Life coaches for engineers
Compare 45 life coaches. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are confidence and self-esteem, purpose and direction, goal setting and accountability and life transitions. They most often work with engineers, professionals and managers. Most charge $80 to $175 per hour or session.
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Kadir Buvan
Kadir Buvan is a coach for artists, writers and creatives, and for people managers. He started his practice, Kolam Creative Collective, in 2021. He first coached tech workers on leadership and career, then moved toward creative coaching, writing and facilitation. Before coaching, he worked as a software engineer and then an engineering manager. He also worked on teams at the Wikimedia Foundation. He trained at the Academy of Creative Coaching.
Katherine Ferguson
Katherine Ferguson is a confidence coach and life coach. She works with professional women, solopreneurs and women in IT. She spent many years in corporate project management before coaching. She is an NLP Master Practitioner and a Positive Intelligence Coach. She also has an osteopathic background and an interest in nutrition. Her focus is helping clients gain more fun, confidence, emotional resilience, control and productivity.
Kelli Murbach
Kelli Murbach is a coach who supports people who feel they do not fit the mold of normal. She works with trauma survivors, neurodiverse people, artists, engineers, scientists and people in life transitions. She founded Secular Shepherdess and holds a Master of Social Work. She coaches as a peer, not a clinician, and uses a seven domain model called the Life Support Paradigm. Sessions happen on Zoom, weekly or every other week.
Tyler Suzuki Nelson
Tyler Suzuki Nelson is a life coach in Vancouver, BC, who helps ambitious professionals build steady work habits. Tyler's clients start the week strong but lose momentum by Thursday. Tyler also works as a software developer. Tyler is certified through The Life Coach School. Tyler's coaching targets the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it. Tyler works especially well with introverts and over-thinkers.
Dr Tarek Jomaa
Dr Tarek Jomaa is a confidence and creativity coach who works with CEOs, heads of departments, engineers and race drivers. He moved into coaching after designing race cars for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He holds a PhD in engineering and a master's in motorsports engineering. His coaching centers on "Mastering Your Inner Game," which looks at the interferences that hold people back from their potential. He is an EMCC accredited Senior Practitioner coach and mentor.
Amritha N.
Amritha N. coaches software engineers, engineering managers and data analysts on interviews, resumes and career growth. She is a technology leader who has worked as an engineering manager at Zillow Group, a senior software engineer at Microsoft and a senior engineering lead at Oracle. She has coached 75 people. She has run 150 technical, system design and behavioral interviews at Zillow Group, and 50 at Microsoft.
Andrea Millinder
Andrea Millinder is an accountability and leadership coach who works with team leaders, founders and people building personal projects. She spent 20 years in leadership, operations and project management in the SaaS and technology industry. That time was spent helping start-ups and small businesses grow and scale. She earned her ICF Associate Certified Coach credential in July 2025 and holds an MBA with a focus on entrepreneurship.
Irene Wang
Irene Wang is a product management and life coach who helps engineers and product managers with career moves and life transitions. She spent 6 years as a software engineer, then more than 4 years as a senior product manager. She has worked at Google, Microsoft and Tencent. Irene holds an ICF ACC credential and has interviewed over 100 candidates. She is also building a startup in AI and gaming.
Jim Hodapp
Jim Hodapp is a career and communication coach for software engineers. He works with embedded, systems, and web and cloud engineers at every career stage. He also helps people who want to switch into software. Jim has worked as a software engineer, a technical pre-sales engineer, a tech lead, and an engineering manager and director. He describes his style as part engineering manager and part applied life coach. He is based in Illinois and works with engineers around the world.
Keith Griffin
Keith Griffin is an ADHD and executive function coach who works with teens, young adults and older adults. He holds an ICF ACC credential and trained at The ADD Coach Academy. Before coaching, he spent more than 20 years in IT, in roles from software development to implementation. He serves on the ADDA Board of Directors. He coaches over Zoom and Discord, and his clients often work in STEM fields.
Leah Farmer
Leah Farmer is a coach for people who build things in tech. She works with product managers, engineers, designers, founders and the leaders around them. She has 25 years of experience building products and leading teams, including at Amazon, Expedia and two Sequoia-backed startups. She still works as a fractional CPTO at a travel startup. She coaches online from Cardiff, Wales, and also offers separate EFT tapping sessions for stress and anxiety.
Melissa E. Anders
Melissa E. Anders is a life coach who helps women in STEM break the habits that lead to burnout. She left a PhD and built a career in research strategy, where she helped raise over $50M in funding. Since 2018 she has coached hundreds of women in STEM. She also leads workshops for organizations and employee resource groups across North America. Her talk on burnout that looks like success was featured by the Association for Women in Science's Massachusetts chapter.
