From thought leadership pieces on software development, design, and marketing careers to remote work, view Arc’s authors and contributors here!
Arc Team
The Arc team publishes insightful articles and thought leadership pieces related to software engineering careers and remote work. From helping entry-level developers land their first junior role to assisting remote workers struggling with working from home to guiding mid-level programmers as they seek a leadership position, Arc covers it all and more!
Christian Eilers
HR & Career Expert
Christian Eilers is a career expert specializing in resumes, cover letters, the employment process, and life on the job. At Arc, Christian enjoys helping software engineers and developers find amazing work opportunities through the Arc platform and blog. He’s been featured as an expert on HR and talent acquisition in publications such as Business Insider, Upskilled, Databox, and HR Technologist. A native of New York City, Christian currently lives in and works from Kyiv, Ukraine.
David Roberts
Head of Developer Relations at Arc
David Roberts is a tech industry veteran, having held many roles and titles, from full-stack developer to CTO. At Arc, David is the Head of Developer Relations, where he combines his extensive talent acquisition & recruitment knowledge with his deep understanding of modern software development processes and teams to help people learn how to find better developers, be better developers, and build better development teams. David regularly answers developers' career questions in the Arc Community, and he speaks on various topics as a host on Clubhouse, YouTube Live, and at Arc's other events.
Simon Barker
Self-Taught Developer & Career Switcher Extraordinaire
Simon cut his teeth in the prehistoric days of PHP and jQuery on the web and Objective-C on the iPhone while running a start up for eight years. He later moved into professional software development, turning his passion into a new career and venturing into the world of DevOps, React/Angular, Serverless, and even SwiftUI. With his Instagram account (@allthecode), he now helps other self-taught and bootcamp developers convert their newly minted coding skills into their dream tech job at CareerSwitchToCoding.com. Simon appreciates the freedom that comes with working remotely and excels at bringing teams together to deliver on a vision.
Lena Sesardic
Programmer, Business Coach & Remote Work Expert
Lena has been working directly with software developers as a product manager since 2017, mainly in startups. She’s a more technical product manager because of her experience programming in HTML, CSS, Javascript, and a bit of VUE.js. And the fact she genuinely enjoys technical discussions. Lena is an advocate for remote-first work culture and has worked with offshore and remote software development teams in North America, India, Ukraine, and the Philippines. Outside of being a product manager in fintech, Lena creates content about her journey as an entrepreneurial product person on her blog, LinkedIn, Medium, and YouTube.
Shaifali Agrawal
PR Content Manager at Arc
Shaifali is a brand builder with a focus on audience development and growth. As the PR Content Manager at Arc, she creates newsworthy data stories about remote work and the software developer industry. She has formerly written for Guardian, Al Jazeera, and Telegraph as a freelance journalist.
William Juan
Web & Mobile Front-End Developer
William is a front-end developer working primarily in the web and hybrid mobile spaces. The majority of his work has revolved around the Angular ecosystem, including working with other Angular-related frameworks such as NativeScript and Ionic. At Arc, he contributes the expertise he's gained over years as a writer on software development careers.
Dairenkon Majime
Data Scientist Intern & Content Writer
Dairenkon works as a data scientist intern at Loft and as a data learning facilitator and mentor at Tera. In the meantime, he writes articles about technology in general, data science, machine learning, and statistics. At Arc, he shares his technical knowledge on working with data gained from Centro Universitário UNA in Brazil and Tera's Bootcamp as a writing contributor to help other data-focused software developers and data scientists succeed in their careers.
Nitai Lee
Technology & Career Advice Writer
Nitai Lee is an overly-enthusiastic storyteller and late-night pizza fan turned copywriter. Over the past 6 years, Nitai has helped various clients in tech, entrepreneurship, and education grow their audience and get closer to their business goals.
He believes that good copywriting should be like a good story – it should grab your attention, hold it captive and not let go until the end. When Nitai is not writing, you can find him brewing his next cup of Earl Grey to boost his creative juices or exploring the outdoors with his camera in hand.
