Lead an Engineering Org That Ships, Scales, and Lasts
One-on-one coaching for senior engineering leaders, from first-time managers to CTOs. We work on what you're measured by: delivery, retention, and an org that runs without heroics.
Industries where I've led teams:
From Haedo to Berlin, One Engineering Team at a Time
I'm Agustin Gonzalez Nicolini. For 15+ years I've built and led multi-disciplinary teams across fintech, gaming, e-mobility, healthtech, and web3 — shipping REST and GraphQL architectures on serverless and containerized cloud-native systems, including a core banking platform.
I advise C-suite and senior engineering leaders on cloud-native systems, DevOps transformation, and security — and I've likely sat through a version of whatever you're facing: the reorg, the audit, the outage review, the budget fight. Whether you're taking a startup through scale-up or restoring delivery discipline in an enterprise org, we build the systems and habits that let your team deliver without you as the bottleneck.
How I Work
Outcomes Over Optics
Every engagement names the result it should produce — delivery speed, retention, uptime — and we check that it did.
Security by Default
Resilience and compliance as design inputs, not afterthoughts — a habit from years of PCI-DSS, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 work.
Direct, Kind Feedback
You'll hear what I actually think, specifically and early. That candor is most of the value.
Practice Over Theory
I only teach what I've run in production with real teams — no borrowed frameworks.
My Coaching Philosophy
Three pillars behind every engagement — and what each one changes for your team
Growth through Clarity
Clear goals, working feedback loops, and OKRs that tie each person's growth to business results — so your team knows exactly what winning looks like this quarter.
Empowerment through Systems
DevOps/GitOps workflows, DORA metrics, and decision frameworks that let your team move fast without waiting on you.
Leadership through Empathy
Psychological safety, deliberate mentoring, and a culture people choose to stay in. Retention is a leadership outcome, not an HR metric.
Coaching Services
Three formats. Pick by the problem you have, not the title you hold.
Executive Leadership Coaching
CTO & VP Level
For leaders accountable to boards and founders: an org design that scales, stakeholders who trust you, and decisions you can defend under pressure.
Format
Bi-weekly 60-minute sessions
Best for
CTOs, VPs, and senior engineering executives
Team & Manager Coaching
Manager & Director Level
For managers whose teams should be shipping more than they are: better delivery numbers, healthier rituals, and calmer on-call weeks.
Format
Weekly or bi-weekly 45-minute sessions
Best for
Engineering managers, directors, and team leads
Career Transition Coaching
IC to Manager & Beyond
For engineers and managers moving up a level: land the role, then grow into it faster than you would alone.
Format
8-12 week programs with weekly check-ins
Best for
Engineers and managers at career inflection points
Not sure which format fits your situation?
Numbers I Stand Behind
Results from teams I've led as an operator — the same playbooks we'll work from
FinOps discipline plus hard-nosed vendor negotiations — money back into the roadmap
Multi-region failover and DR/HA playbooks, built so a bad day in one region stays invisible to users
Trunk-based development, CI/CD, and GitOps — releasing became routine, not an event
A multi-account AWS migration with deployments automated end to end
OKRs paired with DORA metrics, used as working tools rather than dashboards
Standardized processes and documentation a new hire can follow on day one
Experience Timeline
Head of Infrastructure & Security
Confidential (Web3)
Running infrastructure and security end to end for a Web3 platform — the company's name stays confidential for now.
VP of Engineering
JUCR GmbH (EV Charging)
Led the migration to multi-account AWS, unified an architecture spanning 5+ SaaS services, and sustained 99.99% uptime.
Cloud Security Manager
Wildlife Studios (Gaming)
Kept security controls stringent while game teams shipped features at full speed.
DevOps Lead
Ualá (FinTech)
Delivered a core banking system on a fully serverless architecture, with PCI-DSS compliance and security hardening throughout.
Infrastructure & Security Lead
Bdev (HealthTech)
Migrated on-premise infrastructure to AWS and implemented SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance.
Typical Engagements
Three composite sketches — not client quotes — showing the problems leaders bring me and how the work tends to unfold
Senior Engineering Manager
FinTech scale-up
The first call was about messy deploys. Within six months the pipeline was boring — in the best way — but the more useful work was getting them out of the middle of every decision their team makes.
First-Time Engineering Manager
E-Commerce Platform
A few months into the role and drowning. Instead of handing over a framework, we rehearsed the conversations they were avoiding — delegation, feedback, saying no — until having them for real felt routine.
VP of Engineering
B2B SaaS Company
One team became four in a year and everything got slower — it usually does. We sketched an org structure early on, then stress-tested and adjusted it over the following quarters as the company kept growing.
Coaching conversations are confidential by default, so named endorsements will only ever appear here with a client's explicit sign-off.
Frequently Asked Questions
Practical answers on fit, format, and how we'd start
What's the Hardest Part of the Job Right Now?
Tell me in a few lines — a stalled team, a rough transition, a decision you keep circling. That's exactly what a first conversation is for.
Response Time
I typically respond within 24 hours. For urgent inquiries, please mention it in your message.
Free Discovery Call
The first 30 minutes are on me: a working session on your situation, not a sales pitch. If I'm not the right coach for the problem, I'll say so.