Harsh Agrawal is a seasoned technology leader with 11+ years of experience building and scaling high-concurrency systems and teams, currently serving as CTO in Residence at Elevation Capital. He combines hands-on engineering (from monolith-to-microservices migrations and sharding designs to infra-cost optimization) with strategic product and talent-building work to help startups reach product-market fit and scale 10x. At Dream11 he engineered systems supporting 15M concurrent homepage users, reduced failure blast radius by 90%, and led teams of 25–50 to deliver scratch-to-scale products used by millions. Known for meticulous planning and pragmatic decision-making, he pairs stakeholder management and incident discipline with developer mentorship to create durable engineering cultures. Based in Bengaluru and an NIT Surat alumnus, he’s equally comfortable in deep technical design and in coaching mid-level managers—bringing a founder-advisor mindset to portfolio companies.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Computer Engineering at National Institute of Technology Surat
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Harsh Agrawal - CTO In Residence at Elevation Capital