About

We are located in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, and are looking for the best and the brightest to join us. We have a passionate team that knows how to get stuff done. We’ve cultivated a hacker-friendly environment with collaborative war rooms, walls and walls of whiteboards, short meetings, flexible hours, weekly catered lunches, and fresh fruit delivery.

Who We Are ¶

“One thing that drew me here was the fact that I would be a part of a team consisting of really smart people.” – Rohit, Art Director

“I love that people don’t draw things on my face when I fall asleep.” – Willard, Software Engineer

“It’s great when I upload something I worked on and immediately have users say they love it so much that they haven’t slept all night.” – Ivy, Software Engineer

“Here is essentially a place where you can see and learn how to run a startup; in ATA, the only thing that limits you is yourself. You take as much responsibility as you can, you are free to implement and experiment with own ideas, and founders are willing to take risks with you. ‘Don’t be afraid to make mistakes’, this is one of the comments I got from Kenshi, and this is not what you can usually hear in other companies.” – Zhen, Software Engineer

“I love knowing that my work is actually affecting people in the real world. Where else could a coop come in and by the second day deploy a change to users world-wide?” – Louie, Co-op

“When smart people meet smart people, shit happens.” – Eric, Co-founder

Founders ¶

A Thinking Ape was founded by three ex-Amazon.com engineers and original Facebook platform pioneers committed to building a technology company with a true hacker culture – a place where software is developed the right way and where engineers love to work. Our founders are:

Kenshi Arasaki was previously a software engineer at Amazon working on special initiatives before leaving the company to start A Thinking Ape in the Bay Area. Kenshi graduated from the University of Calgary in computer science. (Twitter, LinkedIn, Quora)

Wilkins Chung was previously a software development manager and software engineer at Amazon where he focused on scalability solutions before leaving the company to start A Thinking Ape in the Bay Area. Wilkins graduated from University of Waterloo in computer engineering. (LinkedIn, Quora)

Eric Diep is a math dropout from the University of Waterloo. After leaving school, Eric spent considerable time in San Francisco and was one of the first independent developers to gain traction on the Facebook platform. (Twitter, LinkedIn, Quora)

Investors ¶

A Thinking Ape has received funding from Y Combinator and raised an angel round of funding with a group of prominent Valley angels who have also invested in Twitter, Posterous, and Tesla Motors.