CASE FILE · COHORT 2024
Jana Kunft
// Principal Engineer · London, UK 🇬🇧
THE STORY
Jana’s Path To Senior
- 01
Jana wasn't chasing her first senior title. She was aiming past it.
- 02
Above senior the air gets thin: fewer peers, harder decisions, no playbook. She used the coaches to pressure-test hers: architecture at scale, system design, technical strategy.
- 03
She also learned to explain technical direction to people who don't write code. That's half the job up there.
- 04
Today she's a Principal Engineer in London. The ladder doesn't stop at senior.
WHAT JANA MASTERED
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THE OUTCOME
What changed at Senior level
Principal Engineer
Substantial increase
New confidence & clarity
IN JANA’S WORDS
“Having you guys in the corner has been really great.”
THE SENIOR JOURNEY
The senior skills Jana built
Getting to senior isn’t about learning another framework. Jana’s path covered the dimensions that actually move an engineer up a level — the same areas theSeniorDev coaches every member through:
System Design & Frontend System Design
Jana learned to lead system design and frontend system design discussions — scalability, data flow, and architecture trade-offs — the conversations that separate a senior principal engineer from a mid-level one.
Technical & Live-Coding Interviews
Instead of memorising answers, Jana built a repeatable process for technical interviews, live-coding challenges, and take-home tasks — shipping production-ready solutions under pressure.
Fundamentals: Testing, Performance & Software Architecture
Jana went deep on the senior fundamentals — testing, performance, and software architecture — and the mental models that outlast any framework or library.
The Architect's Mindset
Jana developed an architect's mindset: making technical decisions, driving architectural discussions, and holding their own with staff engineers and CTOs.
Selling Yourself & Communicating Senior-Level Value
Jana learned to communicate real engineering value — a senior-level CV, LinkedIn, and STAR interview stories — so the level showed long before the offer landed.
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