Nolan Holden
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San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolNolan Holden is a founder and engineer with nine years of hands-on experience building autonomy and software systems from concept to deployment, currently leading a stealth startup in San Francisco. He cut his teeth at Tesla across internship to senior Autopilot engineer roles, reporting directly to executive leadership and shipping safety-critical perception and control features. Nolan has co-founded an AI startup acquired in 2023 and brings operator instincts from both startup life and large-scale product delivery. His background spans aerospace and embedded work—NASA microgravity missions, long-range telemetry for rocketry, and autonomous drones—giving him a rare blend of real-time systems, machine perception, and product-driven engineering. Known for tackling complex problems end-to-end, he combines rigorous CS/CE foundations with an entrepreneurial streak that surfaces in rapid prototyping and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering and Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Computer Science at University of Louisville
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (109)
authentication10
auth10
jwt10
serialization10
syntax-highlighting10
oauth10
protocol-buffers9
javascript9
nuxt-auth9
solidjs9
protobuf9
interpretation9
csrf9
react-native9
ios9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
nolanholden/cpp-mediator
Jan 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:72 commits, 62 pushes, 7 branches in 3 months
redbirdrobotics/redbird_quadrotor
May 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:70 commits, 45 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
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