Robert Nowell
Co-Founder at Kopi AI
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Nowell is a San Francisco–based software engineer and entrepreneur with a decade of experience building full-stack, cloud-native systems and productizing developer tools. As co-founder of Rendition, he helped translate Figma designs into production-ready React components, and he now builds an email marketing agent for Shopify at Kopi AI, blending product-focused engineering with go-to-market execution. His background includes backend and infrastructure work at Darkstore and LinkedIn, where he contributed to large-scale hiring systems and served as a Security Champion. Trained in AI for Human Learning at Harvard and with a BA in Philosophy, he combines technical rigor with user-centered thinking and an interest in applying AI to practical product problems. Notably, he moves between hands-on coding and strategic startup roles, preferring to ship working systems that bridge design and developer experience.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, AI for Human Learning, Master's degree, AI for Human Learning at Harvard UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Github Skills (27)
drone-ci8
pipeline7
continuous-integration7
jenkins6
gitflow6
openshift6
gocd6
jenkins-x6
tekton6
devops5
rollout5
golang5
cicd5
continuous-delivery5
accelerator5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
robertnowell/workout-site
Mar 2020 - Jan 2022
Contributions:1 PR, 36 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 10 months
robertnowell/hangman
Feb 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:81 commits, 77 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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