Summary
Mason Silber is an experienced software engineer with 11 years building production-grade mobile and backend systems, now working as a Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic in New York. He co-founded and served as CTO of Cove, scaling product and engineering from 2022 to 2025, and previously spent seven years as a Staff Software Engineer at Facebook after early platform work at Twitter and Thirstie. His background blends consumer-facing iOS expertise with large-scale engineering at hyperscale companies, plus hands-on startup leadership that bridges product, ops, and hiring. Mason also brings an unusual operational perspective from years as a volunteer firefighter, which informs his calm decision-making under pressure. He holds a BA in Computer Science and Physics from Columbia and is known for translating complex requirements into elegant, user-focused systems.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BA Computer Science Physics, BA Computer Science Physics at Columbia University