Himanshu Vasishth is the Head of Coda Product Engineering at Grammarly and was a founding engineer at Coda. With a background at Google, he is an expert in scaling engineering teams, defining product roadmaps, and driving cross-functional collaboration. He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
As a founding engineer, he was instrumental in building Coda, a company later acquired by Grammarly, and holds patents for features like "Multi-level table grouping. "
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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Head of Coda Product Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Personality Overview
How Himanshu shows up
Calm
Social Proof Driven
Slow To Decisions
They maintain good relationships with everyone, internally and externally. They are motivated by the potential impact of their decision on the organization. They usually go by the book, following all rules and procedures.
Priorities
Topics Himanshu cares about
AI-Powered Productivity
He led the launch of Grammarly's AI-native writing surface, powered by Coda's technology, and has expressed excitement about AI's phenomenal impact on productivity.
Scaling Engineering Teams
He successfully scaled Coda's engineering team from zero to over 35 people, cultivating a culture of high performance, collaboration, and ownership.
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Career
Work history
1-2025
Head of Coda Product Engineering
Grammarly
6-2014
Head of Core Product Engineering/Founding engineer
Coda
8-2012 - 6-2014
Senior Tech Lead/Manager, Google Compute Engine
Google
4-2011 - 8-2012
Senior Software Engineer, Google Drive
Google
3-2010 - 4-2011
Tech Lead, Google Docs / Google Cloud Connect
Google
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Steadiness (S) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to focus on cooperation, support and taking everyone along. Those scoring high tend to be consistent and calm.
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