Summary
Nathan Spaun is a seasoned engineering leader and founding engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area with 11 years of experience building and scaling consumer and XR platforms. He has led teams of 10–60 engineers across Meta/Facebook and startups, driving major product launches, system reliability improvements (including an 80% reduction in incidents), and the first significant Kotlin adoption in the Facebook app. Comfortable in both startup and large-company contexts, he blends hands-on Android/AR runtime engineering with people management and rapid delivery of business-critical projects under pressure. His recent roles span Head of Engineering and founding-stage product development, reflecting a pattern of moving from technical depth to strategic leadership. A UC Berkeley Industrial Engineering graduate, he pairs systems thinking with pragmatic execution and a knack for shipping large, cross-functional initiatives.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial Engineering at UC Berkeley College of Engineering