Esshan Gupta

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 6 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in CI/CD automation for AI hardware.
Proven track record in engineering velocity improvements.
Strong leadership in DevOps and cloud infrastructure.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI infrastructure and DevOps for enterprise-grade systems.

Contact

esshan92@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Ci/cd AutomationDevopsAgile MethodologiesQa AutomationTesting Methodologies

Other Skills

.NETAI/ML InfrastructureBMCBashCC#C++CICloud ComputingCloud Infrastructure ManagementClusterData CenterData Center ArchitectureDistributed SystemsDocker

About

I am a Sr. Staff Engineer and technical leader specializing in building and optimizing high-velocity CI/CD pipelines for cutting-edge hardware. At Qualcomm, I lead the CI/CD engineering team responsible for the mission-critical infrastructure supporting the next generation of AI Inference Accelerators (AI100/AI200) designed for the data center market. My focus is on driving engineering velocity and setting the long-term architectural vision to ensure reliable, secure, and rapid deployment of software and firmware for these complex AI platforms. This leadership role is built upon a strong foundation in enterprise hardware, gained through prior R&D experience at Dell and HPE. My background includes extensive work in data center server architecture, validation, and performance testing, which provides a critical perspective on the full lifecycle of enterprise-grade server platforms. I bridge the gap between AI hardware development and real-world data center readiness. Core Expertise: CI/CD Automation (Jenkins/Gitlab), DevOps, AI/ML Infrastructure, Server Hardware Validation, Data Center Architecture, Distributed Systems.

Experience

Qualcomm

4 roles

Sr. Staff Engineer

Promoted

Nov 2025 – Present · 4 mos

Lead the CI/CD Engineering team, defining the technical roadmap and architecture for continuous integration and delivery supporting Qualcomm's flagship AI Inference Accelerators (AI100 and AI200).
Drive significant improvements in engineering velocity and system scalability, ensuring the reliable, high-volume deployment of critical software and firmware into data center environments.
Function as an architect, designing next-generation automated pipelines and distributed testing frameworks.
Responsible for mentoring senior engineers and championing best practices in DevOps, testing methodologies, and cloud infrastructure management across the division.

CI/CD AutomationDevOpsAI/ML InfrastructureServer Hardware ValidationData Center ArchitectureDistributed Systems

Staff Engineer

Promoted

Dec 2021 – Nov 2025 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Leading CI/CD team with hands on involvement, handling monthly external releases, daily SDK/Build generation and QA validation
Mentoring junior engineers, guiding them with optimal solutions, educating them on CI processes, platform hardware, and conducting detailed code reviews

Agile MethodologiesSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)ProcessorsCIRequirements AnalysisLinux+7

Senior Lead Engineer

Promoted

Nov 2018 – Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Devised and developed a robust performance automation framework used internally by QA and CI/CD teams, reducing manual efforts by 40%
Individual contribution to QA and implemented effective QA/testing methodologies for ARM-based server systems and PCIe based inference accelerator, improving product quality, and debugging efficiency
Facilitated collaborative workshops and technical Q&A/Debugging sessions across multidisciplinary teams

Agile MethodologiesSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Requirements AnalysisQA AutomationTesting Methodologies

Senior Engineer

Jul 2017 – Nov 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos

Part of a team responsible for end to end pre-silicon and post-silicon Firmware validation and Operating System (Ubuntu, RHEL and Windows) validation of ARM based processors.
Individually contributing to Network testing of UEFI and OS (Ubuntu, RHEL and Windows), complete feature testing of Windows, BMC and Debug Services.
Actively contributing in testing of other components (TPM, Security, Kernel, Virtualization, PCIe, Performance, etc.) as well.
Responsible for complete test case management cycle, which includes understanding customer requirements, planning and creating test suite, execution of test cases and automation of test cases.
Report and Debug root cause of issues found in test cycle.
Contributing to proprietary automation framework based on C#.NET and Python.

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Requirements Analysis

Hewlett packard enterprise

System Software Engineer

Feb 2016 – Jun 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Part of a team working on high speed fabric technologies (Intel OmniPath / Mellanox Infiniband).
Responsible for developing and testing of Firmware Smart Components for Mellanox Infiniband devices, supported on VMware ESXi, Linux and Windows.
Responsible for productization and support for interconnects used in High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster environments.
Working on firmware releases for fabric interconnects and network cards.
Level-4 support for HPC Interconnects, experience in troubleshooting escalated/critical issues related to InfiniBand and customer interaction on daily basis.
Deploying and maintaining test infrastructure (x86).
Working closely with partners and internal teams to streamline release processes.
Performance benchmarking focused on interconnect components.
Validating next generation interconnect features such as Boot-over-IB and create technical reference documents.
Developing POCs related to HPC fabrics.

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Dell

4 roles

Systems Engineer

Sep 2015 – Feb 2016 · 5 mos

Deploying end-to-end high performance computing clusters.
Working on infiniband related programs.
Deploying and validating Bright Cluster Manager.
Validating performance of clusters as well as standalone systems
Working with software developers in order to fulfill the expectations from Dell HPC Advisor tool.

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Systems Associate Engineer

Jul 2013 – Aug 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo

End-to-end virtualized infrastructure solution using VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V,
Administration of virtual infrastructure and development environment used by 100+ developers.
End-to-end deployment and maintenance of datacenter infrastructure and troubleshooting.
Deployment of VMware vSphere based end-to-end enterprise virtualization solutions
Performance benchmarking of enterprise virtualization solutions.
Active Directory Administration.

Intern

Promoted

May 2012 – Jul 2012 · 2 mos · Bangalore

Project title "High Performance Computing in cloud environment using RHEL and OpenStack".
Deployed an Infrastructure As A Service(IAAS) cloud using OpenStack and integrated High Performance Computing(HPC) features in it using OFED. So that operating cost can be reduced while increasing the performance, flexibility and availability.

Intern

May 2011 – Jul 2011 · 2 mos · Bangalore

Project title "Agent less hardware monitoring tool for cluster management based on RHEL".
The project was developed by deployment of HPC cluster and integration of Nagios with FreeIPMI using a script which extract hardware details from a system. The basic purpose of the project was to save some amount of CPU cycles in a cluster