Claire Chen
Software engineering career coach for tech job seekers
| Hourly rate range | $80 to $160 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | |
| Works with | Students and Engineers |
| Credentials | CS degree, Carnegie Mellon University; Head Teaching Assistant, CMU computer security course |
Claire Chen is a software engineering coach who helps students and early-career engineers get tech jobs. She works as a Machine Learning Engineer at Modal and used to be a software engineer at Microsoft. She holds a CS degree from Carnegie Mellon. She has coached 5 people into software engineering roles and has reviewed hundreds of resumes. As a Head TA at CMU, she guided over 120 students in a computer security course.
What Claire helps with
Claire helps people break into tech or move up in software engineering. She works on resumes, interviews, and the full path to an offer.
- Writing a software engineering resume
- Building a professional brand
- Landing a software engineering offer
- Preparing for software engineering interviews
- AI system design interviews
- Architecture interviews
- Model development questions
- Breaking into the tech industry
Who Claire works with
Claire coaches undergrad and graduate students who want software engineering careers. She also works with people who want to move ahead in their current tech skills. Her clients have targeted big tech, AI labs, startups, consulting, finance, and defense contractors.
Background and qualifications
Claire is a Forward Deployed Machine Learning Engineer at Modal, an AI infrastructure startup. Before that she was a software engineer at Microsoft, where she worked on an Azure HPC and AI training platform. She interned at Splunk, where she cut a core test suite's runtime by 43%. She earned a CS degree at Carnegie Mellon with a focus on Machine Learning and Security and Privacy. She served as Head Teaching Assistant for CMU's intro computer security course of 120+ students and 8 TAs. She is a first-author on a paper at a top-tier ACM conference.
Claire Chen pricing
Programs and services
- Resume coaching package
- Offer-focused coaching package
- Hourly interview coaching
Claire Chen reviews
Claire Chen has a 5.0 out of 5 rating from 1 review on Leland, as of September 2026.
The CoachVouch take
Works as a machine learning engineer at an AI startup and coaches AI system design interviews from that experience.
Best for students and early-career engineers who want to land software engineering or AI roles.
Common questions
How much does Claire Chen charge?
Coaching with Claire runs $80 to $160 an hour. Message Claire from this page for an exact quote.
What does Claire Chen help with?
Claire Chen helps with writing a software engineering resume, building a professional brand, landing a software engineering offer and preparing for software engineering interviews.
Does Claire Chen have reviews?
Claire Chen has a 5.0 out of 5 rating from 1 review on Leland, as of September 2026.
Is Claire Chen certified?
Claire Chen lists: CS degree, Carnegie Mellon University; Head Teaching Assistant, CMU computer security course.
Does Claire Chen help with AI system design interviews?
Yes. She coaches AI system design, architecture, and model development for interviews.
Which companies have Claire's clients targeted?
She has coached students to get into Google, Apple, Microsoft, and TikTok, and top AI research labs.
How do I contact Claire Chen?
Send Claire a message from this page. It's free and takes a minute.
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