# Nate Barbettini > Founding Engineer | Arcade.dev Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/natebarbettini Engineer and leader focused on building products that customers love. Microsoft MVP alumni and scrappy problem-solver. I excel at communicating complex ideas to technical and non-technical audiences alike. Currently building on the cutting edge of AI. πŸ€– ## Work Experience ### Founding Engineer @ Arcade.dev Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Building the future of AI that can actually do things. ### CTO & Co-founder @ Cobbler, Inc. Jan 2019 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area At Cobbler, we're building an AI-powered finance employee to automate manual and repetitive work. We are pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI today: autonomous agents, complex planning, and human-like intuition using generative AI. By combining existing approaches (RAG, ReAct) with novel techniques for tool use and multi-agent planning, we deliver experiences that delight our users and perform real, useful work. As co-founder and CTO, I'm responsible for: - Hiring and retaining a fantastic team - Leading our cutting-edge AI development: generative AI, agents, complex planning - Keeping the platform compliant and secure ### Product Manager @ Okta, Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area Took over product management for Okta's Developer Experience team and helped give the team a strong direction as it doubled in size to over 15 engineers. This meant working with executives and many stakeholders to develop new metrics and KPIs for an area of rapid growth. I successfully introduced new methods of user testing that focused on measuring experiences to help guide roadmap decisions, and organized cross-functional work groups to tackle issues across team boundaries. Plus: - Managed roadmaps for SDK development in JavaScript, .NET, Java, PHP, Go, iOS, Android, and more. - Worked with UX, PM, and technical writers to plan, build, and deliver the next generation of Okta's developer documentation in an agile way. - Created internal and external training and enablement materials, including the most-watched OpenID Connect tech talk on the Internet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=996OiexHze0). ### Senior Developer Evangelist @ Okta, Inc. Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area When Okta acquired Stormpath, I was part of the core team that ensured the transition was successful. I worked closely with sales, product marketing, and Developer Experience engineering to help position Okta for success in a new area of growth. In this role, I also worked on: - Organizing and speaking at Okta's first developer conference, Iterate 2018. - Building an internal customer advocacy program that positively contributed to sales pipeline growth. - Creating educational content for developers on topics like REST APIs, OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect, and web security best practices. ### .NET Team Lead and Developer Advocate @ Stormpath (joined forces with Okta) Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area I joined Stormpath to help accelerate their vision of a cloud-native identity platform. This role required deep technical knowledge as well as high empathy and communication skills. I built Stormpath's presence in the .NET community from scratch and was a key contributor to demand generation through blog content. Other activities included: - Designing and building a top-class SDK for .NET and .NET Core following the open-core model. Managing the roadmap and delivering key customer features to drive business growth. - Architecting customer solutions for B2C and B2B applications at massive scale. - Writing many of Stormpath's best-performing blog posts to drive organic demand generation. - Authoring documentation and training materials "by developers, for developers". - Growing my team from 1 to 3 as Stormpath began to scale exponentially. - Ongoing sales enablement and education initiatives to further enable business growth. ### Software Engineer @ Netchemia, a PeopleAdmin Company Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Kansas City, Missouri Area I led engineering on a new B2B product, from concept to launch. I successfully executed a number of novel (at the time) approaches: adopting AWS PaaS and introducing microservices into the stack to solve scaling issues, advocating for API-first design, and using modern JavaScript frontend tools. ### Co-Founder @ Revelry Productions Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | San Antonio, Texas Area Video and audio production, post-production, and technical/IT. Delivering high-quality products on time and on budget. Wearing many hats in a team of two. ### Support Technician @ Bold Computer Repair Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 On-site computer troubleshooting and repair. Provided technical support to home and business users on various platforms (PC, Mac, mobile), including virus and malware removal, computer optimization, hardware diagnostics and repair, network setup and troubleshooting, and system upgrades. ### Math Teacher @ HCCH Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Bulverde, TX Taught high school math (algebra, geometry, pre-calculus, calculus). Designed course structure and requirements, provided progress and feedback to students and parents, assisted students with core concepts and skills. ### Tutor @ Academics Plus Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 One-on-one tutoring and instruction. Assisted high school and college students with math subjects (algebra, geometry, trigonometry, pre-calculus and calculus) as well as college-level computer science and programming courses. ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science Thomas Edison State University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nbarbettini - Website: https://recaffeinate.co --- Source: https://flows.cv/natebarbettini JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/natebarbettini/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05