Summary
Ankit Agarwal is a software engineer with 12 years of experience building product-grade systems at Google, Airbnb, and currently WhatsApp, based in Seattle. He combines strong academic foundations—a CMU MS and a high-achieving BTech from IIIT—with practical experience shipping large-scale consumer features and infrastructure. Beyond coding, he mentors early-stage founders through First Round Fast Track and evaluates startups as an investor with SeaChange Fund, blending technical judgment with product and market insight. His tenure spans startups and hyperscale platforms, giving him a knack for translating ambiguous product goals into reliable, maintainable systems. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic engineer who still invests in mentorship and ecosystem-level thinking.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Technology ( H ), Computer Science, 9.02/10, Bachelors of Technology ( H ), Computer Science, 9.02/10 at International Institute of Information Technology
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
English, Hindi