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Kia Fathi

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Head of Engineering at Fifty Years

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

Veteran engineer, builder, and former founder.

Experience

  1. Fifty YearsHead of Product & Engineeringcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Fifty YearsBuilder2023 — 2025San Francisco
  3. GoogleSoftware Engineer2018 — 2023Mountain View
  4. Mira Screen SignageFounder & VP of Engineering2018San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Mira Screen SignageFounder & Lead Engineer2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  6. MintedSenior Software Engineer2016San Francisco Bay Area
  7. MintedSoftware Engineer2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  8. Packt PublishingTechnical Reviewer2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Compgun, Inc.Software Engineering Consultant2014San Francisco Bay Area
  10. Hack ReactorHacker In Residence2014San Francisco Bay Area
  11. Hack ReactorSoftware Engineer2014San Francisco Bay Area
  12. Stanford University Medical CenterStem-Cell Researcher2012 — 2014Stanford, California
  13. Cardinal EducationTutor2012 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  14. UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer CenterOncology Researcher2010Greater Los Angeles Area

Skills & more

EngineeringSoftwareMachine LearningSystem ArchitectureProduct DevelopmentJavaScript73HTML43ReactJS8CSS51Flux5AngularJS39Data Analysis31
+12 moreNode.jsjQueryPythonResearchBackbone.jsGitPCRFamo.usCoffeeScriptStem CellsGulpAlgorithms

Languages English · Persian

  • AI Evals For Engineers & PMs — Maven
  • Gold Level - Cyber Resilience: Advanced — Phished
  • Master the Commercial Product and Business Playbook of AI Agents — Maven
  • Foundations of Data Science: Prediction and Machine Learning — edX
  • Foundations of Data Science: Inferential Thinking by Resampling — edX
  • Foundations of Data Science: Computational Thinking with Python — edX
  • Programming and the Web for Beginners — Coursera Course Certificates
  • Java Programming: Solving Problems with Software — Coursera Course Certificates
  • Introduction to Guitar — Coursera Course Certificates
  • Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects — Coursera Course Certificates

From Kia's professional profile.

Colleagues at Fifty Years

Ale Borda
Head of 5050 at Fifty Years
Alex Teng
Partner at Fifty Years
D. Scott Phoenix
Partner at Fifty Years
Drew Moxon
Head of Platform and Product at Fifty Years
Ela Madej
Founding Partner at Fifty Years
Joe Fox
Engineer at Fifty Years
Kasia Bojanowska
Designer at Fifty Years
Seth Bannon
Founding Partner at Fifty Years

Frequently asked questions

Who is Kia Fathi?
Veteran engineer, builder, and former founder.
Where does Kia Fathi work?
Kia Fathi is Head of Engineering at Fifty Years.
Where did Kia Fathi go to school?
Kia Fathi studied at Duke University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology/Biological Sciences); Saint Francis High School (Highschool Diploma).

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