Arbaz Khatib is a Senior Backend Engineer based in New York with nine years of experience building production-grade systems for startups and growth-stage companies. He’s held senior engineering roles at MaestroQA and Knoetic before joining Consensus, and previously co-founded and operated Vectordash, blending hands-on development with product and operational ownership. His background includes a technology analyst stint at Goldman Sachs and technical training through Y Combinator, giving him exposure to both enterprise and accelerator-driven engineering environments. Arbaz specializes in backend architecture and reliable service delivery, consistently shipping scalable APIs and data-driven features. He brings an operator’s mindset from founding a startup combined with the discipline of larger engineering organizations, which helps him bridge product goals and technical execution. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic and outcome-focused, able to move quickly without sacrificing long-term maintainability.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Y Combinator
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at University of Maryland
Contributions:1 PR, 60 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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Arbaz Khatib - Senior Backend Engineer at Consensus