About
Roland Saavedra is Chief Technology Officer at MarkIt.
Founder at MarkItYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Roland went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran MarkIt's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Roland can intro founders to MarkIt's investors below.
MarkIt's investors · 1
Co-founders at MarkIt
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Chanhyung KimFounder
Experience
- MarkItCo-Founder/CTOcurrent2025 — present
- GoogleIncoming Software Engineer Intern (Fall)current2025 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- RobloxSoftware Engineer Intern2025San Francisco Bay Area
- PlaidSoftware Engineer Intern2024New York, New York, United States
- CarrierSoftware Engineer Intern2023Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- AvivatechSoftware Developer2022Alpharetta, Georgia, United States
- SLINGSHOTProgrammer2021Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Skills & more
TypeScript1Software Architecture1Self Learning4Problem Solving2Creativity and Innovation1Team Leadership2API Development2Mathematics2Quantitative Finance2Three.js2GitHub3Bootstrap1
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Software Development.NET CoreASP.NET MVCASP.NET CoreASP.NET RazorMicrosoft SQL ServerSQLSQL Server Management Studio3D ModelingProgrammingGame DevelopmentSoftwareFrom Roland's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Roland Saavedra?
- Roland Saavedra is Chief Technology Officer at MarkIt.
- Where does Roland Saavedra work?
- Roland Saavedra is Founder of MarkIt.
- What companies did Roland Saavedra found?
- Roland Saavedra founded MarkIt.
- Where did Roland Saavedra go to school?
- Roland Saavedra studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science); The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (GSMST) (High School Diploma, Computer Science).
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