Marco Suma Engineering Manager · Mongodb

10+ years of experience · Italy

About your mentor

I'm an Engineering Manager at MongoDB, leading the team behind the infrastructure-as-code experience for MongoDB Atlas. Before that I was a Senior Engineer and Tech Lead at Meta, and worked at Google, AWS and Delivery Hero, in Dublin, Singapore and Italy.

I help software engineers with:

- Big Tech interviews: coding, system design and behavioral mock interviews with detailed feedback

- Growing to Senior, Staff or Engineering Manager

- Moving from Italy to an international tech career

20+ engineers mentored, 5.0 average rating. Sessions in English or Italian.

Sessions

  • System Design Mock Interview

    60 min

    Practice a realistic senior-level system design interview with an experienced Big Tech interviewer. Get structured feedback on requirements, architecture, trade-offs, scalability, and communication. Leave with a clear plan to improve.

  • Senior to Staff Engineer Promotion

    60 min

    Build a practical roadmap from Senior Engineer toward Staff-level impact. Diagnose gaps in technical leadership, scope, influence, and promotion readiness. Learn from a manager who has worked across Meta, Google, AWS, and MongoDB.

  • International Tech Career Strategy

    30 min

    Create a focused strategy for moving from Italy into an international technology career. Review positioning, networking, applications, and interview preparation for global companies. Get actionable guidance from someone who has built a career across Europe and Asia.

  • Coffee Chat / Ask Me Anything Ice Breaker

    30 min

    Let’s connect over coffee and explore your questions, goals, and ideas. Bring your curiosity, career thoughts, or a topic you want to unpack. This relaxed conversation is a great way to break the ice and gain fresh perspective.

Expertise

  • API Design
  • Systems Design
  • Engineering Management
  • Distributed Systems
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Terraform
  • AWS
  • Big Tech Interview Preparation
  • Engineering Leadership
  • Career Growth
  • Mock Interviews
  • System Design Interviews

Professional journey

  • mongodb (current)
  • delivery hero (foodpanda)
  • meta
  • google
  • amazon web services
  • reply
  • gft italia srl
  • a.m.t. services s.r.l.

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