Tarun Gupta

About Tarun Gupta

Engineering leader with 13+ years of experience delivering scalable, stable, and user-focused mobile and system architectures. Lead a diverse 6-member engineering team across levels, driving system design, architecture, delivery execution, and mentorship. Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, architecture, backend, and business to align engineering efforts with organizational goals. Known for improving app stability (crash-free rate 96% → 99.7%), simplifying delivery workflows, and fostering team growth through a strong culture of ownership and learning.Leadership Highlights• Lead and mentor a 6-member team (Intern to SSE); manage hiring, onboarding, performance feedback, and 1:1s.• Drive sprint planning, estimations, task breakdown, and ensure timely and quality feature delivery.• Initiated weekly “System Design Deep Dives” analyzing real-world distributed systems (Uber, Facebook, etc.) across mobile, backend, and infra layers.• Represent team in 360° feedback and promotion discussions across the org.• Own cross-functional alignment with Product, Design, Central Ops, and Architecture teams for feature planning and execution.

Experience

1. Lead Engineer

   Deutsche Telekom

   Oct 2021 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Lead Engineer – Android | Gurugram | Oct 2021 – PresentDeutsche Telekom’s flagship OneTV OTT platform, a multilingual Android application available across 6 European markets, offers live TV, VoD, catch-up, and personalized content.Key Contributions:• Lead development for the Android client, collaborating closely with backend and middleware teams to deliver high-scale OTT features.• Improved crash-free rate from 96% to 99.7% through rigorous QA processes, crash analytics, modularization, and Kotlin coroutines adoption.• Re-architected app using Jetpack Compose, MVVM/MVI, and modular Gradle projects, enabling feature isolation and faster CI cycles.• Implemented localization framework supporting country-specific user flows (Germany, Croatia, Poland, etc.), enhancing regional adaptability.• Reduced stream load latency by 40% through efficient session handling and playback start-time optimizations.• Delivered complex multi-squad features like parental controls, content access restrictions, and deep-linked playback via campaign flows.• Mentored junior engineers and drove continuous improvement through pair programming, internal demos, and design walkthroughs.

Education

• Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)

  2008 — 2012

• Oxford Sr. Sec. School

  Computer Science

  2004 — 2008

Skills

• .net Framework
• C#
• .net
• Jquery
• Java
• Javascript
• Agile Methodologies
• Angularjs
• Android Sdk
• Web Services
• C
• Programming
• Gcm
• Software Development
• Android
• C++
• Xml
• Data Structures
• Css
• Html
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Google Analytics
• Sql
• Android Development
• Asp.net
• Algorithms