Nikolay Valtchanov
FounderFounder at Fabric
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedFabric · YC
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About
Nikolay Valtchanov is a Software Engineer at Airbnb. He previously co-founded Fabric in 2014 and, from 2009, worked for nearly five years as a product engineer on Facebook's early Platform teams, including Mobile Platform and Open Graph. His earlier work included backend projects such as Microsoft IIS and Google Docs, and he competed in coding competitions with two ACM ICPC World Finals appearances.
Founder at FabricYC S16
Intro paths
YC
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Co-founders at Fabric
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Arun VijayvergiyaFounder/CEO
Experience
- AirbnbSoftware Engineercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- FabricCo-Founder2015 — 2019
- FacebookSoftware Engineer2009 — 2014Palo Alto, CA; Menlo Park, CA
- GoogleSoftware Engineer Intern2009 — 2010Mountain View, CA
- GoogleSoftware Engineer Intern2008Mountain View, CA
- MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer Intern2007Redmond, WA
- Musala SoftSoftware Engineer Trainee2006Sofia, Bulgaria
Skills & more
Java1JavaScript1Software Development2Software Engineering1Mobile Applications1Algorithms1Web Development1
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- Who is Nikolay Valtchanov?
- Nikolay Valtchanov is a Software Engineer at Airbnb. He previously co-founded Fabric in 2014 and, from 2009, worked for nearly five years as a product engineer on Facebook's early Platform teams, including Mobile Platform and Open Graph. His earlier work included backend projects such as Microsoft IIS and Google Docs, and he competed in coding competitions with two ACM ICPC World Finals appearances.
- Where does Nikolay Valtchanov work?
- Nikolay Valtchanov is Founder of Fabric.
- What companies did Nikolay Valtchanov found?
- Nikolay Valtchanov founded Fabric.
- Where did Nikolay Valtchanov go to school?
- Nikolay Valtchanov studied at Y Combinator; Northwestern University; Northwestern University (B.S, Computer Science).
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