Gaurav Agarwal

CTO

San Francisco, California, United States15 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led technical teams of 400+ at GetYourGuide.
Drove user growth strategies at Netflix for 250M+ subscribers.
Co-founded a startup focused on anonymous social networking.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and B2C growth leader with extensive experience in engineering management.

Contact

agrwl.gaurav@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipProduct DevelopmentUser GrowthEngineering Management

Other Skills

ManagementData ScienceCloud ComputingManaging ManagersA/B TestingTeam CultureBusiness StrategyJavaWeb DevelopmentHTML 5PHPAndroidC++Web ApplicationsWordPress

About

Gaurav Agarwal (he/him/his) is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of GetYourGuide, a leading platform for discovering and booking travel experiences. In this role, Gaurav leads GetYourGuide’s global technical teams, including product development, growth, infrastructure, data, analytics and AI. Previously, he led the engineering organization at Netflix that was responsible for user and revenue growth, including plans, pricing, payments, partner platform, and account management. Prior to Netflix, Gaurav led multiple Growth Engineering teams at Meta focusing on User Growth and Advertiser Growth. Before Meta, Gaurav co-founded a startup focusing on an anonymous social network where he led engineering and product development. Gaurav maintains a proven track record of building and leading large technical teams that have successfully delivered massive wins to the business. In conjunction with other cross-functional leaders, Gaurav has been successful in influencing and setting the product and technical direction for multiple zero-to-one products throughout his career. Gaurav holds exemplary education qualifications, including a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. Key areas of expertise: Software Engineering, Growth Engineering, A/B Testing, Product Development, Product Strategy, User Engagement, Hiring, Leadership, Architecture, Cross-functional Partnerships, Execution

Experience

15 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 11 mos

Current Experience

Northzone

Advisor

May 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Berlin, Germany

I advise some of Northzone's portfolio companies on how to build and scale Product & Tech org.

Getyourguide

Chief Technology Officer

Jun 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos · Berlin, Germany · On-site

Privileged and grateful to lead the Tech org of 400+ individuals. We are a team of builders across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Security, and IT.
GetYourGuide is a leading global online marketplace to discover and book experiences worth traveling for. Travelers can use GetYourGuide to find things to do in more than 12,000 cities, including tours from local experts, exclusive access to must-see attractions, as well as immersive bucket-list experiences through its Originals by GetYourGuide offering. Since being founded, the GetYourGuide platform has sold 150 million tickets from 30,000 supply partners who leverage GetYourGuide’s easy-to-use platform to grow their businesses.
GetYourGuide is a Series F, late stage scale-up. We recently announced that we are doing €1B in annual revenue, profitable, and growing 30%+ YoY. We are hiring and its an exciting time to join! 🚀

ManagementEngineering ManagementLeadershipProduct DevelopmentData ScienceCloud Computing

Netflix

Director Of Engineering

Apr 2018 – May 2024 · 6 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

Led an organization that was responsible for contributing to Netflix's top-line revenue and paid subscribers. Teams within my org were responsible for all aspects of user growth, payments, partner platform, ads, identity and account management. The org was responsible for managing subscriptions for 250M+ paid subscribers and $30B+/yr in revenue.
We are a team of engineers, solving problems at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems, and building delightful consumer products. We are a team of learners and enjoy running A/B tests to continually learn and optimize our product for our users.

Managing ManagersEngineering ManagementA/B TestingUser Growth