Kanak Agarwal
Software Engineer at WhatsApp/Meta
- Role
- Software Engineer and Tech Lead Manager at WhatsApp
- Location
- Austin, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kanak Agarwal
Hands-on technical leader and software engineer with background in building large-scale distributed software systems. Experienced in assembling and leading engineering teams and creating a culture where small teams can deliver disproportionately large impact. Deep technical expertise in software development, application backend infrastructure, distributed systems, operational reliability, cloud services, databases, analytics, AI/ML systems, and algorithms. Prior experience in building 0->1 systems and evolving and operating existing systems with billions of users. Author of about 100 patents and 80 scientific publications with more than citations.
Experience
Software Engineer and Tech Lead Manager
Nov 2020 — Present
WhatsApp messaging backend infrastructure for our 3 billion+ users
Education
University of Michigan
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2000 — 2004
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
BE, Electrical Engineering
1996 — 2000
Skills
- Cloud Computing
- Algorithms
- Distributed Systems
- Networking
- Analytics
- Vlsi
- Eda
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