About
A 15-year engineering leader at Meta, including Head of Engineering for New Products and Sr. Director at Instagram, Facebook AI, and Facebook.
Experience
- StealthExploring new thingscurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- AtlanticoOperating Partnercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Vetto AICo-founder, Advisor, Interim CTO2025 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- LoggiBoard Member2017 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- MetaHead Of Engineering, NPE2021 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Facebook AISr. Director of Engineering2021San Francisco Bay Area
- InstagramSr. Director of Engineering2018 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- FacebookDirector Of Engineering2017 — 2018Menlo Park, California
- LuxeVice President of Engineering2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- InstagramDirector of Engineering2013 — 2016Menlo Park, CA
- FacebookDirector of Engineering2008 — 2016Menlo Park, CA
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)Research Assistant2003 — 2008
- InternectaFounder2008Lausanne Area, Switzerland
- University of LuganoResearch and Teaching Assistant2004 — 2007Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
- Hewlett-Packard LaboratoriesResearcher2005Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom
- PUC-CampinasAdjunct Professor2003Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Various companiesEntrepreneur/Engineer/Consultant1994 — 2000Brazil
Skills & more
Databases29Java9Hadoop8Python6Team Management5Distributed Systems40Algorithms36Computer Science25Software Engineering16Distributed Algorithms12Software Development16Replication5
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ScalabilityMobile DevicesStart-upsLanguages English · French · Portuguese
From Rodrigo's professional profile.
Colleagues at Atlantico
Alejandro Maldonado
People and Leadership Executive Coach at Atlantico
Ana Martins
Partner at Atlantico
Anna Sobral
Talent at Atlantico
Ariana Poursartip
Venture Partner at Atlantico
Gislana Rodrigues
Executive Assistant at Atlantico
Gui Telles
Venture Partner at Atlantico
Guilherme Ziegler
Finance and Operations at Atlantico
Henrique Baruselli
Investor at Atlantico
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rodrigo Schmidt?
- A 15-year engineering leader at Meta, including Head of Engineering for New Products and Sr. Director at Instagram, Facebook AI, and Facebook.
- Where does Rodrigo Schmidt work?
- Rodrigo Schmidt is Engineering at Atlantico.
- Where did Rodrigo Schmidt go to school?
- Rodrigo Schmidt studied at EPFL (PhD, Computer Science); Universidade Estadual de Campinas (M.S., Computer Science); Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG (B.S.E., Computer Engineering).
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Also attended Universidade Estadual de Campinas23
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Also attended Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG4
Shared employers
Also worked at Loggi8
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Also worked at Meta316
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Also worked at Instagram49
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