About
We multiply what engineers can do.
Obsidian was founded by Ali Abrar and Ryan Trinkle on a clear idea: with the right languages, abstractions, and methods, a team can handle complexity that would defeat an ordinary stack, and build what would otherwise be out of reach.
Mission.
Obsidian exists to raise the ceiling of what software engineering can do. The same standard drives our technology choices and our hiring: depth, rigor, and the ability to handle real complexity. That is what lets each engineer take on problems others can't.
From theory to practice.
We take powerful ideas from programming languages, formal systems, and reproducible infrastructure, and put them to work in production.
About Obsidian
Four views into how we work.
The founding thesis, technical leadership model, values, and operating process behind our engagements.
Founders
The founding thesis.
Why Obsidian was built around expressive tools, deep engineering judgment, and production accountability.
Read moreLeadership
Engineering leadership.
Direction set by people close to the engineering, not from a distance.
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Standards for hard work.
The values that govern how we scope, build, communicate, and own outcomes.
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From ambiguity to production.
A practical operating model for moving hard systems from unclear constraints to running software.
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