Hi there, I am a TOGAF 9.2 Certified Senior Architect with 19+ years of experience bridging Embedded Linux, AOSP/AAOS, Large-Scale OTT Streaming, and Cloud-Native Ecosystems. US Patent holder and open-source contributor.
📍 Bengaluru, India
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- Scale & Throughput: Architected and governed platforms serving 2M+ subscribers, handling 460,000+ concurrent users and 1M+ playback events/day.
- Embedded & Chipsets: Delivered software for 20+ Set-Top Box (STB) platforms across Broadcom, STMicro, Ali, and National chipsets.
- Patents & Innovations: Co-inventor of US Patent 9749679 B2 (Method for Efficient Processing of BTP-enabled MPEG-4 streams).
- Open Source Contribution: Active contributor and maintainer around Aurora UI (SolidJS/Lightning), WPEFramework, DRM (OCDM/Widevine/PlayReady), FFmpeg, and OpenCV.
| Domain | Technologies & Tools |
|---|---|
| Architecture & Governance | TOGAF 9.2, Microservices, Event-Driven (Kafka), SOA, REST APIs, Design Patterns |
| Embedded & Automotive | Embedded Linux, RTOS, Android Automotive (AOSP/AAOS), Yocto, BitBake, RDK, WPE Framework, WebKit |
| Cloud & DevOps | Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, CI/CD, Blue-Green Deployments, OTA Fleet Management |
| DRM & Security | Widevine, PlayReady, OCDM, HDCP, Conditional Access, OAuth 2.0, JWT, DES Encryption |
| Languages & Frameworks | C, C++, Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, SolidJS, Python, Go, HTML/CSS |
| Media & Protocols | FFmpeg, DirectFB, RTSP/RTP, UPnP/DLNA, HLS/MPEG-DASH, OpenCV, Wireshark |
- Senior Architect @ MultiChoice Group
(Apr 2025 – Present)- Governing zero-downtime convergence of large-scale OTT streaming platforms using Microservices, Kafka, API Gateways, and multi-CDN strategies.
- Leading open-source development of Aurora UI (SolidJS/Lightning renderer-based UI framework for STB platforms).
- Engineer - Decoder UI Development @ MultiChoice Group
(Oct 2019 – Mar 2025)- Integrated complex enterprise decoder stacks across 20+ STB platforms using Yocto/BitBake/RDK build systems.
- Re-architected connectivity layers for STB platforms to improve live streaming quality at scale.
- Senior Software Engineer @ ARRIS
(Jan 2014 – May 2018)- Technical lead for firmware stability on Motorola decoder platforms.
- Designed USB HAL + Synopsys Linux OTG drivers and optimized trick-play algorithms for video streaming.
- TOGAF 9.2 & 9.1 Certified | The Open Group
- Generative AI Bootcamp | Outskill / NSDC
- B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering | Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (Top 5% of cohort)[cite: 1]
- Diploma in Embedded Systems Design (DESD) | C-DAC, Hyderabad[cite: 1]