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The Pragmatic Engineer

Gergely Orosz

Booking Overview

This is a technology interview show focused on software engineering at Big Tech companies and startups, with recurring deep-dive conversations featuring senior engineers, technical leaders, founders, and influential software experts. Agencies could credibly pitch accomplished engineering executives, AI and developer-tools specialists, open-source maintainers, technical educators, and authors with substantial hands-on expertise, but booking is very difficult because recent guests include senior leaders and highly prominent voices from Google, OpenAI, Honeycomb, and the broader software engineering community.

Metrics

Episodes: 79

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Gender skew: Male

Listener location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

pragmaticengineer@substack.com

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Host

Gergely Orosz - Software engineer, author, and publisher of The Pragmatic Engineer newsletter, focused on software engineering practices and technology organizations at Big Tech companies and startups.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

very_high
Typical Credentials:  
Senior software engineers, engineering executives, technical founders, AI and developer-tools specialists, open-source creators, and recognized authors or educators with substantial hands-on experience building software systems or leading technology organizations.
Required Achievements:  
Leadership roles at major technology companies, Creation of widely used software, developer tools, or open-source projects, Founding or executive leadership at notable technology companies, Authorship of respected technical books or educational programs, Recognized expertise in software engineering, AI development, reliability, or developer productivity

Recent Guest Discussions

Matt Pocock - AI Coding Agents, Technical Education, Typescript, Software Fundamentals, Strategic Coding, And How Engineers Learn In The Age Of Ai.

Tibo Sottiaux - Codex Architecture, Rust, Open Source, Coding Agents, Software Development Workflows, Code Review, Maintenance, And Rearchitecting Systems With Ai.

Casey Muratori - Software Performance, CPU Architecture, Assembly, Optimization, Game Development, Code Quality, Testing, And Ai-assisted Programming.

Addy Osmani - Developer Tools, Engineering Culture, Software Leadership, Core Web Vitals, AI Agents, Loop Engineering, And The Changing Role Of Software Engineers.

Charity Majors - Ai-assisted Software Development, Observability, Reliability, Devops, Code Review, Non-deterministic Systems, Engineering Leadership, And The Changing Role Of Junior Engineers.

Recent Topics

Technology, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools, Engineering Leadership

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
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Uber’s AI infra, from the inside

October 14, 2026

Brought to You By:• turbopuffer – a vector and full-text search engine built on object storage. It’s fast, cheap, and extremely scalable• Linear – the product development system for teams and agents• WorkOS – everything you need to make your app enterprise-ready.—What do developer tools look like inside of Uber, today? They are very different from what you would see at most places. For example, can you guess what service a system called DevPods, Code Inbox, Slate or Wisdom would be providing ...

Building resilient systems with Sam Newman

October 07, 2026

Brought to You By:• turbopuffer – a vector and full-text search engine built on object storage. It’s fast, cheap, and extremely scalable.• Entire – Git hosting, rebuilt for the agentic era. Every agent session, prompt and tool calls: stored in your repo.• Antithesis – verify your system’s correctness without human review or traditional integration tests – and avoid bugs or outages.—Sam Newman wrote one of the most-read books about microservices (“Building Microservices”), but he calls them an...

Distributed databases with Peter Mattis

September 30, 2026

Brought to You By:• turbopuffer – a vector and full-text search engine built on object storage. It’s fast, cheap, and extremely scalable• Linear – the product development system for teams and agents• WorkOS – everything you need to make your app enterprise ready.—How is it that a software veteran who regularly shipped ~100K of database-grade code to production each year, pre-AI, feels like he’s even more productive today, with no drop in quality? Peter Mattis is co-founder and CTO of Cockroac...

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Frequently asked questions

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How do I get in touch with The Pragmatic Engineer?

The Pragmatic Engineer is hosted by Gergely Orosz. Its publicly listed email is pragmaticengineer@substack.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for The Pragmatic Engineer?

The publicly listed email for The Pragmatic Engineer: pragmaticengineer@substack.com.

How many listeners does The Pragmatic Engineer have?

Podseeker estimates The Pragmatic Engineer reaches 1,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for The Pragmatic Engineer?

The Pragmatic Engineer typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Senior software engineers, engineering executives, technical founders, AI and developer-tools specialists, open-source creators, and recognized authors or educators with substantial hands-on experience building software systems or leading technology organizations. Common among recent guests: Leadership roles at major technology companies; Creation of widely used software, developer tools, or open-source projects; Founding or executive leadership at notable technology companies. Recent guests include Matt Pocock, Tibo Sottiaux, and Casey Muratori.

How hard is it to get booked on The Pragmatic Engineer?

Very high. It mostly books well-known names.

What topics does The Pragmatic Engineer cover?

Recent episodes cover Technology, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools, and Engineering Leadership. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

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