\\ \\ Suhas has 17+ years of experience. As an EM at Facebook, he simultaneously led multiple News Feed teams. He’s now at Stripe leading their work on Messaging and Design Systems.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/suhasjoshi2/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Sujit Nair\\ \\ Principal Engineer @ Marqeta\\ \\ Sujit brings nearly 20 years of engineering experience where he excelled at Netflix, eBay, and Yahoo.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sujitnair/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Sunil Lalwani\\ \\ Senior Software Engineer @ Versa Networks\\ \\ Sunil joins Formation with 7+ years of SWE experience. Currently a Senior Engineer at Versa Networks, he previously worked at Meta on ML infrastructure for the People You May Know feature.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunil-lalwani/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Tanuj Aswani\\ \\ SDE II @ Amazon\\ \\ Tanuj brings 4+ years of engineering experience and his experience as a Fellow to Formation. Prior to Amazon, he worked on a team that was ingesting cancer data for treatment research.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanuj-aswani/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Tony Nguyen\\ \\ Senior SDE @ Oracle\\ \\ Tony has over 11 years of engineering experience and has excelled on high-performing teams at Amazon and most recently Oracle, where he works on Autoscaling and Fleet Management.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-for-the-nguyen/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Udayan Deshpande\\ \\ SDE @ Icebrgio\\ \\ Udayan has over 13 years of engineering experience and has excelled on high-performing teams at Microsoft, Zillow, and Amazon.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/udayandeshpande/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Vincent Ng\\ \\ Senior QA Engineer @ Federal Reserve Bank of SF\\ \\ Vincent has 15+ years of experience at Accenture, Allstate, Stride Health, and Skout.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincentkng/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Vincent Nguyen\\ \\ Software Engineer @ TikTok\\ \\ Vincent has 2 years of software engineering experience. He broke into the tech space by way of 3 different coding bootcamps and brings great insight into their pros and cons.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vnguyencode/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Vinit Parikh\\ \\ Senior Software Engineer @ Uber\\ \\ Vinit has 6+ years of experience. While at Meta, he worked on the interview overhaul process for his organization. Now at Uber Freight, he is building out the Less Than Truckload product.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/parikhvinit/) \\ \\ \\ \\ Mentor\\ \\ He/Him\\ \\ Vlad Shlosberg\\ \\ CEO @ Foqal\\ \\ Vlad has 17+ years of engineering experience and worked as a Sr. Staff Engineer at LinkedIn before founding his own company, Foqal.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vshlos/) # Interested in mentoring? [Get in touch](/content/become-a-mentor/index.html) Interview intel, straight to your inbox. Monthly interview tips, coding challenges, and career insights from ex-FAANG engineers. 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