Sunny R Gupta — CTO

I am an engineering leader who enjoys building useful products and helping teams do their best work. What I Do Well: Product Development: I have worked on both consumer and business products, always paying attention to how easy and enjoyable they are to use. All-Round Engineering: I am comfortable working on both the parts of software people see (frontend) and the parts they don’t (backend), even when the systems are very large and busy. How I Lead: As a manager, I focus on: Helping Teams Succeed: I make sure my team members have what they need to do good work. Thinking About the User: I try to understand what users want and build software that solves their problems. Staying Close to Customers: I listen to feedback from people who use our products. Making Reliable Software: I care about building software that works well and is easy to check and improve. Improving How We Work: I set up simple ways for the team to work together better and get more done. Finding and Keeping Good People: I look for talented people, help them settle in, and make sure they enjoy working with us. Building a Friendly Team: I encourage everyone to work together and support each other. My Technical Experience Building from Scratch: I have created new software systems from the ground up. Quick Prototypes: I can quickly make simple versions of new ideas to test if they work. Designing Systems: I plan how different parts of a software system should fit and work together. Making Apps for Many Devices: I have built software that works on different types of devices. My Work in the Community: Outside of my job, I: Grow Tech Communities: I help bring people together to learn and share about technology. Speak at Events: I talk about my work and what I have learned at meetings and conferences. Mentor Others: I guide and support people who are new to software engineering. I live in Bengaluru, India. I have led large teams of engineers and worked closely with people from around the world to plan and build software. I enjoy meeting others who are interested in technology and finding ways to solve tough problems together.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Media technology leader with expertise in scalable application development.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 13 yrs 11 mos

Skills

Engineering Leadership
Business Strategy
Director Level
Web Application Development
Javascript
Web Applications
Management
Ruby On Rails
React.js

Career Highlights

Led engineering initiatives for high-traffic media applications.
Expert in building scalable APIs and optimizing user experiences.
Strong focus on team success and user-centric software development.

Work Experience

JioHotstar

Senior Director of Technology - Cricinfo & JioHotstar (1 yr)

Senior Director of Engineering - JioHotstar (7 mos)

Senior Director of Technology - JioCinema (1 yr 7 mos)

Atlassian

Engineering Manager (4 yrs 1 mo)

Team Shiksha

Education Mentor (FREE Lessons) (7 yrs 5 mos)

ThoughtSpot

Lead Member Of Technical Staff (9 mos)

Jio

Senior Manager - Frontend & App Specialist (1 yr 4 mos)

Stealth Mode Startup

Multiple roles across startups (3 yrs 3 mos)

Tavisca Solutions Pvt Ltd.

Software Developer - Full Stack / Product (1 yr 4 mos)

Education

High School at Dhirubhai Ambani International School

Engineer’s Degree at Savitribai Phule Pune University

Sunny R Gupta

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led engineering initiatives for high-traffic media applications.
Expert in building scalable APIs and optimizing user experiences.
Strong focus on team success and user-centric software development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Media technology leader with expertise in scalable application development.

Contact

sunny.gupta@jiostar.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Engineering LeadershipBusiness StrategyDirector LevelWeb Application DevelopmentJavascriptWeb ApplicationsManagementRuby On RailsReact.js

Other Skills

.NET CLRAJAXASP.NETAgile MethodologiesAnalyticsAndroidAndroid DevelopmentApache KafkaApplication FrameworksArtificial Intelligence (AI)C#C++Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)CassandraCore Java

About

Experience

13 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Jiohotstar

3 roles

Senior Director of Technology - Cricinfo & JioHotstar

Jun 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

I lead engineering initiatives for Cricinfo's applications, driving innovation across Mobile, Web & B2B APIs. I collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance content management systems and video ingestion processes. Our focus on scalable APIs and optimized scoring widgets ensures the delivery of the fastest scores in the industry, while also exploring real-world AI applications.

Engineering LeadershipBusiness StrategyQuarterly ReviewsArtificial Intelligence (AI)New Business DevelopmentOrganizational Leadership

Senior Director of Engineering - JioHotstar

Nov 2024 – Jun 2025 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Post merger, got involved in leading efforts on some interesting new business initiatives.
Managed and delivered with an org consisting of cross-skilled developers across GoLang, Android, iOS, TV, Web. Partnering closely with Product, PGM & Design counterparts.

