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Farnaz Azmoodeh: Chief Technology Officer (CTO) @ Linktree, Ex-CTO @ Snap
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Farnaz is the CTO at Linktree, a platform with 70M+ users helping creators and businesses unify and monetise their online presence.
She started at Google in the 2000s during their OG era, working on ad tech and ML, then joined Snap (375M+ daily users today), leading AR monetization and later platform engineering.
This is a rare public interview with Farnaz Azmoodeh.
Hosted by Vidit Agarwal, Founder of Curiosity Center and The High Flyers Podcast.
It’s now time to explore your curiosity.
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Our guest this week is Farnaz Azmoodeh in episode #199….we are one away from the big 200!
Farnaz is the CTO at Linktree, with a career spanning Google, Snapchat, and some of the world’s most innovative tech companies. But her journey starts far from Silicon Valley.
Born in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq War, Farnaz grew up surrounded by love, resilience, and an engineering-driven family. Her grandfather’s relentless work ethic and ability to reinvent himself—even after a stroke in his 80s—inspired her to chase impact and approach every challenge with calm confidence.
In this episode, Vidit and Farnaz explore:
- Her journey from an introverted, book-loving kid to a global tech leader
- How 10 years at Google shaped her engineering foundations—and the lessons she learned from over-engineering at scale
- Taking the leap to Snapchat, where she built the zero-to-one monetisation engine before the company’s IPO
- Why she thrives in fast-moving environments and what drove her to join Linktree
- Balancing work and life as a self-proclaimed efficiency fanatic—with tactics like 5-minute late starts for meetings and a to-do list built from emailed reminders
- How she builds trust with teams and handles the tough role of being a change agent in high-growth companies
And hear her reflections on what success really means—why scaling yourself as a human is the key to scaling yourself at work.
This is a another rare public interview with a world class guest in Farnaz.
It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
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