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title: "Sravan Kumar Muske - Engineering in Greater Bengaluru Area | Tal"
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# Sravan Kumar Muske on Tal

## Headline

Principal Engineer \| OTT & Video Streaming Platforms \| Distributed Systems \| Golang • Node\.js • Kafka • Microservices \| Roku • CTV • AdTech \| Scaling Platforms to Millions of Users

## About

With over 12 years of experience, I specialize in building scalable OTT and video streaming platforms, focusing on distributed systems, microservices, and AdTech\. Currently, I lead the transformation of ABS\-CBN Corporation's OTT platform, spearheading the shift from outsourced dependencies to an in\-house ecosystem that prioritizes platform re\-architecture, personalization, and monetization strategies\. My work includes re\-architecting the platform into modular microservices, developing advanced recommendation and discovery systems, and designing adaptive ranking and search functionalities\. I am also responsible for driving the evolution of the advertising platform, ensuring alignment with monetization goals while enhancing user engagement and operational efficiency\.

## Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

## AI stack

antigravity

claude code

codex

cursor

gemini

grok

## Work experience

Engineering at ABS\-CBN Corporation, Dec 2024 \- Present · 1 yr 10 mos, Remote, Leading the transition of a large OTT platform from outsourced dependencies to a fully owned, in\-house ecosystem — rebuilding the foundation across platform, personalization, and monetization\. I operate at the intersection of architecture, product thinking, and cost efficiency, driving systems that scale while directly impacting user engagement and revenue\. •Re\-architecting the platform into a modular microservices ecosystem, enabling faster iteration and ownership •Building the core intelligence layer \(recommendations \+ discovery\) using user behavior signals to drive engagement •Designing ranking and search systems that dynamically adapt to user intent \(CTR, watch\-time, trends\) •Owning the ads platform, aligning monetization with seamless playback experience •Introducing real\-time data pipelines to power cross\-device continuity \(e\.g\., Continue Watching\) •Improving system reliability through observability and proactive monitoring •Continuously optimizing infrastructure cost vs performance trade\-offs at scale

Principal Engineer at CIRCLES, Jun 2024 \- Dec 2024 · 7 mos, Bengaluru

Senior Solutions Architect at ZEE5, Apr 2023 \- Mar 2024 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Led end\-to\-end requirements and solutions for a news OTT application, gathering product requirements, ensuring feasibility, and providing solutions for both backend and frontend teams\. Developed the entire application from scratch within a tight 4\-month timeline, including Android and iOS apps along with backend infrastructure\. Managed catalog ingestion services for showcasing catalogs on Amazon devices\. Spearheaded improvements in the playback service, resulting in a 40% cost reduction\. Designed and built player and download manager SDKs for mobile apps\. Provided crucial architectural decisions throughout the development process\.

Engineering Manager at ZEE5, Apr 2022 \- Mar 2023 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Managed two teams, overseeing Roku and Android TV projects with a total of 15 members\. Spearheaded initiatives on Android TV, including design overhaul and performance enhancements\. Successfully built and developed the Roku team from scratch, creating the entire Roku app within a tight 2\-month deadline\. Recruited and trained freshers for Roku development roles\. Led time\-critical feature implementations for ILT \(Cricket Tournament\) across Android TV, web app, and iOS teams\.

Technical Lead at ZEE5, Apr 2021 \- Mar 2022 · 1 yr, Remote, Led the transition from outsourced to in\-house ownership of an Android TV app, overseeing its complete rewrite using Kotlin, Hilt, and MVVM in just 6 months\. Successfully integrated open\-source ExoPlayer, improving performance metrics without disruption\. Implemented A/B testing and feature flag\-based rollouts for controlled feature releases, enhancing user experience\. Achieved significant performance improvements, including reducing crash rates from 91% to 99\.6% and startup time from 10 to 3 seconds\. Managed a 4\-member team, driving all technical decisions for project success\.

Senior Software Engineer at Hotstar, Jan 2017 \- Mar 2021 · 4 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Worked on improving streaming experience on Android/AndroidTV/FireTV platforms\. • Implemented Ad detection and Impression tracking for ads on live streams\. To achieve this suggested and implemented live ads tracking algorithm for HLS streams\. • Played a key role in replacing third party video player with Google's open source ExoPlayer in Android app with all the features provided by third party\. • Implemented custom Ad stitching for VOD content using Exoplayer\. • Implemented download manager which support's download of both DRM and Non\-DRM content\. • Developed AndroidTV/FireTV application for Living Room devices from scratch with in a month\. App received very good review from many users\. • Designed and developed various error codes for playback failure which helped us in identifying issue instantly\. This helped us in improved turn around time for resolving playback issues with users\. • Worked on roku application which is popular OTT device in US/Canada\. Played a key role in making the app live within the project timeline\. • Improved the playback experience by using various analytics and metrics\. Overall we have improved our playback success rate from 95% to 99\.5%\.

Software Engineer at Freecharge, Jan 2015 \- Dec 2016 · 2 yrs, Bengaluru Area, India, Worked on the Android app of FreeCharge\. • Implemented chat & pay feature which enables user to send and receive money through messages\. • Designed and developed an SDK which will read bank OTP's and auto fill them in bank payment gateway page\.

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \(B\.Tech\.\), Computer Science, Indian Institute of Technology \(Indian School of Mines\), Dhanbad

Intermediate, Maths, Physics and Chemistry, sri chaitanya jr college

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