Summary
Ayush Sood is a seasoned engineering leader with 14 years of experience building and scaling product and growth teams across startups and large tech firms, now serving as VP of Engineering in New York. He has co-founded and led multiple companies (including a startup acquired by Palantir), advised and invested in early-stage ventures, and run monetization and growth efforts at Figma and Facebook where his teams played key roles in platform and ad revenue expansion. Comfortable spanning product, engineering and go-to-market priorities, he repeatedly moves teams from prototype to sustained impact in non‑traditional industries. A pragmatic operator who still enjoys hands-on technical problem solving, he combines entrepreneurship, investor perspective, and a taste for endurance sports—biking and running—that mirror his steady, long-term approach to building teams and products.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Shaker Heights High School
Master of Science (M.S.) - Dropped Out Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.) - Dropped Out Computer Science at Stanford University
Spanish, Hindi, English