Yahia Bakour
FounderFounder at Context.dev
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedContext.dev Β· YC
About
Yahia Bakour is currently building Context.dev. He previously worked as a principal software engineer and manager at Sunrun, was an SDE2 at Amazon leading development on a major retail checkout platform, and co-founded StockAlarm.io, which was acquired after reaching over 225,000 users.
Founder at Context.devYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Yahia went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Context.dev's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Yahia can intro founders to Context.dev's investors below.
Context.dev's investors Β· 1
Experience
- Context.devFoundercurrent2025 β present
- SunrunPrincipal Software Engineer / Manager2025 β 2026
- SunrunSr Staff Software Engineer2023 β 2024New York, United States
- OPTICStaff Engineer2023
- Essense.ioFounder (Acquired by Optic)2023
- Stock AlarmCo-Founder & CTO (Acquired by Center Mark Capital)2019 β 2023
- AmazonSoftware Development Engineer II2021 β 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
- AmazonSoftware Development Engineer2020 β 2021Seattle, Washington, United States
- Boston University College of EngineeringTeaching Assistant: EC526 Parallel Algorithms for High Performance Computing2020Greater Boston Area
- Boston University College of EngineeringTeaching Assistant: EC504 Advanced Data Structures2019 β 2020Greater Boston Area
- Boston University College of EngineeringTeaching Assistant: EC311 Introduction to Logic Design2019Greater Boston Area
- Boston University College of EngineeringTeaching Assistant: EC330 Applied Algorithms & Data Structures2018Greater Boston Area
- Bank of America Merrill LynchGlobal Technology Analyst2019Hopewell, New Jersey
- Libring (Acquired by data.ai)Software Engineering Intern2019Greater Boston Area
- Libring (Acquired by data.ai)System Integration Intern2018Greater Boston Area
- Boston University - Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies (Pardee School)Web Developer2017 β 2019Greater Boston Area
- ASC EnglishMath Teacher & Private Tutor2017 β 2018Greater Boston Area
Skills & more
C++17Python16React.js6Node.js5HTML55Linux4Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)5Verilog6PHP5HTML 55CSS4Microsoft Office3
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Microsoft Visual Studio Code.NET FrameworkASP.NET MVCC#Microsoft ExcelJavaScriptHTMLAlgorithmsData StructuresAnalog Circuit DesignMachine LearningWeb DevelopmentLanguages Arabic Β· English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Yahia Bakour?
- Yahia Bakour is currently building Context.dev. He previously worked as a principal software engineer and manager at Sunrun, was an SDE2 at Amazon leading development on a major retail checkout platform, and co-founded StockAlarm.io, which was acquired after reaching over 225,000 users.
- Where does Yahia Bakour work?
- Yahia Bakour is Founder of Context.dev.
- What companies did Yahia Bakour found?
- Yahia Bakour founded Context.dev.
- Where did Yahia Bakour go to school?
- Yahia Bakour studied at Boston University (Bachelor of Engineering - BS, Computer Engineering).
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