Coaching for engineering leaders

Lead your engineers as well as you've built software.

One-on-one coaching for first-time engineering managers and for established leaders scaling past 30 engineers, from someone who has spent over two decades leading engineering teams and has been in your seat.

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Arsenio Santos
Engineering leader and coach

20+ yearsleading technical teams

Hands-on, not theoreticalrecent experience managing engineering teams

Startups to Fortune 100from founding teams to global orgs

Who I work with

Two transitions, two very different jobs

First-time engineering managers

You were promoted because you were a great engineer. Now the work is people, and nobody showed you how.

1:1s with engineers who'd rather be coding
Letting go of the code without losing your edge
Feedback and performance conversations that keep trust
Leading people who used to be your peers

Leaders scaling past 30 engineers

What worked at 10 engineers stops working at 30. You can't be in every design review, and the organization has to run without you.

Hiring and growing engineering managers under you
Delivery pressure without burning out the team
Team structure, on-call and rituals that scale
Keeping trust and health as the organization grows

How it works

Start small. Keep going only if it's working.

1
Free intro call
25 minutes on video. You tell me what's hard right now; I tell you honestly whether I can help.
2
A plan for your situation
We agree on the two or three things that matter most, and how we'll know they're getting better.
3
Coaching sessions
50-minute sessions, single or in a bundle. Not the right fit after the first? Full bundle refund.

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About Arsenio

I've been the new manager and the leader of a scaling organization.

I'm Arsenio Santos. I've spent over two decades leading technical teams, from startups to Fortune 100 companies, and I've managed engineering teams hands-on, not just advised them. I coach the human side of scaling engineering organizations: coaching and mentoring your people, and building the trust that keeps a growing team healthy.

My coaching rests on four principles:

Productivity Processes that serve the team, not the other way around.
Empathy Understanding the people you lead.
Inclusion Teams as diverse as they are collaborative.
Clear communication No guesswork; transparency by default.

Not sure if coaching is right for you?

That's what the free intro is for. 25 minutes, and you'll leave with at least one useful idea.