# Peter McKee

> Peter McKee is the co-founder and CEO of Aeqium, a San Francisco compensation-management platform that pulls HR and finance teams out of spreadsheet chaos and into a controlled, data-driven system for planning salaries, bonuses, equity, and benefits. An MIT-trained engineer who led self-driving rider experience at Uber and was an early backend engineering manager at Braze, McKee also served as a US Army officer running battalion combat-engineer operations in Afghanistan. He started Aeqium in late 2020 to make pay fairer, faster, and less of a fire drill.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Aeqium
- **Organizations:** Aeqium, Uber, Braze, US Army, Bridgewater Associates, Coatue Management, MIT
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Master of Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Aeqium, a total compensation management platform, Raised roughly $11.6M in total funding; seed round backed by Ridge Ventures, Vestigo Ventures, SHRM, and Unusual Ventures, Helped customers replace 750+ spreadsheets with controlled compensation cycles

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Research Assistant, Desert Research Institute
- **2009-2011** — Research Assistant at MIT; Software Development Intern at Coatue Management (2010)
- **2011-2013** — Software Developer at Bridgewater Associates
- **2013-2014** — Current Operations Officer, US Army - led battalion combat-engineer operations in Afghanistan
- **2013-2015** — Backend Engineering Manager at Braze (early hire), building APIs and data pipelines over billions of events
- **2015-2019** — Engineering Manager at Uber - founded the self-driving rider experience team; led API & Partnerships
- **2020** — Co-founded Aeqium and became CEO (November 2020)
- **2023** — Announced seed funding round led by Ridge Ventures and Vestigo Ventures (March 2023)

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Aeqium, a total compensation management platform
- Raised roughly $11.6M in total funding; seed round backed by Ridge Ventures, Vestigo Ventures, SHRM, and Unusual Ventures
- Helped customers replace 750+ spreadsheets with controlled compensation cycles
- Founded and managed Uber's self-driving rider experience engineering team
- Early engineering manager at Braze (publicly listed in 2021), building backend systems at scale
- Served as a US Army officer leading combat-engineer operations in Afghanistan
- Earned both a Bachelor's and Master's from MIT in computer science / EECS

## Latest updates

- **2023-03** — Aeqium announced its seed funding round led by Ridge Ventures and Vestigo Ventures.
- **2024** — Aeqium expanded its platform with compensation AI, interactive offer letters, employee portal, and compensation insights; backers grew to include SHRM and Unusual Ventures.

## Links

- Website: https://aeqium.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/pmckee11

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Last updated: 2026-06-21