Piyush Giri
Career and technical coach for senior engineering roles
| Hourly rate range | $70 to $150 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | |
| Works with | Engineers |
Piyush Giri is a career and technical coach for engineers preparing for senior-level roles. He is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, where he works on Azure VMware Solution. He has logged 500+ coaching hours with 100+ mentees over a decade. He also mentored at Scaler and worked at Adobe and Amdocs. He coaches cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and system design, and helps clients explain their decisions in interviews.
What Piyush helps with
Piyush helps engineers get ready for senior roles and build stronger technical skills in cloud and system design. He also helps them explain architecture choices clearly.
- Preparing for senior engineering roles
- Strengthening cloud and VMware fundamentals
- Leveling up system design skills
- Reasoning through architecture decisions
- Explaining technical decisions in interviews
- Talking about technical choices in leadership conversations
- Understanding how large systems behave in real environments
Who Piyush works with
Piyush works with engineers who are aiming for senior-level roles. Some want to build their cloud and VMware basics. Others want to get better at system design. He has mentored over 100 people across a decade of coaching.
Background and qualifications
Piyush is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft. He has worked on Azure VMware Solution since July 2022, including vSphere and ESXi upgrades and resilient cloud design for enterprise customers. Before that he worked at Adobe on the Document Cloud team, and at Amdocs as a developer on a core team for an Order Handling product. That work used Java, Spring, Kafka, Kubernetes and microservices. He was a computer science subject matter expert at Chegg in 2018 and a mentor at Scaler from 2022 to 2025. He holds a B.Tech in Computer Engineering.
Piyush Giri pricing
Piyush Giri reviews
Piyush Giri has a 5.0 out of 5 rating from 1 review on Leland, as of September 2026.
The CoachVouch take
A working Microsoft Azure VMware engineer who coaches senior-level engineering interviews and system design.
Best for engineers preparing for senior roles who want stronger cloud and system design skills.
Common questions
How much does Piyush Giri charge?
Coaching with Piyush runs $70 to $150 an hour. Message Piyush from this page for an exact quote.
What does Piyush Giri help with?
Piyush Giri helps with preparing for senior engineering roles, strengthening cloud and VMware fundamentals, leveling up system design skills and reasoning through architecture decisions.
Does Piyush Giri have reviews?
Piyush Giri has a 5.0 out of 5 rating from 1 review on Leland, as of September 2026.
Does Piyush Giri coach system design?
Yes. He coaches system design, including how to reason through architecture decisions and explain them in interviews.
How do I contact Piyush Giri?
Send Piyush a message from this page. It's free and takes a minute.
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