About
Founder of Arcimus, which helps companies source and filter engineering candidates by leveraging technical judgment to match candidates to specific team needs.
Founder at ArcimusYC S23
Intro paths
YC
Hussein went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Arcimus's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Hussein can intro founders to Arcimus's investors below.
Arcimus's investors · 1
Experience
- Arcimus (YC S23)Co-Founder, CEOcurrent2023 — present
- MetaSoftware Engineer2022 — 2023Seattle, Washington, United States
- AmazonSoftware Engineer2021 — 2022Austin, Texas, United States
- AmazonSoftware Engineer Intern2020Seattle, Washington, United States
Skills & more
Java9Leadership14Python8Analytical Skills3C++5Java4python2
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Hussein Syed?
- Founder of Arcimus, which helps companies source and filter engineering candidates by leveraging technical judgment to match candidates to specific team needs.
- Where does Hussein Syed work?
- Hussein Syed is Founder of Arcimus.
- What companies did Hussein Syed found?
- Hussein Syed founded Arcimus.
- Where did Hussein Syed go to school?
- Hussein Syed studied at Y Combinator; The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science).
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