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S01E08: STS Prasad on hiring early engineers at startups, scaling engineering teams while staying nimble


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As the engineering leader at Freshworks, STS Prasad plays an integral role in the development of the Freshworks suite of products. In the latest episode of the podcast, we talk to him about engineering at startups. We covered

๐Ÿš€How founders should go about hiring engineers for their teams
๐Ÿš€ What should the role of the early engineer at startups be
๐Ÿš€ How to identify the right tech co-founder
๐Ÿš€ How Freshworks remains an eternal startup using the 'Freshwave Model'
๐Ÿš€ Retaining the startup culture even as you scaleย 
Enjoy the show!ย 

About the Guest

STS Prasad has been an entrepreneur, a top engineer who transitioned to manage several engineering teams, and one of the most successful engineering leaders at Freshworks. After graduating from IIT- Madras and acquiring his master's degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin, he started his career at HCL, became a chief architect of Junglee (acquired by Amazon), and later he headed up Walmart Labs.ย  STS Prasad also served as the CTO of Aventeon, a mobile enterprise solution startup that he founded. He is currently the SVP of Engineering at Freshworks Inc.ย 

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Host and Producer - Jayadevan PK

Assistant Producer - Shashwath J

Audio Engineer - Rajesh Subramanian ย 

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