Coastal Recruiting - Eng Candidate Spotlight, Dec 10

1. Staff Software Engineer (SF)

   • He holds a Computer Science degree from Yale and has served as a Senior Engineer at OpenDoor and AirBnb before becoming CTO of an a16z startup, where he was a Founding Engineer. He later co-founded his own startup through YC.

   • As a technical founder, he has successfully built products and teams from the ground up, driving revenue growth from $0 to $1.5M ARR at his last startup by establishing customer success processes, leading sales efforts, and developing core technology.

2. Staff/Infra Engineer (SF)

   • He holds a Computer Science degree from MIT and joined GraphQL as a founding member of their Platform Team when the company had 40 employees. He has since contributed to their growth to 230 employees, initially focusing on CI/CD/DevOps and developing the GitOps pipeline.

   • Now in a product-focused role on the Registry Team, he builds core primitives for their enterprise offering. His recent projects include developing the GitOps deployment workflow, workflow execution, and data models, as well as backend development. He is strongest in areas from API development to low-level Linux, with proficiency in Kotlin, TypeScript, Rust, Golang, and Python.

3. Applied ML Engineer (SF)

   • He holds a PhD and has 14 years of experience in Python, with over 10 years dedicated to machine learning. Most recently, he served as Lead AI Engineer at an AI startup, where he led projects in generative AI, developed and fine-tuned LLMs and Vision LLMs, and designed multimodal moderation systems.

   • His background includes publishing work across four fields, focusing on machine learning applications in computer vision, NLP, and multi-physics simulation. He has hands-on experience with advanced AI/ML architectures and model deployment, showcasing his leadership in both research and development.

4. Back Engineer (NYC)

   • He graduated from Arizona State University with a Computer Science degree and has been a Software Engineer at Ramp for about 2.5 years. He leads the Risk Customer Management team, focusing on backend engineering projects related to credit limit management, delinquency monitoring, and developing in-app risk tools.

   • With extensive experience in backend engineering and cross-functional team leadership, he has worked on high-impact projects at Ramp, including automated systems for credit limit management and distributed systems for banking API calls. Previously at Stripe, he developed systems to protect high-profile users and improved risk team workflows, significantly enhancing underwriting throughput.

5. BE/Full Stack Engineer (NYC)

   • She is an MIT graduate and has served as a Founding Software Engineer at an AI-driven fintech company, where she has built products from 0-1, focusing on automation and insights for investment banks.

   • Proficient in Python, Golang, and TypeScript, she is a true full-stack engineer with stronger backend skills.

6. BE/Full Stack Engineer (NYC)

   • She graduated from UC Berkeley in just 3 years, and has been at Rutter for two years. As employee #45, she became a tech lead after a reorganization downsized the team to 20, successfully launching Rutter's second most used accounting automation product and owning the development of their highest revenue-generating Expense Management product.

   • Heavily backend-focused but capable of full-stack development, she enjoys working with APIs and in the AI space. She differentiates herself through her passion for product involvement and understanding user value, with a tech stack that includes TypeScript, Python, React, APIs, and NLP.

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