About
Charles Ding previously held engineering leadership roles at Meta and Amazon, and worked at Microsoft. He is a repeat founder whose last company achieved an exit.
Founder & CEO at ChamberYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Charles went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Chamber's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Charles can intro founders to Chamber's investors below.
Chamber's investors · 3
Co-founders at Chamber
Experience
- ChamberCo-Founder & CEO (YC W26)current2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- AmazonSoftware Engineering Leader2022 — 2026Greater Seattle Area
- FacebookSoftware Engineering Manager2021 — 2022Greater Seattle Area
- BungeeCo-Founder & CTO (Acquired by ClearDemand)2018 — 2021Greater Seattle Area
- MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer 2.52017 — 2018Redmond, WA
- AmazonSoftware Developer Engineer II2015 — 2017Greater Seattle Area
- AmazonSDE Intern2014Seattle, Washington
- Georgia Institute of TechnologyTeaching Assistant2013 — 2014Atlanta Metropolitan Area
- Georgia Institute of TechnologyMentor2012 — 2014Atlanta Metropolitan Area
- Liberty Mutual InsurancePersonal Insurance Software Intern2013Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- CafePress Inc.Jr. Software Developer Intern2012Norcross, Georgia
Skills & more
Software Development20Web Development20Algorithms1Product ManagementProject ManagementBusiness AdministrationScrum1Product DevelopmentProduct DesignTechnical RecruitingEntrepreneurshipChinese1
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JavaJavaScriptCSSHTMLjQueryC#PHPSeleniumHTML 5HTML5ASP.NETManagementLanguages Chinese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Charles Ding?
- Charles Ding previously held engineering leadership roles at Meta and Amazon, and worked at Microsoft. He is a repeat founder whose last company achieved an exit.
- Where does Charles Ding work?
- Charles Ding is Founder & CEO of Chamber.
- What companies did Charles Ding found?
- Charles Ding founded Chamber.
- Where did Charles Ding go to school?
- Charles Ding studied at Y Combinator; The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management); University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley SkyDeck Alumni - Gold tier Startup Accelerator Program, 2018 Fall Cohort).
Founder mafias
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Stanford University mafia903
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University of California, Berkeley mafia538
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Georgia Institute of Technology mafia180
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Chamber3
Also worked at Amazon645
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsBinny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoorBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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Also worked at Bungee3
Also worked at Microsoft1,188
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