Caleb Richards

Overview

Principal at Tamarind Ventures, backing healthcare companies. Backed 10 founders at pre-seed and seed. Sit on 6 boards.

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Experience

1. Principal

   Apr 2023 - Present
   Tamarind Ventures · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
   • Sit on 2 boards.
   • Previously an operator for 11 years before investing.
2. Senior Engineering Manager

   Oct 2020 - Mar 2023
   Shopify · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
   • Wrote the biotech service that now handles 70 million requests a day.
   • Cut p99 latency on the iOS services from 327ms to 140ms.
3. Staff iOS Engineer

   Mar 2018 - Aug 2020
   Nike · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
   • Reduced cloud spend on real-time by 31% in two quarters.
   • Grew the real-time team from 6 to 21 engineers.
4. Director of Engineering

   Oct 2016 - Mar 2018
   Chewy · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
   • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 40 minutes to under 4.

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Education

1. Duke University

   BS, Economics
   2011 - 2015