Melissa Shapiro
Melissa Shapiro is a life, career and executive coach based in Seattle, Washington. She helps people at transition points feel less alone and more confident. Her clients include senior executives, new front-line managers, technical leaders and parents returning from leave. She spent over 20 years in talent development at large multinational companies and started in engineering and product roles. She also lived and worked in Asia for 2 years and co-founded Together We.
Naresh Chintalcheru
Naresh Chintalcheru is a career and leadership coach in Illinois who works with R&D leaders. He has coached for 15 years, and his clients range from new college grads to senior executives and entrepreneurs. Before coaching, he spent 25 years in R&D as an engineer, engineering manager, VP of engineering, project manager and Agile coach. He also runs ClueControl, where he builds games and software for escape rooms.
Nedheya Baby
Nedheya Baby is a career and life coach in Singapore. She helps mid-level professionals, women executives, graduates and youth. She started as a chemical engineer in manufacturing, then worked as an Assistant Professor at business schools. She holds an ICF ACC credential and is an ontological coach. She coaches engineers and managers who want to move from technical work into leadership. She has clients in India and Singapore.
William Ingogly
William Ingogly is a career and retirement coach in South Carolina. He helps people who are changing careers and people planning a meaningful retirement. He spent more than 35 years in software process design, management and quality assurance. He later worked as a licensed clinical counselor. He is a Board Certified Coach and runs the private practice Your Remarkable Life. He planned his own career and retirement moves, and he draws on that in his coaching.
Brittany J. Brown
Brittany J. Brown is a career, leadership and team coach in Mechanicsville, Virginia. She helps IT professionals who feel undervalued and want more growth, confidence and recognition at work. She holds an ICF ACC credential and has 13 years of experience working with IT professionals. She starts clients with a Growth Snapshot Assessment, then builds a plan for promotions or role changes within six months.
Brittany J. Brown
Brittany J. Brown is a career and leadership coach in Mechanicsville, Virginia. She helps IT professionals who feel undervalued build confidence and move ahead in their careers. She holds the ICF ACC credential and has 13 years of experience supporting IT professionals. Her work starts with a Growth Snapshot Assessment that maps out career opportunities. She states that 82% of her clients step into leadership roles or major career advancements after coaching.
Cindy Gross
Cindy Gross is a leadership coach who helps high-capacity leaders in tech, including women and underestimated leaders. She founded Befriending Dragons and draws on more than 25 years of tech and leadership experience. Her work covers burnout, boundaries, workplace politics and high-stakes decisions. She built the Leadership Navigation System, a structured method for handling friction at work. She also offers workshops and cohorts for organizations that want to keep their top leaders.
David Mahler
David Mahler, who goes by Coach Dave, is a career and life coach in San Diego, California. He helps IT professionals with their careers, health and relationships. He built a process called CLARITY for IT Professionals. His own work history runs from restaurant server to IT Director, across education, health care, finance and technology. He holds a BA in Psychology and training in NLP, hypnosis and Reiki.
Jill Wetzler
Jill Wetzler is a team and leadership coach who helps managers and leaders build strong, high-performing teams. She has 20 years of experience in high-growth Silicon Valley tech companies. She works as a facilitator, advisor and executive coach. She offers one-on-one and group coaching, fractional work and workshops. She works online and in person with clients worldwide, often in San Francisco, New York City and London.
Johanna Rothman
Johanna Rothman coaches and consults for leaders, managers and teams who run product development and software projects. She helps them cut slow decisions, stop multitasking and use agile and lean ideas at every level of the organization. She wrote the Modern Management Made Easy books and Manage It!, and she writes the Pragmatic Manager newsletter. She also offers workshops, keynotes and a trusted advisor service.
MK Boehme
MK Boehme is a board certified executive and career coach who helps startups, small business owners and individuals. MK founded ChooseCoaching, LLC and brings two decades of work with Fortune 500 companies. The practice focuses on executive coaching, career coaching and people facing big change, including redundancy. MK also offers talent management consulting for small businesses, along with group coaching, workshops and speaking.
Mike Saladino
Mike Saladino is a burnout and career coach who helps high performers in tech. He runs Formative Solutions in Tucson, Arizona. Before coaching, he worked as a software engineer and technical lead, and spent years in Agile coaching. He created The Persona Method, where clients give their self-doubt a name and a face. Every session ends with homework, so clients leave with a next step to take.
