Austin Tindle
Chief Executive Officer at Sorcerer
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAustin Tindle is a generalist software leader and CEO based in San Francisco with a decade of experience building and scaling B2B products and engineering teams. He progressed from hands-on full-stack and frontend roles to leading engineering and product at SumUp and now runs Sorcerer, blending technical depth with product and go-to-market instincts. Austin has a strong track record of modernizing legacy systems—introducing TypeScript, CI, and unit testing while re-architecting large codebases and mentoring teams. He excels at shipping pragmatic, maintainable web applications and has repeatedly led hiring, onboarding, and cross-functional expansion into new markets. A former carrot farmer turned crab enthusiast, he brings an unconventional curiosity and resilience to startup leadership. Recent study at Y Combinator underscores his focus on founder-led growth and scaling early-stage ventures.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Y Combinator Summer 2024 Batch, Y Combinator Summer 2024 Batch at Y CombinatorBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy at University of Central Florida
English, French
Stackoverflow
28reputation
3kreached
1answer
2questions
Github Skills (33)
airtable10
whiteboard10
rust8
documentation-generator8
api-documentation8
job-search8
microcontroller8
swagger7
docker-compose7
ambient7
html6
openapi6
steam6
golang6
php6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
tindleaj/n2t
Feb 2019 - Apr 2020
Contributions:35 commits, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
tindleaj/tndl.me
Jan 2020 - Jun 2022
Contributions:49 commits, 48 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 5 months
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