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John Paul Tambunting

John Paul Tambunting

CTO at Pangea.app (YC W21) | Co-Founder of Faith.app

6 yrs experience · New York, NY · <10 hrs/week

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About

Passionate about creating value in the world by empowering others. Experienced technology leader with a track record in startup ecosystems, talent marketplaces, and product-driven development.

Skills

DockerElasticsearchFirebaseKubernetesNode.jsProduct StrategyPythonReact NativeSQLTypeScript

Experience

  • Co-Founder · Faith.app01-01-2025 –

    Building a Christian community platform designed to connect believers through local events, prayer requests, and faith-based discussions. Architected MVP using React Native + Expo + Firebase for rapid iteration and mobile performance. Leading product vision, UI design, and backend integrations to foster community engagement.

  • CTO · Pangea.app05-01-2017 –

    Lead all technical strategy, architecture, and development for an on-demand talent marketplace connecting companies with top marketing and design professionals. Oversee engineering, infrastructure, and product innovation from prototype to scale. Implemented AI-driven job matching and data pipelines across multiple microservices. Built scalable Kubernetes-based cloud infrastructure supporting thousands of users.

  • W21 Batch · Y Combinator01-01-2021 – 03-01-2021

    Y Combinator Winter '21 Batch. YC has backed Airbnb, Doordash, Reddit, and some amazing companies you haven't heard about yet :)

  • Summer Analyst · Lazard Asset Management06-01-2015 – 08-01-2015

    Worked directly with the U.S. Fixed Income Team. Introduced new portfolio-level exposures, automated processes and spreadsheets using Excel, Visual Basic for Applications, and Bloomberg API, and researched mortgage backed security prepayment factors.

Education

  • Brown UniversityBachelor of Arts, Applied Mathematics
  • The University of EdinburghStudy Abroad Program
  • The Johns Hopkins UniversityPhysics
  • Scarsdale Senior High SchoolHigh School
  • Columbia UniversityEngineering Design Via Community Service Projects
  • Brown UniversitySummer@Brown, Number Theory

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