Twitter’s engineering chief, Foad Dabiri, has introduced his departure from the company only a day after technical issues plagued the launch of Ron DeSantis’ US presidential marketing campaign on the platform. Dabiri, who served as the engineering lead for Twitter’s Growth organization, tweeted about his decision to go away after nearly four years with the corporate.
During the occasion, a Twitter livestream malfunctioned, causing the launch of DeSantis’ bid for the Republican presidential nomination to be delayed by 20 minutes. As a outcome, hundreds of hundreds of Twitter users left the platform. DeSantis, the Florida governor, is considered former President Donald Trump’s major rival for their party’s candidacy within the 2024 basic election.
Dabiri didn’t reveal the reason for his departure, nor did he verify whether it was related to the technical issues through the DeSantis occasion. In a tweet, he said that working with Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter for US$44bn in October, had been “highly educational” and “enlightening.”
Since Musk took over Twitter, the workforce has been lowered by over 80%, from practically eight,000 staff to around 1,500. Trade secret included layoffs of engineers responsible for the site’s operations and technical troubleshooting..