About
Josh Valdez is co-founder and CEO of Engines. He previously worked as an engineering manager at Gem, an infrastructure engineer on Uber's machine learning platform and reliability teams, and holds a BS in Computer Science from Stanford.
Founder at EnginesYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Josh went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Engines's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Josh can intro founders to Engines's investors below.
Engines's investors · 3
Co-founders at Engines
JZ
Jet ZhouFounder
Experience
- NuancedCTOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- EnginesCo-Founder2024 — 2025
- GemEngineering Manager2022San Francisco Bay Area
- GemSenior Software Engineer2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- UberSoftware Engineer2014 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- UdacityCourse Developer2013 — 2014
- Stanford UniversityTeaching Assistant2012Stanford, California
- NiciraOpenstack Intern2012Palo Alto, California
- VMwareMTS Intern2011San Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford UniversityUndergraduate Researcher2010
Skills & more
Python8Git4Python (Programming Language)1Go1Programming5Scalability1
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Josh Valdez?
- Josh Valdez is co-founder and CEO of Engines. He previously worked as an engineering manager at Gem, an infrastructure engineer on Uber's machine learning platform and reliability teams, and holds a BS in Computer Science from Stanford.
- Where does Josh Valdez work?
- Josh Valdez is Founder of Engines.
- What companies did Josh Valdez found?
- Josh Valdez founded Engines.
- Where did Josh Valdez go to school?
- Josh Valdez studied at Stanford University (B.S., Computer Science); Marcus High School (High School).
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