I’m looking to build high-impact backend systems for real-time products leveraging AI, scalable infrastructure, and strong ownership in fast-moving teams.
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Shashwat Shashwat
@shashwat
Senior software engineer building scalable distributed systems, GPU media pipelines, and cost-optimized backend platforms.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
I’m a Senior Software Engineer focused on building and scaling real-time media systems. At VideoVerse, I led a turnaround of a revenue-critical platform cutting infra costs by 70% (~$200K), reducing incidents from 6/month to 0.4/month, and improving throughput up to 8x.
Before that, I built and owned a distributed rule engine processing 1M+ events/day to support automated publishing workflows for enterprise SLAs and tier-1 deals.
I’ve also contributed to open-source work through Google Summer of Code 2021 for LibreHealth building 13 FHIR-compliant UI components and a demo React EHR application.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
VI
Current
Senior Software Engineer
VideoVerse
Aug 2025 - Present (10 months)
Led the turnaround of a revenue-critical media platform, cutting annualized infrastructure cost by 70% (~$200K), reducing incidents from 6/month to 0.4/month, and improving media throughput by up to 8x. Architected a hybrid Cloud Run + GKE execution model for GPU workloads and scaled GPU-accelerated FFmpeg/HLS highlight generation pipelines.
VI
Software Engineer
VideoVerse
Jan 2024 - Aug 2025 (1 year 7 months)
Designed and owned a distributed rule engine processing 1M+ events/day to enable automated publishing workflows for enterprise SLAs and top customer deals. Extended the engine for long-running asynchronous workflows and decomposed a production monolith into Core Backend and Publisher services, improving reliability by addressing P0/P1 failures.
DI
Software Engineer
Dive
Jul 2023 - Dec 2023 (5 months)
Owned a live collaborative editor built on Yjs, diagnosing and fixing intermittent synchronization failures caused by WebSocket version mismatches. Led migration of the media ingestion pipeline from a Zoom + Puppeteer workflow to the Zoom Meeting SDK under a one-month deadline.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech)
2019 - 2023
Completed a B.Tech degree at NIT Tiruchirappalli from 2019 to 2023.
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