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Selim Önal

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Head of Engineering at Charta Health
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Selim Önal is the Head of Engineering at Charta Health, leveraging extensive experience from leadership roles at Ladder, Quip, and Slack. A former startup co-founder at Heasy, he began his career at Google and Palantir after earning a Masters in Computer Science from Brown University and a Bachelors from Sabanci University.

Outside of his professional life, Selim is passionate about mentoring and education. He co-founded the non-profit Crossing Paths to help students find careers in Silicon Valley and has served on the board of Friends For Youth, a mentorship organization in California. He remains actively involved with his alma mater.

He co-founded a non-profit, Crossing Paths, that has helped nearly 40 students from Turkey land jobs at Silicon Valley companies through an intensive 18-week training and referral program.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Head of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Priorities

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Recruiting Tech Talent
Frequently posts about hiring engineers and travels to meet with candidates, emphasizing his focus on building a brilliant and humble team at Charta Health.
Engineering Leadership
Has spoken about the challenges of managing fast-growing teams and balancing a people-first culture with delivery goals in high-growth environments.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Head of Engineering
Charta Health
2-2025 - 7-2025
Member of Technical Staff
Charta Health
9-2024 - 12-2024
Co-Founder, CEO
Heasy
8-2023 - 9-2024
Co-Founder
Heasy
5-2022 - 9-2024
Senior Director Of Engineering & Head of Engineering Experience
Ladder
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Education
8-2008 - 6-2010
MS (was initially in the PhD program
Brown University
9-2004 - 6-2008
Bachelor's degree
Sabanci University
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