Black Tech Pipeline + Formation

Formation is the interview prep platform for experienced engineers facing a tougher market — personalized, mentor-guided, and built to keep your edge across algorithms, system design, and AI fluency.

You’re ready to invest the time to level up into a top tier role.

You want to land a role in the next 6 to 9 months

You have 5-10+ years of full-time SWE experience (our typical range — we work with 2 to 20+)

You want to level up into a senior, staff, or mid-level frontend, full stack, or backend role

You have at least 15+ hours a week to dedicate to job hunting and prep

You are permanently eligible to work in the U.S. or Canada

Step One

Join Formation

Fill out our quick 3-min application.

Tell us about your career goals and technical skills.

Chat with a member of the Formation team to make sure it’s a mutual fit.

Hear back from our team and start leveling up your career! 🤓

Step Two

Master in-demand technical interview skills

Formation consistently benchmarks your technical skill-level against the hiring bar at your target companies, then pinpoints exactly where to sharpen so you reliably perform above a rising bar.

• Receive your personalized, AI-powered roadmap
• Complete solo, 1:1, peer group, or Mentor-led exercises and sessions
• Book mock interviews with hundreds of FAANG-level engineers

Step Three

Level up your career and land your ideal role

Formation provides end-to-end job hunt support so every hour you spend in a brutal market goes toward the offers that matter most.

• Get job posts sourced every day according to your skill and preferences, experience, and goals
• Unlimited job hunt support from career coaches to optimize your resume, phone screen, and more
• Best-in-class negotiation support to land a competitive offer that you deserve

Outcomes, not promises.

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Average compensation increase

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Highest total compensation, 2025

Based on all placements from Fellows in 2025 until 12/31 using actual, optionally self-reported data. Results are not guaranteed. Read more.

Where Fellows land

Real placements, with names and start dates: Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, LinkedIn — and wherever you’re aiming next.

Bryan

Started May '26

Gadiel

Started March '26

Ammar

Started March '26

Anatoliy

Started October '25

Jedidiah

Started May '25

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