QurioSkill

How to Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager

Madhav Malhotra

Experienced Software Development Manager

Your team is a system of software delivery. You'll learn about concepts that drive their excellence.

Operational Excellence

People are the fuel that runs your team. You'll learn about concepts to unlock their best performance.

People Management

You'll learn about key technical skills important for effective engineering management.

Technical Skills

Your team is the enabler of company strategy to deliver business value. You'll learn how to act as an effective bridge.

Company Strategy

Crisis can happen anytime. You'll learn about leading your team through them.

Managing Crisis

Become the leader you would follow. Faster. A two week sprint for managers looking to level up.

Executive Coach to Systematic Leaders

Amazon

Apple

Nike

Uber

Zoom

Dave Kline

Founder of MGMT Accelerator (prev: Bridgewater, Moody's, PwC)



Entrepreneur, Leader, Coach, Mom

NVIDIA

Oracle

Google

The Boeing Company

Tesla

Marsden Kline

Founder of MGMT Accelerator (prev: Google, Goldman Sachs, Compass)

Cohort 5

Cohort 6

Shift from doing to managing: Set top-down team goals, delegate work efficiently, and use a simple system to monitor progress.Become the CEO of your area: Establish fluency in the data of your "factory": the outputs, bottlenecks, and opportunities.Engage as a developmental coach: Nurture talent, navigate conflict, and orchestrate performance that drives results.

Lead your team. Manage your work. Grow your confidence.

Shift from doing the work to leading the people who do the work

Set clear expectations so your team knows exactly how to win

Run 1:1s that actually move the needle (not just status updates)

Give feedback that creates change without damaging relationships

Delegate work confidently without feeling like you're dumping on your team

Build trust and credibility with your manager and your team

You are a newly promoted manager at any size company and are eager to skip "rookie" mistakes.

You have been managing for 1-3 years but are overwhelmed and fear you're falling behind.

You are a manager at a fast-growing startup and you need experienced coaching and advice.

Transform your management by driving stronger performance through direct and actionable feedback.

Developer of Managers & Leaders

Katie O'Brien Ceccarini

Certified Coach, led CS training Yelp, Head of L&D Opendoor, trained 1000s

February 2026

April 2026

Managers and leaders are not taught how to deliver feedback that changes behavior and drives performance. The result? Managers gets frustrated when people don't implement feedback and performance and business results suffer. It doesn't need to be this way. You can transform the way you manage and become the manager who shares direct feedback and drives results. You can get there in this course. You will become more confident and competent sharing feedback fearlessly. WHAT TO EXPECT:Tactics you can implement immediately.Sessions are loaded with lively discussion, breakout exercises, and a 27-page learning guide to both personalize and customize your learning experience.In just 3 sessions, you will have more tools in your tool belt to more effectively drive performance on your team.You can also expect:- A 27-page learning guide loaded with sample language, exercises, and reference materials to leverage well beyond the course- Videos modeling the Headline, Observation, Ask model- Video modeling how to navigate reactions to feedback- Video illustrating how to effectively kick off a feedback relationship with a new team member- Drafting feedback for real time situations you're facing

Drive stronger performance with actionable feedback.

How to speak candidly, and with care, using the Fearless Feedback Model

How to structure feedback using Headline, Observation, Ask

How to navigate emotional reactions to feedback

How to increase alignment on the feedback so people take action

How to be human while elevating excellence. 

You are a manager within a start-up &amp; pace of business can feel impossible to give real time feedback to both direct &amp; indirect reports.

You're a leader who finds yourself putting off feedback conversations out of dread, fear, or lack of confidence.

You are a manager wanting to elevate your career by distinguishing yourself as a developer of great talent.

Learn the skills + frameworks you need to ace interviews for senior leadership roles (Engineering Manager, Senior Manager, Team Lead). 

Director of Engineering, Career Coach

Microsoft

Alex Kliotzkin

Director of Engineering and Career Coach

EM @ Stripe, Ex-Amazon Bar Raiseer

Stripe

Uzair Khan

Engineering Manager at Stripe and ex-Amazon Bar Raiser

Cohort 7

Cohort 8

As an engineer, you’ve mastered the coding challenges, system design, and behavioral interviews. But when it comes to Engineering Manager roles, the interview process is a different beast. You’ve likely hit a frustrating wall—interviews that feel like you’re doing everything right, but still no offer. You might not even know why you’re not breaking through.The truth? Engineering Manager interviews aren’t about discussing your experience—they’re about showcasing leadership, systems, and strategy in a way that resonates with the interviewer. To land the offer, you don't just need the right answers—you need memorable ones.This course is designed to bridge that gap and help you break through to land that Engineering Manager offer. We’ll focus on how to communicate your leadership capabilities, showcase your seniority, avoid red flags, and tailor your answers to what hiring managers are truly looking for. By the end, you’ll know exactly how to approach the interview process and confidently present yourself as the leader you know yourself to be.

Break Through the Interview Process and Land Your Engineering Manager Offer!

You'll experience mock interviews with real-time coaching feedback

You'll understand the exact hiring criteria for Engineering Manager roles

You'll learn how to convince the hiring manager (Director+)

You'll learn how to nail any behavioral question, even ones you haven't seen

You'll know exactly what the interviewer is looking for

You'll learn how to tailor your answers to go from good to memorable

Managers &amp; team leads that are getting interview opportunities but are unable to break through to land offers.

Senior Tech Leaders who have not interviewed for 7+ years and are looking for new roles (Sr. Manager, Director, VP).

Senior Software Engineers in lead roles looking to promote themselves to engineering manager by landing a new job.

Double your team's performance in 10 days with the proven system used by leaders from Amazon, Meta, DoorDash, and more!


Leadership Coach; Ex. Meta, Amazon

Gilad Naor

Ex Meta, Amazon. Management Coach

Growth & Resilience Coach

Michael Greenspan

Growth & Resilience Coach for Engineers, Engineering Leader

Jan 26

What if managing felt as natural as coding?Remember learning to code? Everything was painful until you mastered the fundamentals and it clicked. Management is the same, just no one teaches you the fundamentals.Right Now:<ul><li>You're firefighting instead of leading</li><li>1:1s waste time instead of driving results</li><li>Other managers get promoted while you're stuck</li><li>Endless context switching that leaves you exhausted</li><li>Delegation that fails because you haven't built the right systems</li></ul>Imagine Instead:<ul><li>On the promotion path because leadership sees your value</li></ul><ul><li>Your team runs smoothly without constant oversight</li></ul><ul><li>Delegation that frees up time and grows your team</li><li>Systems that work even when you're offline</li><li>1:1s that accelerate careers</li></ul>The bridge? A proven Management OS used by managers at Meta, Amazon, Uber, and fast-growing startups.Hi 👋, I'm Gilad. After 12+ years leading engineering teams at FAANGs and startups, I left Meta to travel with my family. In Montana, I realized my painful lessons could help managers like you.I refined these insights into the Management OS with my partner Michael.When you join, you're in a small, intimate cohort with personalized feedback. I can't wait to share this with you!Updated for 2026!

The Management System They Never Taught You


Lead with confidence by knowing what to improve, how to influence, and why.

Transform chaos into calm with systematic management tools (AI done right!)

Expand your scope and accelerate your career growth

You are a software engineering manager with 1-10+ years of experience

Your schedule controls you, and you hate it. You want to move your team forward.

You are ambitious and want to get that promotion even faster.