As an engineer, you know the tech. Now let's level up your leadership (and your career).

Helping senior level software engineers stand out and thrive as engineering leaders via personalized career plans, and resume and LinkedIn profile reviews.

Who it's for

If you’ve been thinking about leadership but you’re not sure where to start or how to level up, or if you're looking to stand out from the crowd when seeking your next role—this is exactly what you’ve been looking for.

What we do

No fluff. No buzzwords. Just practical advice and real-world skills you’ll actually use.

We help software engineers transition from doing the work to leading the team. Whether you’re targeting your first engineering manager role or stepping up in your current leadership position, we’ll give you the tools, tactics, and straight talk you need to succeed.

Focus areas of our services

For Engineers Who Want to Lead (and Do It Right)

Personalized career plan

Influencing without Authority

A necessary step in becoming a leader is having the ability to influence and grow others around you without officially being their boss, which can sometimes be an awkward and difficult journey. Your plan will detail how to build these strengths and skills and how to put them into practice.

Personalized career plan

Strategic Thinking

Strike the right balance between giving your team the autonomy they need and ensuring team goals are met, while keeping morale high. We will give you practical, real-world language and strategies that help increase your ability to balance technical and business goals so you can effectively create an execution plan for your team or a given project.

Personalized career plan

Stakeholder Management

There's nothing worse than having stakeholders breathing down your neck while busily working. Being able to keep stakeholders informed when it makes sense, preventing them from distracting engineering execution, and communicating with them effectively are areas you'll excel in with our personalized guidance.

Personalized career plan | resume review

Increasing Recognition

You may be the greatest potential engineering manager to walk the face of the earth, but if your bosses don't see it, you may never get that promo. Your career plan will offer guidance on how to ensure the work you do and how you operate is impactful and gets the attention of decision makers. Your resume/LinkedIn profile review will receive concrete recommendations on how to boost your chances of landing your next leadership interview.

For Engineers, By Engineers

It’s Not Just About Leading a Team. It’s About Getting Results. This is about giving you the real skills you need—*today*—to lead effectively.

Our pricing

Engineering Career Plan Session

Personalized engineering career plan
$ 379 60-min Session
  • 1:1 live coaching to understand your strengths, weaknesses, & gaps.
  • Personalized & actionable engineering career plan
  • Monthly progress check-in with our team

Resume & LinkedIn Profile Review

Stand out as an engineering leader to hiring managers
$ 89 Resume & LinkedIn profile review
  • Detailed review & critique
  • Specific recommendations to level-up your resume & profile
  • 3-day delivery
About

We've been there. Our experience spans from software engineering through engineering management and beyond across Big Tech, Fortune 500, startups, and everything in between, so we know what effective leadership and strong teams look like.

DevLadders is the brainchild of Patrick Chukwura who's helped build teams from scratch, grow the careers of software engineers, and ship software for nearly two decades at places like Adobe, Plaid, and Disney.

Average annual salary increase from senior engineering roles to leadership
~$ 30
Revenue increase from high performance engineering teams
up to 10 %
Our years of experience
0 yrs+