About
David Rincon-Cruz previously worked as a software engineer at Airbnb on the China-Risk team, focusing on mobile and machine learning systems to identify and mitigate fraud and abuse. He is now founder and head of engineering at Cheqout.
Founder at CheqoutYC W21
Intro paths
YC
David went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, David can intro founders to Cheqout's investors below.
Cheqout's investors · 1
Co-founders at Cheqout
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Tom SharonFounder
Experience
- Prometheus Research LabsChief Technology Officercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Prometheus Research LabsSmart-Contract / Web3 Engineer2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- CheqoutFounder2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- AirbnbSoftware Engineer2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Columbia University in the City of New YorkComputer Science Course Assistant2017 — 2019Greater New York City Area
- Columbia University in the City of New YorkGeneral Assistant for Library Information Technologies Office2016 — 2017Greater New York City Area
- AirbnbSoftware Engineering Intern2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Knox College Computer ScienceStudent Research Assistant2014 — 2016Knox College
- Knox College Computer ScienceComputer Center Lab Assistant2014 — 2016
- Knox College Computer ScienceComputer Science Student Grader and Teaching Assistant2014 — 2016Galesburg, Illinois
- Knox College Computer ScienceMathematics Student Grader and Tutor2013 — 2016Galesburg, Illinois
- Illinois Institute of TechnologyUndergraduate Student Researcher2015Greater Chicago Area
Skills & more
Public Speaking2LeadershipProject Management4Research7Data Analysis4Programming5Functional ProgrammingQualitative ResearchNetworkingAndroid Development2Android StudioHaskell
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PrologPuttyAlgorithm DesignAirflowService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)Machine LearningBig Data AnalyticsApache SparkHiveElixirChineseJavaLanguages Chinese · English · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is David Rincon-Cruz?
- David Rincon-Cruz previously worked as a software engineer at Airbnb on the China-Risk team, focusing on mobile and machine learning systems to identify and mitigate fraud and abuse. He is now founder and head of engineering at Cheqout.
- Where does David Rincon-Cruz work?
- David Rincon-Cruz is Founder of Cheqout.
- What companies did David Rincon-Cruz found?
- David Rincon-Cruz founded Cheqout.
- Where did David Rincon-Cruz go to school?
- David Rincon-Cruz studied at Y Combinator; Columbia University in the City of New York (Master's degree, Computer Science - Machine Learning); Columbia Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science).
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