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Hemant TanejaunlockedSlava: together at Stripe (2016–2018)
×6Slava: together at Stripe
Slava: together at Y Combinator
×4Slava: together at Stony Brook University
About
Slava Akhmechet is a Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft, where he leads engineering for Azure MySQL. He previously founded RethinkDB, which was acquired by Stripe, and incubated Stripe Billing. His work focuses on distributed systems, developer platforms, and engineering teams.
Founder at RethinkDBYC S09
Intro paths
YC
Slava went through Y Combinator (Summer 2009) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Co-founders at RethinkDB
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Michael GlukhovskyFounder
Experience
- MicrosoftPrincipal Engineering Managercurrent2024 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- MicrosoftPrincipal Engineering Manager2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- StripeProduct Manager2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- RethinkDBFounder & CEO (YC S09)2009 — 2016Mountain View, California
- MarketAxessSoftware Engineer2007 — 2008New York City Metropolitan Area
- Thomson ReutersSoftware Engineer2004 — 2005New York City Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
Standards ComplianceSecurityCross-functional Team LeadershipDeveloper ToolsStartupsCustomer Escalation ManagementProduct ManagementIncident ManagementCloud InfrastructureSystems DesignSystem ArchitectureTechnical Leadership
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Incident ResponseReliability EngineeringInfrastructureEngineering ManagementSoftware DevelopmentStart-upsScalabilityUser Interface DesignSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Enterprise SoftwareREST APIsDatabasesFrom Slava's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Slava Akhmechet?
- Slava Akhmechet is a Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft, where he leads engineering for Azure MySQL. He previously founded RethinkDB, which was acquired by Stripe, and incubated Stripe Billing. His work focuses on distributed systems, developer platforms, and engineering teams.
- Where does Slava Akhmechet work?
- Slava Akhmechet is Founder of RethinkDB.
- What companies did Slava Akhmechet found?
- Slava Akhmechet founded RethinkDB.
- Where did Slava Akhmechet go to school?
- Slava Akhmechet studied at Y Combinator; Stony Brook University (PhD, Computational Neuroscience (left to start RethinkDB)); Stony Brook University (B.S., Computer Science).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Stripe mafia152
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Hemant TanejaInvestor (former Board Member)Founded Hippocratic AIMatt HuangBoard MemberFounded Paradigm +1Patrick CollisonCo-founder & CEOFounded AuctomaticGreg BrockmanFounding Engineer, then first CTOFounded OpenAIDaniela AmodeiEarly employee — Risk ManagerFounded AnthropicArvid LunnemarkSoftware EngineeringFounded Cursor
+ 145 more
Stony Brook University mafia49
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
David R. WaltDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Founded Sherlock Biosciences +4Raymond YipInformation Systems EngineeringFounded Shopline +1Daniel KivatinosBachelor of ScienceFounded loopfour +1Gabe RuttnerBachelor of Engineering (B.E.)Founded Hatchet +1Jordan GihaB.A.Founded Companyventures +1Ben ParkerBiologyFounded Kronologic +1
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorChris GoldaGeneral Partner at Y Combinator
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Stony Brook University90
Mojca SkoberneEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Alex BardManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesKonstantinos AprilakisPartner at Deerfield Management CompanyDavid WhittakerVenture Partner at Elm Street VenturesJeffrey SachsAdvisor at Windham Capital PartnersBrittany MartorellaExecutive Assistant at Level Equity
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Shared employers
Also worked at Microsoft1,854
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
+ 1,848 more
Also worked at Stripe234
Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmLuciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalPatrick CollisonCo-founder & CEO of StripeJohn CollisonCo-founder & President of StripeGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAI
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