Florian Weber

Over the past two decades I’ve mostly worked as a product engineer on early stage projects. I’m usually one of the first engineers on teams, often with a focus on social, new forms of interaction and AI.

I believe that the best new products are created when you embrace uncertainty, follow hunches and initially vague objectives. Counter-intuitively, the best way of knowing is starting by consciously not-knowing. Over the years, I’ve gotten very comfortable with this approach and enjoy the magic that can happen when everyone in small, multidisciplinary teams is comfortable with wearing many hats.

One of the more well-known products I’ve worked on is probably Twitter. As part of the founding team and lead engineer, I developed the app, built the public API, and worked on figuring out product features like the character limit and following (widely used now, but completely new back then).

I also co-founded and was the CTO of Amen, a startup that aimed to create structured data about “the best” in the world using a combination of AI and a unique playful mechanism. I built and led a team of engineers, worked on product and growth and was involved in raising venture capital funding.

Contact

I’m always happy to chat. Please reach out via email or Twitter.

I’m also doing unoffice hours. You can book 30 minutes in my calendar here to talk about some ideas you have, a project you are working on or anything else.