The role of a software engineer goes well beyond writing code. In many companies, large or small, engineers often need to understand unfamiliar business rules, and then coordinate with multiple groups to ship software within a tight schedule. Although the skills required to perform this job effectively can be hidden within one’s years of experience, learning from mistakes, peer guidance, and available resources, are critical to success.

This book summarizes the skills and practices effective engineers should leverage to excel at their job. A chapter is dedicated to each of the four main pillars that form a successful engineering career: Self-Management, Technical Discipline, Risk Management, and Strategic Teamwork. Topics covered within each pillar include insights and tips on how to enhance your career simply by making small changes in the way you work.

Based on a collection of mentorship sessions from author Filipe Ximenes, Strategic Software Engineering will empower you to maximize the impact of your work.

You will:

• Master skills beyond writing code to achieve career goals.
• Make your day-to day work more impactful through meaningful changes.
• Identify, mitigate, and manage risk.
• Leverage teamwork and collaboration to build successful products.

Filipe Ximenes is the CTO and Co-Founder of Vinta, a software consultancy he has worked and grown over the past 10 years. During that time, he managed teams and built products in the most varying states of maturity, from writing the first commit as solo engineer of the project to seamlessly integrating a new team to an ongoing mature product. As a consultant Filipe matured the process of understanding business needs and translating it into working software that delivers value to users early and often.