Zando W.

Zando Ward

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CTO & Co-Founder

5,840 min coached

298 followers

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Studied at Brigham Young University

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Hiring Manager at Leland

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Available tomorrow at 5:00 PM UTC

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Zando's Coaching Offerings

Custom hourly · $209/hr

Get help with Technical Interview Prep, Cover Letters, and .

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Zando’s Software Engineering Qualifications

Experience level: Executive

50+ people coached for Software Engineering

Zando has helped clients get into these companies:

I’m a CTO & co-founder at Leland with a background spanning software engineering, technical leadership, hiring, and startup execution. I’ve worked across frontend and full-stack engineering roles at startups ranging from seed stage to growth stage, and I’ve helped hire and mentor engineers from internship level through senior and leadership positions. My experience includes: CTO & Co-founder at Leland Former Head of Engineering leading a high-performing engineering organization Former software engineer at multiple venture-backed startups SWE internship experience at organizations including AWS Experience interviewing, hiring, mentoring, and reviewing engineers from companies like Amazon, LinkedIn, Meta, and more I’m a strong fit if you’re: Trying to break into software engineering Preparing for technical interviews Navigating internship or new grad recruiting Deciding between startups and big tech Looking to grow as a full-stack or frontend engineer Interested in engineering leadership, management, or entrepreneurship Trying to level up your technical communication and career positioning My coaching style is practical, candid, and execution-focused. I care about helping people build real technical and career leverage — not just memorize interview patterns or optimize for short-term outcomes.

Zando can help with:

Technical Interview Prep

Cover Letters

Behavioral Interview Prep

Frontend Frameworks

Salary Negotiation

Skill Building

Architecture

Promotion Strategy

Networking Strategy

LinkedIn Review

Resume Review

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Work Experience

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CTO

Leland

October 2021 - Present

Hiring Manager

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Engineering Team Lead

Workona

November 2018 - October 2021

Hiring Manager

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Software Engineer

Lucid Software

July 2018 - November 2018

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Software Engineer

Tiled

September 2017 - July 2018

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Software Development Engineer Intern

AWS

May 2017 - August 2017

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Software Engineering Intern

LiveView Technologies

2016 - 2016

Education

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Brigham Young University

BS, Computer Science

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