Brazilian-American engineer who co-founded Instagram with Kevin Systrom — serving as CTO — building the technical infrastructure for one of the most successful mobile photo-sharing apps in history before selling to Facebook for $1 billion and later leaving.
Built Instagram's technical foundation — Krieger's engineering decisions (aggressive performance optimization, Python/Django backend, aggressive caching) allowed Instagram to handle explosive growth with a tiny team; the technical architecture he built is a case study in lean startup engineering.
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