Summary
Nan Z is a seasoned software engineering manager and founder with over a decade of experience building highly available, massively scaled systems and consumer mobile apps. Currently leading engineering for Google Fi and eSIM, she combines hands-on coding and architecture skills with product, ops, and growth experience from startups to hyperscale tech. As co-founder/CTO of TiKL and SafeButler she organically grew products to tens of millions of users, ran HIPAA and enterprise compliance programs, and negotiated million-dollar SaaS deals. Her background includes performance-critical infrastructure work at Amazon and real-time telecom systems at Motorola, giving her rare depth across distributed systems, mobile, and networking. A two-time Y Combinator alumna who raised venture funding and exited to major visibility, she’s known for taking products from zero to millions of users in months while maintaining zero-downtime operations.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Y Combinator
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Tsinghua University
Chinese, English