Nethra Samarawickrema
Nethra Samarawickrema is a career and life coach who helps people build work and relationships that fit who they are. She has a PhD in Anthropology from Stanford and has taught listening skills at the Stanford d.School. Her method blends Nonviolent Communication, design thinking and anthropology. She works with entrepreneurs, artists, engineers, academics and executives. She also trains organizations, including fintech firms, libraries, non-profits and universities, in listening and teamwork.
Paul Bradbeer
Paul Bradbeer is a career coach for experienced professionals in software, data and AI who feel stuck, misaligned or underused. He spent 35 years working in software, data and AI before coaching. He knows how people, systems and incentives interact inside complex technology organisations. He helps clients work out what has changed and plan realistic next steps. He offers a free 30 minute chemistry call and coaches online.
Aleksandar Zeljic
Aleksandar Zeljic is a career and life coach who works with driven professionals. He helps them with burnout, career transitions and impostor syndrome. He holds a PhD in Computer Science, did postdoctoral research at Stanford, and worked as a software engineer in Silicon Valley. His coaching is built on the Psychology of Personal Constructs. He runs his practice, Constructive Spaces, online, and sessions start with the client's own experience.
Lyla Cookson
Lyla Cookson is a career and mindset coach for women engineers. She used to work as a semiconductor design engineer before she moved into coaching. She helps clients build confidence, speak up, negotiate, and move into leadership roles. Her main program uses Positive Intelligence and runs for 7 weeks. She also offers a negotiation guide, a compensation toolkit, and a free 5-minute quiz on thought patterns.
Cindy Esliger
Cindy Esliger is a career confidence coach and engineering mentor. She helps women in engineering and technology build the careers they want. Her work covers getting recognized and promoted, handling workplace politics, and dealing with power dynamics. She also builds custom career development plans. Cindy runs the Confidence Collective, a monthly coaching program for women who want to find workarounds to career barriers. She also offers courses and a quiz on what holds people back at work.
Leonardo Fiocchi
Leonardo Fiocchi is a management consulting coach who helps people get through consulting applications and MBA applications. He has coached 20 people through case interviews and resume work. He worked in Search Fund operations and strategy, including deal scouting and due diligence at Nostos Capital. He also worked as a process engineer at Procter & Gamble. He pays special attention to engineers and people with non-traditional backgrounds.
Nathan Toups
Nathan Toups is a software engineering coach who helps engineers and teams do their best work. He started in theatre, taught himself to code, and later earned a Master's in Computer Science. He has worked as a Staff Platform Engineer, Software Architect and CTO, and has consulted with over 100 companies. He co-hosts the Book Overflow podcast, where guests have included Kent Beck and Martin Fowler. He works from Costa Rica.
Akul Loomba
Akul Loomba is a career and life coach who helps people in tech find clarity, confidence and direction. He also coaches on product management. He worked as a Product Manager II on the Microsoft Security team, on Entra ID Protection. Before that he worked as a Network Engineer at Verizon. He holds a computer science degree and is finishing a master's with a focus on machine learning.
Ritika Rao
Ritika Rao is a career and burnout coach for software engineers and other tech workers. She is a lead software engineer with over 8 years of corporate tech experience, including time at Amazon and Microsoft. She has mentored interns, college students and entry level engineers. She helps new engineers learn how tech companies and management levels work. She also coaches career changers and employees facing burnout.
Jolene Hermanson
Jolene Hermanson is a stress and wellness coach for technical professionals. She helps busy engineers, geoscientists and other science and technology workers manage stress, avoid burnout and build healthy habits. She is also a Professional Geoscientist, so she knows the fields her clients work in. Her coaching covers stress triggers, task management systems, nutrition, fitness, sleep, mindset tools and a plan to grow technical skills.
Karen Adams
Karen Adams is a career and executive coach. She helps key members of business teams who carry heavy workloads and want room to grow. These are the experienced people others lean on for support while they also handle their own daily tasks. Karen works on stress and work-life balance. She also has training as a mediator and an NLP practitioner, and she lists architects, engineers and teams among the groups she works with.
Justin Travis
Justin Travis is a career and executive coach for engineers. He works with engineering leaders, product managers and software engineers. Before coaching, he spent 15 years as a software engineer and leader. In that time he mentored engineers through burnout, technical challenges and career changes. He helps engineers get clear on their path, handle change with confidence and lead with more purpose.
Rachel Leeman-Munk
Rachel Leeman-Munk is a career and confidence coach for women in tech. She works one-on-one with clients on career planning, growth, and building support at work. She is also a working senior software engineer and front-end specialist. She started as a junior developer and rose to lead engineer. She trained as a coach through the Coactive Training Institute. Her client roster is currently full, and she keeps a waitlist.
