Akash Patel

Product Engineering Leader | Startup Founder

Los Angeles, CA

Executive Summary

Strategic Product Engineering Leader with 11+ years of experience building and scaling Enterprise-grade SaaS platforms and consumer growth engines. Proven track record of leading 60+ person cross-functional organizations to automate complex business workflows and optimize global-scale conversion funnels. Expert at partnering with SLT to align technical strategy with high-stakes business outcomes at companies like Netflix and Thumbtack.

Core Strength

Leadership

Scaling 0→1 teams to 60+ engineers, Strategic Roadmap Ownership, SLT Stakeholder Management

Growth Engineering

Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), A/B Testing, User Onboarding & Activation, Lifecycle Retention

Agentic AI

Enterprise Operating Systems, Workflow Automation, Distributed Systems, AI Orchestration

Leadership Experience

11 Years (2014 - 2025)

Propi AI

2025 – Present

Co-Founder

•Architecting a B2B SaaS platform utilizing collaborative AI Agents to automate property management workflows and end-to-end operational tasks
•Leading product strategy and roadmap for multi-channel Agentic AI Orchestration
•https://propiai.app

Thumbtack

2020 – 2024

Director of Engineering

•Directed a 60+ person engineering organization focused on Growth Engineering and Marketplace efficiency for both supply and demand sides
•Partnered with Product/Marketing SLT to execute a growth strategy that reduced onboarding friction and accelerated user activation through data-informed experimentation
•Modernized consumer-facing mobile and web platforms to improve funnel conversion while maintaining predictable execution

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2019 – 2020Career break: Backpacked through South America for 6 months, learning from solo travel and diverse cultures

Opendoor

2018 – 2019

Senior Engineering Manager

•SaaS Platform Leadership: Led the development of an Enterprise-grade SaaS operating system designed to automate and streamline complex real-estate business workflows
•Engineered internal platforms that replaced manual processes with automated software, significantly improving operational velocity

Netflix

2014 – 2017

Engineering Manager

•Internal SaaS Growth Engine: Founding engineer for the Enterprise Platform team; built an internal SaaS marketing platform managing $800M+ in annual spend
•Led a cross-functional group of PMs, designers, and engineers to automate customer acquisition channels and subscriber retention tools at a global scale
•Built high-concurrency distributed systems supporting real-time marketing responses and user signup flows for millions of international users