Karl Clement
Forward Deployed Engineer at Amp Code
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolKarl Clement is a forward-deployed engineer and serial founder with 12 years of experience building product-focused software, AI infrastructure, and high-performance web systems from San Francisco. He has co-founded multiple startups (Feathery, EchoLayer, Squire AI) where he led core algorithm development, full-stack engineering, and operational duties including finances and growth/SEO. Currently operating at the intersection of product and engineering as an FDE at Sourcegraph and Amp, he specializes in deploying AI agents and scalable review automation in production. His background spans hands-on API and backend work (CanvasPop, Workshop X) to growth engineering that drove rapid user acquisition (PopKey). A Y Combinator founder alum with commerce and tech studies, he blends technical depth with founder-level ownership across engineering, marketing, and ops. Not obvious from titles alone: he frequently bridges developer-facing infrastructure with go-to-market tactics, shipping both core algorithms and the content that makes them discoverable.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Founder, Founder at Y CombinatorMaster of Science (MSc) (incomplete) Information Technology, Master of Science (MSc) (incomplete) Information Technology at University of QuebecBachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) Marketing / Finance, Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) Marketing / Finance at University of Ottawa
French, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (77)
intellij-plugin10
datepicker9
contentlayer9
environment-variables9
server-actions9
nodejs9
dotenv8
javascript8
datetimepicker8
mx-record8
realtime8
stripe8
vscode-extension8
mvc-framework8
env7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
echolayer/next-saas-stripe-starter
Mar 2024 - Apr 2024
An open-source SaaS Starter built using Next.js 14, Prisma, Planetscale, Auth.js v5, Resend, React Email, Shadcn/ui, Stripe and Server Actions.
Contributions:85 reviews, 5 PRs, 1 push in 9 days
SquireAI/demo-ts-tsx-react-next
Apr 2024 - May 2024
A demo repository for TS, TSX, React and NextJs
Contributions:2 reviews, 4 PRs, 1 branch in 23 days
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