Director levelJavaScriptAndroid DevelopmentiOS DevelopmentWeb Application DevelopmentDashboards+1

Senior Director of Technology - JioCinema

Apr 2023 – Nov 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Lead multiple charters across verticals:
1. Identity: Managed the login experiences across apps, TVs, web and APIs for all the users on the platform (hundreds of millions). Liaisoning with OTP vendors, working to launch multiple new experiences: multi-user, device-management, entitlement stores.
2. Consumption: Started out managing the entire P0 stack of playback experiences, with security and scalability at the core of how we worked. Managed the player teams, worked on modernising the player stack for better performance and staying ahead of the curve. Launched multiple new form factors across 360, VR views and multi-audio, multi-video support.
3. Web Experiences: With my strong experience in the web ecosystem, was handed over the charter to lead and manage the web team, worked on modernising the stack, reducing vendor lock-in dependency and worked across woth other stakeholders to launch personalisation etc. across web platform. (server side rendering technologies where required, coupled with SSG elsewhere)
4. Live Interactive Experiences: Worked on some new entertainment form factors, owned the entire interactivity experiences including features like Live Chat, Watch Party, Fanverse, Social Features and some commerce experiences including Stickers.

JavaScriptWeb ApplicationsRequirements AnalysisRESTful WebServicesOnboardingStrategic Leadership+5

Atlassian

Engineering Manager

Mar 2019 – Apr 2023 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Working across streams including KTLO, Cloud Transformation/Migrations and Engineering Health.
Core responsibility included building a unified payments/billing experience layer to be used & embedded across all existing tools in the Atlassian ecosystem.
Went on to lead the Search & Orchestration org in the Economy & Demand org. Managed engineers with skills in Web development, Java development & Ruby on Rails engineers. Key technologies included custom orchestration rules engine + Elasticsearch.

Requirements AnalysisOnboardingDeveloper ToolsRuby on RailsElasticsearchCore Java+1

Team shiksha

Education Mentor (FREE Lessons)

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 5 mos · India · Remote

Build an open community of learners, teach them the basics of programming and how to succeed in their careers.

Thoughtspot

Lead Member Of Technical Staff

Jun 2018 – Mar 2019 · 9 mos · Bangalore

Worked on visualising data and simplifying dashboards for various form factors.
Built a cross-platform mobile MVP using React Native.
Innovating experiences in the Mobile BI space.
With a focus on human-centred design, we built a platform that lets CXOs search business data using plain text queries.
My Work - worked on conversational UI, responsive form factors, and helped architect a layer to abstract business logic between web & mobile interfaces. (shared services layer for Angular & React Native)

Requirements AnalysisOnboardingDeveloper Tools

Jio

Senior Manager - Frontend & App Specialist

Feb 2017 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Built high-performance frontend frameworks and libraries, including a UI framework from scratch for KaiOS. Think native keypad interfacing instead of touch/click.
Also involved in frontend architecture and hiring panels.
Key tools relevant to the position - React.js , ES6+, Babel, Webpack, Gulp, HTML/CSS, SASS, Redux & React Native. Got a chance to develop key skills on KaiOS.

Requirements AnalysisOnboardingDeveloper ToolsReact.jsJavaScriptMobile Devices

Stealth mode startup

Multiple roles across startups

Nov 2013 – Feb 2017 · 3 yrs 3 mos · India · Hybrid

Worked at various startups, tried out a few different roles around Web & Mobile app development.
Spent time with business, product, design and founders.

Tavisca solutions pvt ltd.

Software Developer - Full Stack / Product

Jul 2012 – Nov 2013 · 1 yr 4 mos · Pune Area, India

Joined as a grad, underwent a rigorous 3-month onboarding program - algorithms, problem-solving, programming, and databases.
Finished the in-house bootcamp as a top performer.
Eventually joined the R&D unit, helped rewrite the core travel booking platform. TravelNxt was the flagship product using ASP.NET MVC for APIs and Ember.JS on the front-end.
Work had a direct impact on conversions for clients with performant and scalable end-product leading to increased revenues for Tavisca.
Tavisca has eventually been acquired by cxLoyalty.