Amjad Masad
Founder and CEO of Replit; former tech lead on Facebook's JavaScript infrastructure team
Amjad Masad is the founder and CEO of Replit, an online platform for creating software that now lets people describe apps in natural language and build them with AI agents. Before Replit, Masad was a tech lead on Facebook's JavaScript infrastructure team, which built and maintained open-source tools including the Babel compiler, Jest and the React Native packager, and before that was the first employee at Codecademy.132
Career
Masad was briefly at Yahoo and then became the first employee at Codecademy, where Masad led technical work and built product and infrastructure. Masad then joined Facebook, helping to start its JavaScript infrastructure team and serving as a tech lead; Masad describes being a founding engineer on React Native.34
Masad founded Replit, where Masad is founder and CEO. Replit's about page lists Masad at the head of a leadership team that includes co-founder Haya Odeh, President Michele Catasta and CTO Luis Héctor Chávez.12
Writing on Replit
Masad writes regularly on the Replit blog. Posts include "The role of AI in coding" (2020), the announcement of the Ghostwriter AI and Complete Code beta and "Productizing Large Language Models" (both 2022), and in 2026 "The Self-Driving Company" and the introduction of Replit's Free Mode.2
Work
Replit (external site: replit.com)Proprietary product
Founded Replit, a browser-based platform for creating, launching and running software, which now centers on describing apps in natural language to AI agents.13
Babel and Jest (external site: amasad.me)Open-source code
As a tech lead on Facebook's JavaScript infrastructure team, which Masad helped start, worked on open-source tools including the Babel compiler, Jest and the React Native packager.34
Career timeline
Aug 7, 2020
Published "The role of AI in coding" on the Replit blog.2
Sep 7, 2022
Announced Ghostwriter AI and the Complete Code beta on the Replit blog.2
Sep 20, 2022
Published "Productizing Large Language Models" on the Replit blog.2
Jun 5, 2023
Welcomed Michele Catasta to Replit as VP of AI, introducing the Replit AI Manifesto.6
Jul 16, 2026
Published "The Self-Driving Company" on the Replit blog.2
Aug 18, 2026
Announced Replit's Free Mode on the Replit blog.2
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- Adina WilliamsAlso at Meta
- Andrew LaackDeveloper tools
- Aditya GroverAlso at Meta Fundamental AI Research
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- Ahmad Al-DahleAlso at Meta
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