Pratyush Agarwal

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India8 yrs 7 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Built AI event-intelligence copilot for B2B SaaS.
Scaled India's first co-living coding bootcamp.
Achieved 100% placement in offline programs.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Tech Education expert with strong capabilities in AI and backend development.

Contact

pratyush6894@gmail.com +917503599262 LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Product LeadershipAi DevelopmentMachine Learning InfrastructureMl OperationsDatastore ReliabilityDisaster RecoveryBackend DevelopmentE-commerce SolutionsEntrepreneurshipTech EducationSoftware DevelopmentAutomation

Other Skills

AI-first roadmapAWS LambdaAlgorithmsApache KafkaArgoWorkflowsAuroraB2B SaaSBig Data AnalyticsBlockchainBusiness Growth StrategiesCC (Programming Language)C++Community BuildingCross-functional Team Leadership

About

2× Founder with 9+ years of experience building scalable backend systems, AI copilots, and ML infrastructure. Worked at global leaders like D.E. Shaw and Deliveroo, leading distributed systems, datastore reliability, and ML platform projects. As ex-founder of MelloUp, built an AI event-intelligence copilot, and earlier scaled CodeAsylums into a 20k+ member coding community with 100% placement in offline programs. Career goal: to leverage deep technical expertise and product leadership to build AI-first platforms that drive measurable business impact at scale. Notable Achievements: - Antler Founder Residency Program selects from Lisbon & Madrid (2023) and London, UK (2024) - Nominated as Top 100 Education Leader (2019) & Top 100 Business Leader (2024) by GFEL, Dubai. - In the top 5% of the YC Founder list in F24 & top 10% at YC Startup School (Sept '22). - Spoke at PyCon India, Top Indian Colleges, and other venues, and mentored 50+ Hackathons. Feel free to reach out to me at work.pratyush.agr@gmail.com. Let's collaborate and drive innovation together!

Experience

8 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 8 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Melloup

Head of Engineering & Product

Sep 2023 – Sep 2025 · 2 yrs · Lisbon, Portugal · Remote

I lead our AI‑first roadmap and go‑to‑market for US B2B SaaS companies, turning global conference spend into measurable ROI through an event‑intelligence copilot.
Product & AI: Defined and delivered an agentic LLM‑powered copilot (LangChain/RAG/Pinecone) that automates pre‑event prospecting, in‑event conversation analytics, and post‑event funnel integration.
GTM & Growth: Secured early adopters across ten US SaaS sponsors, ran targeted demo campaigns, and achieved a 3× average ROI uplift at Web Summit and Shoptalk.

AI-first roadmapevent-intelligence copilotLangChainRAGPineconedemo campaigns+2

Antler

Entrepreneur in Residence

Sep 2023 – Nov 2023 · 2 mos · Lisbon, Portugal · On-site

Antler's Founder's Residency Program, Lisbon

Deliveroo

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer - Machine Learning Platform Team

May 2023 – Sep 2023 · 4 mos · United Kingdom · Remote

On the ML Platform team, I developed scalable ML-ops infrastructure using Kubernetes, Metaflow, ArgoWorkflows, Kinesis, and Terraform. By building resilient pipelines and observability tools in Python and Golang, I enabled faster model iteration and deployment, improving ML workflow velocity by ~30–40% while strengthening platform reliability.

KubernetesMetaflowArgoWorkflowsKinesisTerraformPython+3

Senior Software Engineer - Datastore Platform Team

Sep 2022 – May 2023 · 8 mos · United Kingdom · Remote

At Deliveroo, I engineered disaster recovery systems across DynamoDB, Postgres, Aurora, Redis, and ElasticSearch, building PITR snapshot automation, backup playbooks, and Datadog dashboards. These improvements cut recovery time from hours to minutes and ensured near-zero downtime for order and payment flows.

DynamoDBPostgresAuroraRedisElasticSearchDatastore Reliability+1

Ula

Senior Software Engineer

Aug 2021 – May 2022 · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

At Ula, I led backend development of a Khatabook-like app for 20K+ Indonesian merchants, leveraging Golang and microservices for scale and reliability. I spearheaded the design of an eKYC system using OCR-based and government APIs with Python, Lambda, Node.js, and Redis, enabling real-time identity verification. These initiatives strengthened compliance, enhanced security, and accelerated Ula’s mission of digitizing commerce for local merchants.

GolangMicroservicesPythonNode.jsRedisBackend Development+1

Codeasylums

Co Founder & CEO

May 2017 – Aug 2021 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Built and scaled India’s first co-living coding bootcamp, later pivoting to online during COVID and exiting in 2021. Led 20+ offline and 100+ online bootcamps, training 10,000+ learners. Forged 100+ partnerships (IITs, BITS, PyCon, Microsoft, AWS, NASA Challenge) and cultivated a mentor network of 200+ leaders from Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Goldman Sachs. Grew ARR from $25K → $120K in 4 years, optimized costs by 60%, and reduced CAC by 20% via digital marketing. Managed a 25-member team, executed 200+ workshops reaching 200K+ students, and built a 15K+ member Discord community, making CodeAsylums a recognized brand in India’s tech education ecosystem.

Business Growth StrategiesCommunity BuildingOperations ManagementEntrepreneurshipTech Education

The d. e. shaw group

Software Engineer

Jul 2016 – Feb 2017 · 7 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

Wrote endpoints for the Reconciliation team (Back-office) using Python and Java for post-trade services. Also, contributed in building a framework which automated 20% of their testing team efforts.

PythonJavaSoftware DevelopmentAutomation