Founding Engineer · Maker · Product Thinker

Rahul M.

I build things. Infra to growth, design to distribution. Currently doing a bit of everything as founding engineer at Hero.

See my work Get in touch

Scroll

About

I'm a founding engineer and product thinker who loves taking things from zero and shaping ideas into products.

I've spent years at Product Hunt building across ads, growth, and core product, shipped a bunch of iOS apps on the side, and now at Hero I work across analytics, infra, features, ads, and product.

Recognised by Forbes, Apple, and IEEE. Occasionally I also find security bugs in very large companies.

Recognition

A few highlights

🍎

Apple WWDC Scholar

Won the scholarship by building a Pokémon GO-inspired interactive game to showcase my background and skills.

📰

Forbes Technology Council

Member of Forbes' invitation-only community of senior technology executives and entrepreneurs.

⚡

IEEE Senior Member

Senior member of the world's largest technical professional organisation for engineers and technology professionals.

🔐

Security Researcher

Responsibly disclosed vulnerabilities in Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and more. Understanding how things break makes you a better builder.

Experience

Where I've built

Hero

Founding Engineer

Current

Working on HeroStuff across analytics, infrastructure, feature development, ads optimisation, and product. At an early-stage startup that means all of it, all at once. I wouldn't have it any other way.

Analytics Infra Product Ads Full-stack

Product Hunt

Full-Stack → Senior → Associate Team Lead

6 years

Contributed deeply across the platform over six years: ads, spam systems, newsletter A/B testing, Golden Kitty Awards, and query optimisation. Helped shape one of the internet's most beloved communities for makers and founders.

Rails React A/B Testing Ads Anti-spam

Side projects