Devinder Thakur

Product Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India24 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

20+ years in software product design and development.
Led teams of 40+ engineers in multimedia projects.
Certified Scrum Master with Agile expertise.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Senior Engineering Manager specializing in multimedia and cloud technologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

AndroidMultimediaCloud Computing

Other Skills

Streaming MediaExoPlayerMedia Player EnginesMultimedia StreamingAudio Features DevelopmentMachine LearningC (Programming Language)C++JAVA

About

Results-oriented and Customer value driven Software Engineering Manager with overall 20+ years of software product design and development experience (with last 10+ years in leadership roles having experience in managing team size of 40+ people, including senior engineers/architects, program managers and engineering managers) shipping multiple projects in product based MNC's. Mainly specializing in Android / Linux, Multimedia, Streaming, Virtualization and Cloud technologies. Proven record in creating, defining, developing and delivering global technology products/solutions. Always worked in multi-cultural, multi-site, cross-functional environment. Leading and being part of winning teams and great success, but also experienced and managed extremely challenging situations. Certified Scrum Master and experienced practitioner of Agile (Scrum) methodology practices as SDLC model. Extensively worked closely with various clients in Europe, USA and Asia regions.

Experience

24 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

7 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Amazon lab126

2 roles

Senior Manager, Software Development

Promoted

Apr 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

Leading team of 40+ engineers, managing FireOS(Android) and VegaOS(GStreamer) based Multimedia/Streaming Framework for Echo Show, Fire TV and Automotive Infotainment.

AndroidMultimediaStreaming MediaCloud Computing

Manager, Software Development

Jan 2019 – Mar 2022 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Set-up India multimedia operations from scratch and primary focus of the team is to implement new features and enhancements within Application/Middleware framework of different Media Player Engines from Android, ExoPlayer and in-house Amazon Media Player as per the requirements from different product teams like Kindle Fire Tablets, Amazon FireTV, Amazon Echo, Amazon Music/Video, Alexa and Smart Home devices.

AndroidExoPlayerMedia Player Engines

1app

Director, Software Engineering

Jul 2016 – Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

In charge of engineering at 1APP's (US based start-up) Noida centre (20+ people) having profiles like Android-OS Full-Stack developers, Web Full-Stack developers, AWS-Cloud developers, Multimedia Streaming, DevOps, QA-Analysts etc. Set-up Noida operations from scratch and scaled the team within first year with almost zero attrition. Ramped-up this team of senior engineers to grew this innovation from proof-of-concept prototype to production system for different customer products based on this technology.
Handling Android full-stack (Application, Middleware, Kernel drivers) porting, customisations required to run it on Cloud based servers, new feature development, testing and resolution of internal and customer specific issues. OneOS, 1APP’s proprietary mobile operating system, was built from the ground up to enable mobile apps to run in the cloud. 1APP’s proprietary Linux Kernel lets Android run natively on server hardware so developers don’t have to make any changes to their original mobile app – making apps device and platform agnostic. Apps are instantly streamed and can automatically adjust the user experience based on device capability and network conditions.

AndroidCloud ComputingMultimedia Streaming

Stmicroelectronics

Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Jul 2012 – Jun 2016 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Managed Android-OS Multimedia team based in Noida (40+ people), handling Android multimedia stack adaptations and integration on STM's platforms targeted for Mobile and Streaming Media markets. Acted in parallel also as Technical interface with Google and Netflix for Android based STM's Reference Design for Streaming Media Platform. Responsible for architecture definition of different Android requirements for STM Platforms and new Android features analysis, design, implementation, integration, delivery and customer support. Worked with various global telecom/streaming operators for STM-Android solution based Streaming Media Products like Technicolor (France), SKBB (Korea), Airtel (India), Verizon (USA) etc.

AndroidMultimediaStreaming Media

St-ericsson

Manager, Software Engineering

Aug 2008 – Jun 2012 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

As part of ST-Ericsson (JV of STM, NXP Wireless and Ericsson Mobile Divisions), Managed Android-OS Audio team based in Noida (~10+ people), handling Android audio stack porting and new audio features development and customizations on STE platforms for all Android upgrades starting from Cupcake till JellyBean and also for future Android releases. Also acted in parallel as Audio Customer Technical Leader (CTL) for HTC's Android Smartphone based on STE's NovaThor platforms (A9500/ U8500 etc.) leading to successful smartphone releases. Worked on various STM-Android solution based Mobile Products like HTC Sensation-TD Z710t, HTC One-ST/One-SU/One-SC and HTC E1 etc.

AndroidAudio Features Development