Utsav Jain

CEO

Delhi, India11 yrs 3 mos experience

AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Over a decade of experience in high-performance mobile ecosystems.
Expert in architecting secure and resilient platforms.
Proven track record in scaling teams and improving system performance.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Senior Principal Software Engineer specializing in OTT and mobile ecosystems.

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Skills

Core Skills

Ott DevelopmentTeam LeadershipTechnical Leadership

Other Skills

Media Playback OptimizationCodebase UnificationAutomated TestingCross-Platform DevelopmentOTT ArchitecturePlatform SecurityCode ReviewDocumentationMicrosoft AzureContent Distribution NetworksSQLPostgreSQLIT architecturesRetrofitApplication Architecture

About

I'm a Senior Principal Software Engineer with over a decade of experience designing, scaling and delivering high-performance mobile ecosystems across gaming, OTT streaming, telecom and e-commerce. I specialise in architecting secure, resilient platforms, solving complex performance challenges, and enabling rapid product delivery through modern tooling, clean architectures and data-driven engineering practices. I bring a unique advantage of deep client–server ownership from software products, enabling resilient backend systems optimised for unreliable networks, versioned clients, and real-time workloads. Experienced engineering leader with a track record of scaling teams, improving system performance, and driving platform stability.

Experience

11 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 7 mos

Current Experience

Winzo

Software Engineering Team Lead

Nov 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos · India · On-site

Airtel digital

Deputy General Manager, Wynk & Xstream | OTT · Telecom · Media Streaming

Sep 2022 – Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Led end-to-end development for Wynk Music and Xstream.
1. Unified the codebase across 3 applications services (wynk,xstream, TV), enabling 2× faster feature rollout and reducing crash rates by 30%.
2. Optimized media playback pipelines using cdn optmisation, service optimisation and prefetching, cutting wait times by 90%.
3. Launched Android TV and Automotive versions of wynk, boosting cross-platform user engagement by 10%+.
4. Established automated testing using MockK/JUnit, leading to a 50% reduction in side-effect bugs and regressions.
5. Collaborated with product, design and backend teams to ship features with measurable business impact under tight timelines.

Media Playback OptimizationCodebase UnificationAutomated TestingCross-Platform DevelopmentOTT DevelopmentTeam Leadership

Deutsche telekom

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Apr 2019 – May 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

Principal Engineer

Jan 2019 – Sep 2022 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Led the Engineering team for Magenta TV OTT & certified Android TV launcher - Architected OTT app & TV OS used by over 6M active users across 9 countries - Implemented App Integrity, DRM and Certificate Pinning, significantly enhancing platform security - Introduced corporate-wide code review, documentation & TDD practices

OTT ArchitecturePlatform SecurityCode ReviewDocumentationOTT DevelopmentTechnical Leadership