Overview
Sean Quigley is founder at Surface AI [1], a position Quigley has held since March 2025 [2]. Prior to founding Surface AI, Quigley held several roles at GIPHY, including VP of Product Engineering from March to August 2024 [3], Director of Engineering from July 2023 to March 2024 [4], Senior Staff Software Engineer from January to May 2020 [6], Search Engineering Lead from January 2018 to May 2020 [7], and Search Platform Engineer from November 2016 to December 2017 [8]. Quigley also worked as a Staff Software Engineer at Meta from May 2020 to June 2023 [5] and as a Data Engineer at Shutterstock from April 2014 to October 2016 [9]. Quigley holds a B.S. in Physics and Economics from the University of Michigan, earned between 2006 and 2010 [10], and completed coursework in data science and machine learning at General Assembly in 2013 [11].
Career history
- FounderMar 2025 to presentSurface AI
- VP, Product EngineeringMar 2024 to Aug 2024GIPHY
- Director of EngineeringJul 2023 to Mar 2024GIPHY
- Staff Software EngineerMay 2020 to Jun 2023Meta
- Senior Staff Software EngineerJan 2020 to May 2020GIPHY
- Search Engineering LeadJan 2018 to May 2020GIPHY
- Search Platform EngineerNov 2016 to Dec 2017GIPHY
- Data EngineerApr 2014 to Oct 2016Shutterstock
- Data EngineerShutterstock, Inc.
Education
B.S., Physics, Economics2006 - 2010University of Michigan
Data science and machine learning2013 - 2013General Assembly
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