About
Hamza Zia is the Founder and CEO of GitStart, a Y Combinator-backed startup that helps engineering-focused companies scale feature deployment and reduce management complexity. He has built technology businesses and led teams in San Francisco, Zurich, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. Earlier in his career, he worked on the core Microsoft Azure team in Shanghai, where he was recognized as an outstanding individual contributor.
Founder at GitStartYC S19
Intro paths
YC
Hamza went through Y Combinator (Summer 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Hamza can intro founders to GitStart's investors below.
Experience
- GitStartFounder and CEOcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Mirae HealthEngineeringcurrent2026 — present
- Rainforest QAStaff Engineer2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- ParleFounder2014 — 2016
- Montemedia AG ZurichCTO2013 — 2014Zurich, Switzerland
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2010 — 2013Zurich, Switzerland
- The Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyResearch Assistant2009 — 2010
- Computer EmpireCo-founder + Solo Engineer2006 — 2008
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Hamza Zia?
- Hamza Zia is the Founder and CEO of GitStart, a Y Combinator-backed startup that helps engineering-focused companies scale feature deployment and reduce management complexity. He has built technology businesses and led teams in San Francisco, Zurich, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. Earlier in his career, he worked on the core Microsoft Azure team in Shanghai, where he was recognized as an outstanding individual contributor.
- Where does Hamza Zia work?
- Hamza Zia is Founder of GitStart.
- What companies did Hamza Zia found?
- Hamza Zia founded GitStart.
- Where did Hamza Zia go to school?
- Hamza Zia studied at Y Combinator (S19); Stanford University Graduate School of Business; ETH Zürich (Computer Science).
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