Arushi Grover

I am currently an Engineering Manager at Meta, where I've been for about 10 years. I've been in the computer science field for about 15 years total. I started my career as a software engineer at Akamai for about 2 years, then earned my Master's degree at Carnegie Mellon here in the US. After that, I joined Meta as a software engineer and worked in that role for about 6 years before transitioning to engineering management 2 years ago. Today, I lead a team of 13 people that rebuilds all of the WhatsApp business models, enabling third parties, service providers, agencies, and large enterprises like Uber, Salesforce, and Amazon to get on WhatsApp. A few years ago, I led an effort that we launched called WhatsApp Cloud API, which was announced by Mark Zuckerberg at a conference where I was also a presenter. That product drastically changed WhatsApp and Meta's revenue exponentially, and today we have a multi-billion dollar run rate for that product. I've been passionate about computer science since my early years, studying it in middle school, high school, undergrad, and graduate school. I believe in learning from every single person I meet, making unofficial mentors everywhere I go. I partner very closely with product management directors to learn about product strategy. As an engineering manager, I work a lot with junior engineers and their managers to make sure they are set up for success, especially women engineers who often lack opportunities in the field.