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title: "Kartik Bindal - Software Development Engineer II in India | Tal"
description: "Meet Kartik Bindal, SDE 2 @ Disney+ Hotstar | Android | Jetpack Compose | Media Player based in India. AI stack includes perplexity, sora, and Pika."
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# Kartik Bindal on Tal

## Headline

SDE 2 @ Disney\+ Hotstar \| Android \| Jetpack Compose \| Media Player

## Location

India

## AI stack

perplexity

sora

Pika

## Work experience

Software Development Engineer II at Disney\+ Hotstar, Aug 2023 \- Present · 3 yrs 3 mos, Remote, \- Built a custom, reusable, plug\-and\-play caching framework with ABR and player tweaks to reduce start lag by 30% at P90 for users navigating via Continue Watching and Watch Next by caching protobuf and media data\. \- Designed the solution to provide four hours of free watch time for hotstar guest users on android mobile platform\. \- Implemented a historical bandwidth feature to improve the startup resolution of videos for both android mobile and LR device users\. \- Implemented device\-level client capability disablement using deep links and A/B framework to improve live match streaming experience and reduce user–dev friction\.

Software Development Engineer at Disney\+ Hotstar, Jul 2021 \- Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Gurugram, Haryana, India, \- Built the Hotstar X Android app from scratch with key features like My Space, Help & Settings, Login, Profiles, and Parental Lock, Previous Login\. \- Developed a custom OTP widget for mobile platform in Jetpack Compose to support rapid typing without animation lag and built OTP auto read feature for mobile platform\. \- Created back\-end\-driven bottom sheets, video onboarding backgrounds for android mobile, and delivered the app across 23\+ countries\. \- Build Silent Login for Tata Sky STB users for smooth onboarding for LR devices users\.

Tech Intern at Jugnoo, Jan 2021 \- Jun 2021 · 6 mos, Panchkula, Haryana, India, \- Contributed to the development of Jugnoo’s Customer and Driver Android apps, implementing features for food delivery, custom delivery, and ride booking\. \- Built a secure OTP verification feature to assist delivery agents, enabling seamless handoff by displaying OTP to users during delivery\. \- Integrated the payment gateway with the customer application\.

Research Intern at Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Jul 2020 \- Dec 2020 · 6 mos, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Summer Intern at Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, May 2020 \- Jun 2020 · 2 mos, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Summer Trainee at Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Jun 2019 \- Jul 2019 · 2 mos, New Delhi, Delhi, India

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Computer Science, UIET Panjab University

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