
Zando Ward
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CTO & Co-Founder
5,840 min coached
298 followers
Supercoach
Studied at Brigham Young University
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 .
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
Work Experience

CTO
Leland
October 2021 - Present
Hiring Manager

Engineering Team Lead
Workona
November 2018 - October 2021
Hiring Manager

Software Engineer
Lucid Software
July 2018 - November 2018

Software Engineer
Tiled
September 2017 - July 2018

Software Development Engineer Intern
AWS
May 2017 - August 2017

Software Engineering Intern
LiveView Technologies
2016 - 2016
Education

Brigham Young University
BS, Computer Science
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