Summary
Ashutosh Agrawal is a seasoned engineering leader with 13 years of experience building high-scale streaming and adtech platforms, currently a Staff Software Engineer on Gemini at Google DeepMind. He architected systems at JioCinema that served 600M+ users and 35M+ concurrent viewers, led the design of SSAI capable of 25M+ CCU, and has repeatedly driven engineering productivity and readiness for marquee live events like the IPL. Comfortable both as a hands-on builder and a strategic architect, he has a track record of shaping platform strategy, performance labs, and programmatic bidding exchanges across startups and hyperscale products. His background spans Google, Hotstar/Disney+, HackerRank and product-first startups, blending cloud, CDN, performance engineering and adtech expertise. Notably, he pairs large-scale systems experience with business-focused engineering—engineering the “how” to deliver measurable product and revenue outcomes.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
High School Computer, High School Computer at Seth M. R. Jaipuria School
Intermediate Phy Chem Maths and Computer, Intermediate Phy Chem Maths and Computer at Modern Academy Inter College
B. Tech Software Engineering, B. Tech Software Engineering at SRM IST Chennai