David Singleton
Led engineering at Stripe, then its CTO, from 2017 to 2024; co-founder of Dreamer.
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- David Singleton is an engineering leader who led engineering at Stripe from December 2017 to October 2024, latterly as chief technology officer.
- Before Stripe he spent 11 years at Google, where he was VP of Engineering for Android Wear.
- In February 2026 he wrote that he had started the company Dreamer, first called /dev/agents, a little over a year earlier.
Key facts
- Stripe
- Led engineering, then CTO; December 2017 to October 20243
- 11 years; VP of Engineering, Android Wear; left December 20172
- Company
- Dreamer (first named /dev/agents), started a little over a year before February 20264
- Stripe hubs
- Engineering hubs in Singapore and Dublin and a remote hub1
Roles
Before
Part of until Dec 2017
Google (11 years; VP of Engineering for Android Wear; left for Stripe in December 2017) source on Google
Part of until Oct 2024
Stripe (Led engineering, then chief technology officer, for seven years) source on Stripe
Links
Sources
- Lenny's Podcast: Building a culture of excellence (4 May 2023) (opens lennysnewsletter.com)
- 9to5Google: Android Wear engineering lead David Singleton leaves Google for Stripe (1 December 2017) (opens 9to5google.com)
- PYMNTS: Stripe CTO David Singleton to Step Down, Start Own Company (29 August 2024) (opens pymnts.com)
- David Singleton: Dreamer – why we built it! (17 February 2026) (opens blog.singleton.io)
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