David Mahler
David Mahler is a career and life coach in San Diego who works with IT professionals. He helps them gain clarity in their career, health and relationships. He built a process called CLARITY for IT Professionals. His own work history runs from restaurant server to IT Director, across education, health care, finance and technology. He holds a BA in Psychology and certifications in coaching, NLP, hypnosis and Reiki.
Rachel Daeschler
Rachel Daeschler is a career and leadership coach for engineers and technical professionals. She is also an international aerospace executive. In 2025 she left a senior executive role in Europe and moved to Canada, so she knows career change firsthand. She helps clients get clear on their next step, build leadership presence, and increase their impact at work. She trained as a coach at the Institut de Coaching International in Paris and Geneva.
Bill Lawrence
Bill Lawrence is a career and life coach who helps technology professionals. He founded Back on Track Career Coaching after a long career as an engineer and business leader. He worked in telecommunications, data networks, IT, cybersecurity and electric power distribution. He holds a Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering and an Executive M.B.A. He works with clients on job satisfaction, goals, career growth and life balance.
Iaroslav Rybakov
Iaroslav Rybakov is a career and life coach in Montreal, Quebec. Iaroslav helps millennials who are unhappy in engineering or software jobs. Iaroslav guides them to build a life plan for the next 5, 10, or 20 years. Iaroslav holds an M.Eng, the Project Management Professional credential, and a pilot qualification. Iaroslav trained as a coach through the Concordia University Professional and Personal Coach Certification. Iaroslav has also hired a purpose coach and later became one.
Gloriana Teh
Gloriana Teh is a leadership, career and team coach in Norcross, Georgia. She coaches leaders and technical professionals who want to advance their careers. She uses assessment tools to give clients clear insights and to build emotional intelligence. She provides DISC, Emotional Intelligence and 360 Degree assessments, and she is a Certified Harrison Assessments Provider. She is also a Positive Intelligence Coach and holds the PMP credential.
Iaroslav Rybakov
Iaroslav Rybakov is a career and life coach in Montreal, Quebec. Iaroslav helps millennials who are unhappy in engineering or software jobs. Iaroslav guides them to build a life plan for the next 5, 10, or 20 years. Iaroslav holds an engineering master's degree, the PMP certification, and a pilot license. Iaroslav trained as a coach at Concordia University. Iaroslav has also worked with a purpose coach of the same name.
Lav Chintapalli
Lav Chintapalli is a leadership, executive and team coach in Austin, Texas. Lav helps rising leaders find their strengths and share their ideas with confidence. Lav also coaches teams and works with women in tech. Focus areas include organizational design, storytelling for influence and public speaking. Lav is also a TRE coach, which is a rare add-on for a leadership coach. Purpose coaching for life and career is part of the work too.
Tiffany Lewis
Tiffany Lewis is a career coach in Toledo, Ohio. She also offers executive coaching and life coaching. Her focus is engineers and technical professionals who find it hard to present themselves well on a resume or in interviews. She runs a program called Top-Tier Interview Boot Camp. She trained in the Certified Professional Coach Program of The John Maxwell Team. She has also written articles for engineers about finding the right career match.
Side by side
| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Kadir Buvan | Purpose and direction and Life transitions | $90 to $180 an hour |
| Katherine Ferguson | Confidence and self-esteem and Stress and overwhelm | $80 to $150 an hour |
| Kelli Murbach | Life transitions and Confidence and self-esteem | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Tyler Suzuki Nelson | Mindset and habits and Goal setting and accountability | $115 to $175 an hour |
| Dr Tarek Jomaa | Confidence and self-esteem | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Amritha N. | Work-life balance and Mindset and habits | $80 to $160 an hour |
| Andrea Millinder | Goal setting and accountability and Mindset and habits | $145 to $275 an hour |
| Irene Wang | Life transitions and Purpose and direction | $100 to $175 an hour |
| Jim Hodapp | Career coach for software engineers and engineering managers | $125 to $200 an hour |
| Keith Griffin | Goal setting and accountability | $110 to $150 an hour |
| Leah Farmer | Coach for tech leaders, product managers, engineers and founders | $150 to $300 an hour |
| Melissa E. Anders | Work-life balance and Mindset and habits | $100 to $150 an hour |
| Melissa Shapiro | Life transitions and Confidence and self-esteem | $225 to $300 an hour |
| Naresh Chintalcheru | Goal setting and accountability | $160 to $275 an hour |
| Nedheya Baby | Confidence and self-esteem and Goal setting and accountability | $100 to $175 an hour |
Common questions
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Most life coaches charge $80 to $175 per hour or session.
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Common focus areas include confidence and self-esteem, purpose and direction, goal setting and accountability and life transitions.
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Last updated September 2026.