Lakshit Arora

CTO

San Francisco, California, United States12 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led YouTube initiatives driving millions in user growth.
Mentored high-performing teams in a cross-functional environment.
Drove significant revenue growth for YouTube products.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C technology leader with a focus on user growth and product strategy.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical LeadershipUser GrowthBusiness Growth

Other Skills

AlgorithmsCC#C++Cloud ComputingCompilersCore JavaCross-functional collaborationData StructuresDatabasesHTMLHadoopJavaLinuxMentoring

About

Results-driven Engineering leader with 9+ years of experience at Google, specializing in technical leadership, visioning and large scale systems. Proven ability to lead and mentor high-performing teams, delivering innovative solutions that drive user growth, user satisfaction & revenue. At YouTube, Lakshit spearheaded initiatives that resulted in significant growth in daily active users, watch time, and 1P paid product business. Lakshit also played a key role in driving revenue growth for YouTube products such as YouTube TV, YouTube Music & Premium, and NFL Sunday Ticket. Passionate about technology and dedicated to staying at the forefront of industry advancements.

Experience

12 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

6 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

10 yrs 8 mos

Current Experience

Google

Engineering leader

Sep 2015 – Present · 10 yrs 8 mos · Mountain View, California, United States

Youtube Growth:
Technical leader for a cross functional team of 30+ people across software development, product, design and product ops.
Drove Youtube Key metrics across
a) User growth and satisfaction contributing to +XXM daily active users, +XXM watch time & 100M+ paid Music and premium subscribers.
b) Business growth contributing to +$XB revenue growth from Youtube 1P products such as YouTube TV, Youtube Music & Premium, NFL sunday ticket, Primetime channels etc.
c) YT Creators growth: Helping creators thrive on YT with new initiatives such as SuperChat, SuperStickers etc.
Providing strategic technical guidance to Google & YouTube leadership.
Developing long-term organizational vision and roadmaps.
Fostering cross functional collaboration and mentoring emerging leaders.

Technical leadershipCross-functional collaborationUser growthBusiness growthMentoring

Interviewbit

Software Engineer, Intern

Jul 2015 – Aug 2015 · 1 mo · Pune Area, India

Content creation and simulator developments.
Getting taste of startup work culture.

Microsoft

Software Engineer, Intern - MSN Sports

May 2014 – Jul 2014 · 2 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

Shipped the specialized MSN sports app.
Involved in designing and developing the product
Involved in diverse roles ranging from leadership to engineering.
Worked and coordinated with various teams across Microsoft to get the product shipped.
Presented the product to the Microsoft leadership.
Various versions of this now scale to 100s of millions of users with billions of monthly views on web & apps across geography.
Microsoft offered me full time position after the internship for US and India office.