# Rafe Colburn

> Rafe Colburn is chief Product and Technology Officer. Etsy Open API v3 on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Chief Product and Technology Officer.

Rafe Colburn is chief product and technology officer at Etsy. He held the same role at Depop and was earlier Etsy's vice president of engineering, where he set up its data engineering team. Before Etsy he was principal engineer at IDology, and he has written articles, papers and books on web development.

## What Rafe builds

- [Etsy Open API v3](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/etsy.md), graded B, 63.4/100, in Shopping, returns & refunds. Etsy's Open API v3 is a REST API for the Etsy marketplace. Any approved app can search active listings across all shops with an API key, while OAuth covers seller shop, listing and order management. Chief Product and Technology Officer, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Chris Maguire](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-maguire/), Co-founder, left Etsy in August 2008
- [Haim Schoppik](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/haim-schoppik/), Co-founder, left Etsy in August 2008
- [Jared Tarbell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jared-tarbell/), Co-founder, Etsy
- [Kruti Patel Goyal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kruti-patel-goyal/), Chief Executive Officer and President
- [Robert Kalin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/robert-kalin/), Co-founder and former CEO, Etsy

## Questions

### Who is Rafe Colburn?

Rafe Colburn is chief product and technology officer at Etsy. He held the same role at Depop and was earlier Etsy's vice president of engineering, where he set up its data engineering team. Before Etsy he was principal engineer at IDology, and he has written articles, papers and books on web development.

### What does Etsy, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Etsy Open API v3 from Etsy, Inc.. Etsy's Open API v3 is a REST API for the Etsy marketplace. Any approved app can search active listings across all shops with an API key, while OAuth covers seller shop, listing and order management.

### How are Rafe's tools graded?

Etsy Open API v3 is graded B, 63.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://developers.etsy.com/documentation/
- https://developers.etsy.com/documentation/get-help
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etsy

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