3x founder

Brent Traut

Eng @ OpenAI

Co-founder

Rainmaker· Winter 2023🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States

2026Software Engineer· Figma

Founder · since 2008

Company

Figma

Role

Software Engineer

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Experience

Career

OpenAI
Software Engineer · 2026 – Present
2026
Figma
Software Engineer · 2026
2026
Gather
Staff Engineer · Seattle, Washington, United States · 2024 – 2026
2024
Rainmaker
Co-founder
Co-Founder · Seattle, Washington, United States · 2023 – 2024
2023
Hashflow
VP of Engineering · Seattle, Washington, United States · 2022 – 2023
2022
Pinterest
Engineering Manager · San Francisco, California, United States · 2017 – 2022
2017
Ten Four Software, LLC
Founder
Founder · Hayward, CA · 2016 – 2017
2016
Microsoft
Senior Software Engineer · Redmond, WA · 2014 – 2016
2014
Ten Four Software, LLC
Co-founder
Founder · Bellevue, WA · 2012 – 2014
2012
Apple Inc.
Software Developer · Cupertino, California · 2009 – 2012
2009
CampusRoost
Co-founder
CTO, Co-founder · 2008 – 2009
2008
Coborn's, Inc.
IT Support Specialist · 2005 – 2007
2005
University of Michigan - Center for Health Communications Research
Web Developer, IT Support Specialist · 2004 – 2007
2004

Co-founder of rainmaker.nyc • Previously Apple, Microsoft, Pinterest, Hashflow, and lifetime startup hacker