Fouad Matin is a startup-focused software engineer and founder currently a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI, bringing a track record of building product-first infrastructure and developer tools. He co-founded and led Indent from 2018–2024 to protect cloud and customer data with policy-driven, low-friction access controls, and previously launched voter-facing products at VotePlz that helped hundreds of thousands register and millions find polling information. Earlier roles include engineering leadership at Segment where he helped build real-time user profiles and shaped data integrity practices, plus founding and leading multiple early-stage ventures. Based in San Francisco, he blends hands-on product engineering with CEO-level operational experience, comfortable shipping front-end and back-end systems under regulatory constraints. An alumnus of Y Combinator and the Thiel Fellowship, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with a focus on secure, scalable developer experiences—often surfacing practical solutions where policy and engineering intersect.
2 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Mclean High School
Y Combinator
Thiel Fellowship
Computer Science, Computer Science at George Mason University
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