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Staff Engineer Bootcamp

For Tech Leads. And the ones about to become them.

An intensive, practical bootcamp for aspiring or active Staff Engineers and Tech Leads. Frameworks and tools grounded in Javier Turegano’s experience leading engineering at Slack, Canva, and Salesforce.

Bootcamp participants working in groups at whiteboards In person
Javier running a live online session on video Live online

NEW EDITION

Engineers from these companies have attended previous bootcamps

  • Canva
  • Xero
  • Culture Amp
  • Flywire
  • Clarity AI
  • Block
  • Mercadona Tech
  • Sesame
  • Cabify
  • Mediasmart
  • Datamaran
  • AstroKube
  • Shakers
  • commercetools

* Logos represent employers of past participants and do not imply company endorsement or sponsorship.

Who Is This Bootcamp For?

Senior Engineers aiming for Staff / Tech Lead roles

Ideal for aspiring leaders who want to step into wider scope, build confidence, and adopt proven practices used in top engineering organizations.

Tech Leads, Staff and Principal Engineers

For established leaders who want to sharpen their craft, learn techniques from world-class companies, and expand their influence at org scale.

Early-Stage CTOs

CTOs in startups or early-stage companies who are still close to the technology but increasingly responsible for technical direction, team growth, and key strategic decisions.

What Participants Will Learn

By the end of the bootcamp participants will be able to:

Drive High-Impact Decisions

Make strong technical decisions using structured frameworks and clear decision artifacts.

Guide Architecture Evolution

Lead architectural change across teams and domains with shared direction.

Align Organizations on Strategy

Build alignment on technical priorities and trade-offs across stakeholders.

Communicate with Product & Leadership

Craft narratives and proposals that connect technical strategy to business outcomes.

Grow Engineers & Scale Impact

Mentor, delegate, and raise the bar so teams scale beyond individual contribution.

Javier Turegano

Your instructor

Javier Turegano

I have spent more than 20 years in tech, from engineer and tech lead in Spain to Director of Engineering in Australia at REA Group, Salesforce and Canva, leading teams across nine countries. Much of that work was helping Senior Engineers grow into Staff roles. This bootcamp brings together what worked.

More about me

Curriculum Overview

Four modules to apply frameworks, communication, and technical decision-making.

  1. 1

    Module 1

    The Role of the Staff Engineer

    • Responsibilities of Staff Engineers and Tech Leads
    • Archetypes of Staff engineers and leadership styles
    • Common failure modes and how to avoid them
    • How AI is changing the role of technical leaders
    • How to get a Staff or Principal Engineer role

    In the session: Guided reflection on real experiences and shared lessons learned.

  2. 2

    Module 2

    Technical Leadership, Execution & Decision Making

    • Leading technical change across teams and organizations
    • Solving complex problems via Design docs / RFCs
    • Design Thinking for complex technical problems
    • Balancing product, innovation, BAU, and technical debt
    • Writing and communicating an Engineering Strategy

    In the session: Apply the techniques to your own problems in a safe space.

  3. 3

    Module 3

    Communication, Influence & Managing Up

    • Communication styles for engineers, product, and leadership
    • Designing communication plans for technical initiatives
    • Building business cases for technical investments
    • Managing expectations with leadership and stakeholders

    In the session: Practice pitching initiatives and defending proposals.

  4. 4

    Module 4

    Mentoring Engineers & Giving Feedback

    • Raising the bar of the engineers around us
    • Mentoring and supporting technical career growth
    • Effective delegation to scale impact
    • Frameworks for effective feedback

    In the session: Practice mentoring and feedback scenarios.

Inside the bootcamp

Two formats, the same programme. This is what each one looks like.

Online

6 live sessions of 2 hours (12 hours total) Two cohorts, pick the one that suits your time zone Live on video, with exercises on a shared board
Shared board from a live session where two teams map their projects as Core, Mantle or Crust Participants on the Zoom call
Map your own projects Learn about the initiatives you are leading and discuss them with your team.
Javier on a live video call, running a self-assessment on a shared board
Self-assessment We start by placing ourselves on scope, strategy and leadership.
Slide titled The classic traps, showing eight Staff Engineer anti-patterns
The classic traps Glue work, the hero firefighter, the parachute trooper. Almost everyone sees themselves in at least one.

In person

2 days (12 hours total) Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia Group work, debates, and time to meet people in the same camp
Practical exercises
Practical exercises
Guided dynamics
Guided dynamics
Frameworks in context
Frameworks in context
Group exercises
Group exercises
Adapt your communication
Adapt your communication
Learn from others
Learn from others
Meet like-minded engineers
Meet like-minded engineers
Happy campers
Happy campers
In both formats Highly interactive format Mix of short lectures, group discussions, and practical exercises Real-world scenarios inspired by Slack, Canva, and Salesforce

Key Outcomes for Organizations

Clearer technical decisions

Staff engineers who can structure decisions and reduce noise in technical debates.

Effective architecture communication

Narratives that align engineering, product, and leadership.

Alignment on technical strategy

Organizations aligned around priorities and trade-offs.

Balance between delivery and system health

Balanced decisions on technical debt, reliability, and innovation.

Stronger engineer development

Mentoring and feedback to accelerate engineering growth.

Panel at Cloudflare Immerse Madrid

Bringing a team?

I also run private bootcamps for companies, online or in person.

Talk to Javier

Upcoming editions

The bootcamp runs in two separate formats, online or in person. Pick one: each edition is complete on its own, and there is no hybrid option.

Early bird: 650 EUR until 29 Oct

Regular price: 750 EUR

VAT included where applicable

All editions are in English

Online

6 live sessions of 2 hours over two weeks. Two cohorts, pick the one that suits your time zone.

Europe / APAC cohort

Nov 17-19 and 24-26

  • Spain / Berlin: 07:00 to 09:00
  • India (IST): 11:30 to 13:30
  • Sydney / Melbourne: 17:00 to 19:00
  • Auckland: 19:00 to 21:00

Europe / Americas cohort

Nov 17-19 and 24-26

  • Spain / Berlin: 18:00 to 20:00
  • London / Dublin: 17:00 to 19:00
  • New York (ET): 12:00 to 14:00
  • San Francisco (PT): 09:00 to 11:00

In person

2 full days, face to face, in Spain.

Questions

Yes. All editions, online and in person, are in English.

Sign up or contact me

Join us in one of the upcoming bootcamps or reach out to me with any questions or requests. Also if you represent a company and would like to run a private bootcamp, let's chat.

Early bird 650 EUR until 29 Oct. All editions are in English.