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title: "SURINDERPAL SINGH VIRK - Software Development Engineer 2 in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet SURINDERPAL SINGH VIRK, SDE2 - Disney+Hotstar | CS @BITS Pilani based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code and codex."
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# SURINDERPAL SINGH VIRK on Tal

## Headline

SDE2 \- Disney\+Hotstar \| CS @BITS Pilani

## About

For the past 4 years, I have been an integral part of the Apps Foundation\(Core\) team at Disney\+ Hotstar\. In my role, I worked on implementing an in\-house UI testing framework that has significantly enhanced the automated testing capabilities for the Hotstar application, ensuring higher quality and reliability\. Currently, I am focused on a crucial project for the team and also for the organisation, aimed at improving the app's startup time, further enhancing the user experience for millions of users\. My work at Disney\+ Hotstar reflects my commitment to delivering high\-performance, user\-centric mobile applications\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

codex

## Work experience

Software Development Engineer 2 at Disney\+ Hotstar, Nov 2023 \- Present · 2 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Software Development Engineer 1 at Disney\+ Hotstar, Jul 2022 \- Oct 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Engineering Intern at Disney\+ Hotstar, Jan 2022 \- Jun 2022 · 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Summer Intern at National Informatics Centre, Govt of India, May 2020 \- Jun 2020 · 2 mos, New Delhi, Delhi, India, I worked on a web API to make it secure from OWASp top 10 security issues

## Education

Bachelor's of Engineering, Computer Science, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

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