Chirag Mahapatra is a Director of Engineering based in San Francisco with a decade of experience building large-scale ML, data and identity systems across startups and FAANG. He founded and exited an AI marketing startup that processed 100M+ events per day and powered search across 250M users, then led cross-functional engineering organizations at Airbnb and Meta focused on trust, privacy and identity. Now hiring for software and applied-AI roles at Mercor while actively angel investing in a wide portfolio of AI-first startups, he blends operator experience with venture sensibilities. Known for turning around team performance and shipping privacy-safe ML platforms, Chirag pairs hands-on architecture (streaming, batch, search and feature infra) with product instincts that have driven multi-million-dollar impact.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Engineering, Master's degree Engineering at University of California, Berkeley
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at University of Chicago
Bachelor's degree Electrical Engineering, Bachelor's degree Electrical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Karnataka
Computer Science, Computer Science at National Public School
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
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Chirag Mahapatra - Director Of Engineering at Startups