Jan 2023 – Jul 2023 · 6 mos

• Building open-source SLAM library https://github.com/mukulbasu/slamJS

Jun 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Head of Platform Engineering
• Created 50 member strong Platform engineering group - frontend, backend, ML and testers
• Launched Avataar's in-house engine for building rich 3D experiences. Powers all key client experiences.
• Built industry-first capability for multiple product demo within single AR experience
• Launched Workflow and Content Management platforms for use by artists, managers and customers.
• Innovated Automation, Recommendation, Validation and Editing tools that increased efficiency by ~ 100% and dropped client rejections by ~ 50%
• Led key releases, contributing to multiple aspects - project management, client management, requirements, design, development and delivery
• Launched Order management and Payment integrations
• Launched Analytics platform to gather insights

May 2018 – Jun 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Built one of India's top digital fitness product - Cult Live from ground-up as head of the engineering team
• Successfully introduced and launched Computer Vision/AI based strategy and features in Curefit
• Set up live/on-demand video streaming platform and Content Management System
• Built highly scaled services for orchestrating user-user competitions
• Driving a culture of innovation and research in Tech, ML and Product
• Lead ~25 member org of App, web, backend and Machine Learning teams

Jan 2016 – May 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Built the User Targeting and Forecasting teams to serve personalised Ads with 2-3x improvement
• Built User Targeting platform with a low latency of 1ms
• Launched product to Guarantee views to Advertisers
• Launched bidding feature for Product Listing Ads
• Built and managed teams with low attrition

Aug 2013 – Dec 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Responsible for Tier 1 service. No major outages even with a packed launch schedule.
• Delivered around 10 critical projects and features in 2 years under constraints of resource and time.
• Multiple innovations related to performance, automation, development tools which are currently in production.
• Page load latency down from 2 seconds to sub-second latency through innovative architecture.
• Automated 23% of test cases saving QA effort.
• Coordinated with teams across London and Seattle to deliver projects. Lead internationalization initiatives.

Aug 2011 – Aug 2013 · 2 yrs

• Created automated system to ingest feeds from ATT, Verizon and multiple phone vendors
• Piloted the use of Simple Workflow Service in the team
• Brought down processing time from 1.5 hours to 5 mins, over 95% optimization
• Optimized page load time of support website by 50%
• Created scripts to automate data migration, saved effort by 90%

Aug 2006 – Aug 2011 · 5 yrs

• Developed end-to-end video streaming systems for in-flight entertainment, aerial/maritime surveillance and low latency applications.
• One of the youngest Product Champions in Ittiam. Highly appreciated by Customer.
• Paper on low-latency system design and measurement. Created Testbench for constant latency monitoring, only such system in the world at the time.
• Worked on multi-process, multi-core systems with inter-process communication. Created XML based protocol for communication and highly optimized helper libraries that are in use even now.
• Created Remote Computing Proof-of-Concept, was highly appreciated