Akash Agrawall

CEO

Santa Clara, California, United States11 yrs 10 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led a team of 8 engineers at Meta.
  • Developed high-impact products enhancing creator engagement.
  • Expert in building scalable systems for social media.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Software Engineering Manager specializing in Social Media and Data-Driven Solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipSoftware EngineeringProduct DevelopmentFull-stack DevelopmentAlgorithm DevelopmentSecurity Management

Other Skills

C++JavaPythonTeamworkDockerData AnalysisRuby on RailsWeb2pyDjangoAlgorithm DesignTestingSecurity ReviewAuthenticationUnit TestingRemote Debugging

Experience

11 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
8 yrs 7 mos
Current Experience

Meta

4 roles

Software Engineering Manager

Promoted

Sep 2024Present · 1 yr 9 mos · Menlo Park, California, United States · On-site

  • As a Software Engineering Manager at Meta, you lead a team of 8 direct reports and influence a cross-functional group of around 30 professionals (engineers, designers, product managers, data scientists, and data engineers). My team focuses on building scalable systems that deliver actionable insights and guidance to creators on Facebook, empowering them to enhance their engagement and success on the platform. I drive collaboration and innovation to ensure impactful, data-driven solutions in the creator ecosystem.
C++JavaPythonLeadershipTeamworkDocker+1

Staff Software Engineer

Jan 2024Aug 2024 · 7 mos · Menlo Park, California, United States · On-site

  • I led the development of new, high-impact products like Reels Insights, scaling them across seven different surfaces to drive significant improvements in content production and quality. I played a pivotal role in up-leveling the Insights experience within the Professional Dashboard, achieving insights parity with Instagram and leading a cross-functional pod focused on accelerating platform growth. Additionally, I focused on providing creators with actionable guidance, helping them make data-driven decisions to produce more content in a more informed and strategic manner. My work directly contributed to empowering creators, enhancing platform engagement, and driving content success.
JavaPythonData AnalysisTeamworkSoftware EngineeringProduct Development

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2021Jan 2024 · 3 yrs · Menlo Park, California, United States · On-site

  • I played a key role in redesigning a platform that provides creators with actionable, data-driven insights to enhance their content strategies. I led the development of advanced features like Benchmarking and Distribution Scores, empowering creators to better understand their performance in comparison to peers. My work focused on growth initiatives, scaling access to large datasets and insights, and enabling a new set of entities with a fresh page experience.
JavaPythonData AnalysisSoftware EngineeringProduct Development

Software Engineer

Oct 2017Jan 2021 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Menlo Park, California, United States · On-site

  • I have developed a strong foundation in building innovative solutions for creators and content ecosystems. My expertise spans across full-stack development, performance optimization, and user-centered design, with a focus on tools that empower creators to efficiently produce, manage, and distribute content. I have worked on scaling platforms, enhancing content workflows, and integrating new technologies to drive user engagement and streamline the creative process.
Ruby on RailsWeb2pyDjangoFull-stack DevelopmentSoftware Engineering

Vlead

Research Assistant

Aug 2016Oct 2016 · 2 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

  • My responsibilities as a RA (Research Assistant) at VLEAD were to do the security review of all the labs (including third party labs) associated with VLEAD and manage the application of measures to mitigate the vulnerabilities.
Security ReviewSecurity Management

Facebook

Software Engineer Internship

May 2016Aug 2016 · 3 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Built an IdP (Identity Provider) which does both Email/Password authentication and third Party IdP authentication based on User's email.
AuthenticationSoftware Engineering

Browserstack

Summer Intern

May 2015Jul 2015 · 2 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Worked with mobile team at BrowserStack to develop Remote debugging tools for real mobile browsers. Inspired by chrome devtools and remote debuggers like Valence(Mozilla), iOS-webkit-proxy(Google) and Weinre(Apache). Added support for both Android and iOS.
  • I also worked on Browserstack android application to reduce mobile cleanup time.

Iiit hyderabad

3 roles

Student Placement Council Member

Dec 2014May 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • My team and I have successfully co-ordinated placements for over 250 top-notch companies in hiring students from IIIT.

Teaching Assistant

Aug 2014Dec 2014 · 4 mos

  • As part of the course, I took tutorials on Code ethics, Ruby on Rails and Unit Testing in Java. I also managed all the projects in this course. The projects were mainly based on the frameworks Ruby on Rails, web2py, Django, etc.

Research Assistant

Jul 2014Nov 2014 · 4 mos

  • Developing the MHRD platform portal completely, which is used for content development for various courses. It's a part of EnhanceEdu program, which is started by IIIT-Hyderabad
Ruby on RailsUnit TestingSoftware Engineering

Hackerearth

Problem Setter/Tester

Jul 2014Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Algorithmic problems: I have set, tested and written editorials for problems in programming contests and hiring challenges.
  • One of the contests in which I was the sole problem setter is: May challenge(https://www.hackerearth.com/may-easy-challenge-15/)
Algorithm DesignTestingAlgorithm Development

Hackerrank

Problem Setter

Jun 2014Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Algorithmic problems: I have set problems for programming contests (Ad-infinitum challenges).
Algorithm DesignAlgorithm Development

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Intern

Dec 2013Dec 2013 · 0 mo

  • As an intern I primarily worked in Ruby on Rails. During my internship preiod I Improved the UI, populated the initial database (seed database), solved the bugs that affected the backend functionality.

Joyofreading

Developer

Oct 2013Aug 2014 · 10 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

  • Developed a portal for the startup JoyOfReading, a non-profitable organisation which aims to donate books to NGOs and various schools. One may also donate books to the organisation. Apart from this, it also conducts various sessions in schools for the development of students.
Remote DebuggingSoftware Engineering

Education

International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)

B.Tech + MS by Research — Computer Science

Jan 2012Jan 2017

KIIT International, Bhubaneswar

Jan 2010Jan 2012

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