David Henry Huang

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Founder & CEO at Nimbus Grid · Developer tooling · Rust, open source

Nimbus Grid
Austin, TX · CT (UTC-6)
11+ years experience
Harvard Business School
English, Mandarin
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Overview

Founder of Nimbus Grid (developer tooling). 14 years of building before that. Raised $28 million across 3 rounds. Before that: Disney and HubSpot. Most at home with open source and product. Parent of two, so mostly sleep-deprived.

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Skills
developer toolscommunityRustopen sourceproduct
HiringHiring for a role
closes in 3 months

Hiring our first founding engineer at Nimbus Grid - Austin or remote

Role
Founding engineer
Level
Senior
Type
Contract
Work mode
Remote
Compensation
$151k-$187k + equity
Team
Founding team, 4 people
Start
Within two months
Must have
Production experience with community Production experience with Rust Comfort with ambiguity
Process
Intro call, technical deep dive, team chat

Comp $174k-$252k. We decide within ten days. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Austin, TX · remote OKrustdeveloper toolscommunity
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RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Raising a $12M pre-seed for field-service scheduling for LatAm marketplaces

Stage
Pre-seed
Raising
$12M
Instrument
Priced round
Committed so far
Opening the round now
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
95 paying customers after 23 months
Use of funds
Go-to-market in two new countries

95 paying customers after 23 months. Looking for investors who know gaming and can help with regulatory approvals.

Austin, TXdeveloper toolsopen sourceproduct
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Experience

  1. Founder & CEO
    Dec 2025 - Present
    Nimbus Grid · 10 mo · Full-time · Austin, TX
    • Grew the team to 74 people across 4 countries.
    • Previously built and sold a small developer tooling company.
  2. Senior Account Executive
    May 2024 - Dec 2025
    Disney · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Austin, TX
    • Built the public sector team from 3 to 28 reps.
    • Opened 5 new logos over $3 million ACV in the region.
  3. Sales Manager
    Apr 2022 - May 2024
    HubSpot · 2 yr 1 mo · Contract · Austin, TX
    • Built the mid-market team from 4 to 28 reps.
    • Signed 17 channel partners that now source 28% of pipeline.
  4. Partnerships Manager
    Apr 2019 - Apr 2022
    Cisco · 3 yr · Full-time · Austin, TX
    • Opened 5 new logos over $5 million ACV in the region.
  5. Enterprise Account Executive
    Apr 2016 - Apr 2019
    EY · 3 yr · Full-time · Austin, TX
    • Signed 16 channel partners that now source 23% of pipeline.
    • Closed 177% of quota two years running.

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Education

  1. Harvard Business School
    MBA, Business Administration
    2013 - 2015
  2. Cornell University
    BS, Economics
    2008 - 2012

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