Seth Vargo - Distinguished Software Engineer @ LinkedIn

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Primary Job Title Distinguished Software Engineer
Primary Organization
LinkedIn

Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Regions Great Lakes, Northeastern US
Gender Male
Also Known As sethvargo

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Website www.sethvargo.com/
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Seth Vargo is a Distinguished Software Engineer at LinkedIn. Previously he worked at Google, HashiCorp, Chef, CustomInk, and some Pittsburgh-based startups. He is the author of Learning Chef and is passionate about reducing inequality in technology. When he is not writing, working on open source, teaching, or speaking at conferences, Seth mentors

other engineers, advises non-profits, and invests in startups.

Personal Investments

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Seth Vargo

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Seed Round - Resourcely

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Resourcely

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Resourcely	—	Seed Round - Resourcely	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Diagrid	Yes	Seed Round - Diagrid	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

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Seth Vargo

is the

Distinguished Software Engineer

. Additionally,

Seth Vargo

has had

past jobs including

Distinguished Engineer (Senior Director)

Google

LinkedIn Distinguished Software EngineerSep 29, 2025

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Google	Distinguished Engineer (Senior Director)	Oct 25, 2024	Sep 25, 2025
Google	Principal Engineer (Director)	Oct 25, 2022	Oct 25, 2024
Google	Senior Staff Engineer	Dec 12, 2017	Oct 25, 2022
HashiCorp	Director of Technical Advocacy	Oct 2014	Dec 2017
Chef Software	Software Engineer	2013	Aug 27, 2014

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Seth Vargo

holds

board and advisor roles as

Advisor

Resourcely

and

Advisor

Temporal Technologies

Resourcely AdvisorMay 2022
Temporal Technologies Advisor2019

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