Amjad Masad
Amjad Masad is the co-founder and CEO of Replit, an online platform for collaborative coding. Since co-founding Replit in 2016, Masad has been instrumental in democratizing software development, making coding more accessible and collaborative for millions of users worldwide. Under his leadership, Replit has grown to over 30 million users and achieved a valuation of $1.2 billion. Amjad Masad was a founding engineer at Codecademy from 2011 to 2013, helping build the platform that taught millions to code. From 2013 to 2016, he served as a software engineer and tech lead on the JavaScript infrastructure team at Facebook, contributing to open-source tools like Babel. In 2016, Masad co-founded Replit, an online integrated development environment, which has grown to over 30 million users and achieved a valuation of $1.2 billion. Under his leadership as CEO, Replit has become a pioneer in browser-based development, making coding accessible to a global community. His journey reflects a commitment to democratizing programming and empowering the next generation of software creators.
Career Milestones
- Founding engineer at Codecademy (2011–2013), helping build the platform for millions to learn coding.
- Software engineer and tech lead at Facebook (2013–2016), contributing to JavaScript infrastructure and open-source tools like Babel.
- Co-founded Replit in 2016, growing the platform to over 30 million users and achieving a $1.2 billion valuation.
- Led Replit as CEO to become a pioneer in browser-based development, democratizing coding worldwide.
About Replit
Replit, founded in 2016, is an AI-powered application development platform in the software industry. It helps students, hobbyists, and "citizen developers" turn ideas into apps with minimal coding. Core features include a cloud-based IDE, AI coding assistance (Replit AI, Replit Agent), real-time collaboration, and one-click deployment. Benefits include accessibility, efficiency, and democratizing software creation.