I am a Staff Engineer & Techlead at Meta. I have 
- Mentored many senior & staff engineers and managers. 
- Designed & built multiple systems with critical focus on scalability & reliability. 
- Solved many cross team & organization misalignments with my inter-personal skills. 

I love writing about the importance of soft skills combined with stories from my 10+ years of experience. If this interests you, follow me and subscribe to my newsletter Techlead mentor.

If you are looking for guidance on navigating your career ladder, you can reach out to me.

Raviraj Achar

I bring engineers, innovation teams, and leaders from disengaged to thriving - DM me if this is you 🐲 Techie, Liberator, Complexity Buster, Motivator, Engineering Director @ Novoda

I’m a Head of Engineering who combines hands-on leadership with systems-level leadership development. Alongside my full-time roles, I run a small leadership coaching practice focused on engineering leaders, which strengthens my ability to scale trust, clarity, and impact across organizations.

Sarah G.

Unfortunately, my time at Last Mile Solutions has come to an end.
Due to a restructuring of the engineering department, my position was made redundant.

I am therefore immediately available and open to work.

I’m pleased to share that I am leaving with a letter of recommendation, which can be made available upon request. I wish the company well and look forward to staying in touch. I will be following its next steps with interest.

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What I’m looking for next

I’m looking for a long-term leadership role, Sr. Engineering Manager, Head of Engineering, or Director level (in the Netherlands or remote).

I work best in environments where human leadership capabilities are treated as core engineering competencies, not as “soft” extras.

That includes:
💚 Trust, autonomy, and psychological safety as foundations for quality
💚 Clear direction, well-defined boundaries, and shared accountability, because autonomy works best when expectations are explicit
💚 A sustainable delivery pace that supports quality and long-term outcomes
💚 A shared understanding that scaling means improving systems, clarity, and flow, not just adding people
💚 Strong collaboration between engineering, data, and business
💚 Focus on organizational impact, not just local optimization

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What I bring

I’m a leader of leaders, with 20+ years in software engineering and 15+ years in engineering leadership.

I’m known for reducing complexity and unlocking motivation, across technical systems, organizations, and people.

I work with what I often describe as a golden/red thread:
ensuring strategy, values, systems, and day-to-day engineering decisions stay meaningfully connected. When that threads are clear, teams don’t need heavy control, they understand why their work matters, what value it creates, and how to make good decisions within clear boundaries and accountability.

A key part of my expertise is helping technical teams translate their needs, constraints, and ideas into business value, without forcing everything into artificial customer-facing narratives.

I don’t believe in a 50% tech / 50% product split.
I believe in 100% business value, delivered through technology and product, each measured in ways that fit their nature. Too often, engineering work is undervalued not because it lacks impact, but because it is explained in the wrong language. I help teams bridge that gap so essential work is understood, prioritized, and trusted.

Not all important engineering work produces immediate functional features. Work such as lifecycle management, platform health, reliability, and security creates value through efficiency, risk reduction, continuity, and long-term trust. For example, lifecycle management may not add a new feature, but neglecting it introduces security and operational risks that can lead to service disruption, reputational damage, and ultimately customer loss. …

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Sarah Gruneisen 🐉

Head of Engineering | Scaling Leaders, Teams & Sustainable Impact

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