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Nat Baca

Energizer · DISC type I
Director of Engineering, Core Experiences at Wikimedia Foundation
📍 Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Nat Baca is a Director of Engineering at the Wikimedia Foundation, leading teams responsible for core user experiences on Wikipedia. His background spans iOS, full-stack web, and even C-based system daemons, with previous roles at Apple, Spotify, and the United States Digital Service. He holds a B. A. S. from Stanford University.

Outside of his day job, Nat founded the Albuquerque chapter of Nerd Nite, a monthly lecture series held in a bar. He has studied Mandarin Chinese since kindergarten, co-edited a travel guide to Beijing, speaks numerous languages, and lives in Albuquerque with his wife, Eileen, where they enjoy flying drones and growing plants.

He once won a karaoke competition in a supermarket in Xian, China, for a duet with an 80-year-old grandmother.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering, Core Experiences
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Personality Overview

How Nat shows up

Imaginative
Informal
Big Picture Person

They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships. They are always positive and upbeat, so take their promises with a pinch of salt. Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions.

Priorities

Topics Nat cares about

Engineering Leadership
Leads multiple engineering teams and managers at the Wikimedia Foundation, focusing on continuous improvement and delivering core reader and contributor experiences.
Open Knowledge
Works for the nonprofit behind Wikipedia and gives public talks about the project's inner workings, advocating for its mission of free access to information.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Director of Engineering, Core Experiences
Wikimedia Foundation
8-2024 - 4-2025
Director of Engineering, Reading Experiences
Wikimedia Foundation
4-2022 - 8-2024
Senior Engineering Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
1-2024
Founder, ABQ Chapter
Nerd Nite
10-2020 - 3-2022
Digital Services Expert
United States Digital Service
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2006 - 2010
B.A.S.
Stanford University
2010 - 2010
Modern Chinese History
University of Oxford
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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