# Jeffrey Louden

> Jeffrey Louden (also Jeff Louden) is an engineering executive based in Washington, D.C. He is SVP, Engineering at The Atlantic and the founder of Existential Engineering Company, where he built Aureo.

Canonical profile: https://jefflouden.com/
Contact: jeff@jefflouden.com

## Work

- The Atlantic: SVP, Engineering (October 2025 to present). Washington, D.C. https://www.theatlantic.com
- Existential Engineering Company: Founder (July 2022 to present). Built Aureo (https://aureo.audio). https://existential.engineering
- TIME: VP, Software Engineering (March 2021 to July 2022). New York, remote. https://time.com
- Lyft: Engineering Manager II, Memberships (May 2020 to November 2020). San Francisco Bay Area. https://www.lyft.com
- The New York Times: Director of Technology, NYT Cooking (June 2015 to January 2020). Led a 25-person engineering team. NYT Cooking became a $20 million subscription product and won two Webby Awards and the 2019 James Beard Award for Publication of the Year. https://www.nytimes.com
- Nest and Google: Senior Web Developer (March 2014 to May 2015). Joined Nest Labs just before Google acquired it, and stayed on at Google. https://about.google
- The New Yorker: Director of Engineering (February 2013 to December 2013). https://www.newyorker.com
- Obama for America: Lead Software Engineer, BarackObama.com (September 2011 to January 2013). https://barackobama.com/

## Education

- Berklee Online (Berklee College of Music): Certificate, Music Technology and Production (2005 to 2007)
- Florida State University: B.S., Information Studies (2001 to 2005)

## Contact

- Résumé (PDF): https://jefflouden.com/resume.pdf
- Contact card (vCard): https://jefflouden.com/jeffrey-louden.vcf
- GitHub: https://github.com/jeffreylouden
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreylouden/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141728742