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Murph Finnicum

Questioner · DISC type c
Head of Engineering at World
📍 San Mateo, California, United States

Murph Finnicum is the Head of Engineering at Tools for Humanity, focusing on building the World ID digital identity system. His background includes leadership roles at BeReal and Twitter, where he managed an organization of over 400 engineers. He holds both a Masters and Bachelors degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Murph demonstrates a deep appreciation for his colleagues, frequently and publicly praising their skills and character. He is passionate about building and learning from strong, humble, and talented teams, showcasing his focus on a positive engineering culture.

While at Twitter, he consulted on technical projects that successfully cut company spending by over $500 million per year.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Head of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Mateo, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Murph shows up

Cautious & Analytical
Price-Sensitive
Not Easily Convinced

They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point. It is quite likely of them to ask for pricing or other concessions. While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.

Priorities

Topics Murph cares about

Digital Identity
Currently leads the engineering team building World ID, a system designed to provide a digital proof of humanity for everyone.
Scaling Engineering Teams
Has extensive experience growing and managing large technical organizations, including leading a 400+ person team at Twitter and scaling engineering at BeReal.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Head of Engineering
World
8-2024 - 4-2025
VP of Engineering, Principal Architect
Cantina
10-2023 - 8-2024
Head of Engineering
BeReal.
5-2023 - 10-2023
Principal Architect
BeReal.
12-2022 - 2-2023
Principal Software Engineer
Twitter
In the press

Media appearances

Murph Finnicum - Head Of Engineering at Worldcoin - The Org. Featured in The Org
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Education
2009 - 2013
Master of Science (MS)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2005 - 2009
Bachelor of Science (BS)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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