Rupak Gupta
Bengaluru
Summary
Accomplished Staff Software Engineer at Amagi Media Labs with expertise in C++, Python, and media processing. Spearheaded the redesign of HLS streaming architecture, enhancing scalability and achieving over 500 days of zero-downtime. Proven ability to drive architectural decisions and collaborate effectively in high-stakes environments.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Software Engineer
Amagi media labs
Bengaluru
08.2025 - Current
- Leading the design and implementation of new input protocol support in Tarang, including SRT, focusing on low latency, reliability, and fault tolerance.
- Driving architectural decisions for scalable, live video ingestion pipelines used across production environments.
Senior Software Engineer
Amagi media labs
Bengaluru
06.2023 - 06.2025
- Led the redesign of HLS streaming architecture, improving scalability, protocol compliance, and long-term maintainability.
- Designed and implemented DASH protocol support from scratch, covering architecture, development, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Collaborated with onboarding teams to launch 1000+ HLS broadcast channels, achieving 500+ days of zero-downtime runtime stability in production.
Software Engineer
Amagi media labs
Bangalore
06.2021 - 06.2023
- Designed and implemented core components for MPEG-TS (Transport Stream) and MP4 container handling for live and VOD pipelines.
- Worked extensively on low-level media parsing, container formats, and streaming workflows using GStreamer.
Education
Master of Technology - Computer Science & Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Guwahati)
Guwahati07-2019
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science & Engineering
Medicaps Institute of Technology And Management
Indore07-2014
Skills
- Programming languages: C, C, Python, Go
- Scripting: Shell scripting
- Media formats: MPEG-TS, MP4, HLS, DASH, SRT
- Media processing: GStreamer
- Systems and tools: gRPC, Grafana, WebDAV, Git, Docker, Kubernetes
- Cloud platforms: AWS, GCP
Awards
- Winner – Amagination Competition 2023, Amagi Media Labs
- GATE Computer Science, Achieved AIR 350 among 1 lakh candidates.
Publications
- BLAST: Belling the Black-Hat High-Level Synthesis Tool – IEEE, 2021
- Reverse Engineering Register-to-Variable Mapping in High-Level Synthesis – IEEE, 2021
Timeline
Staff Software Engineer
Amagi media labs
08.2025 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Amagi media labs
06.2023 - 06.2025
Software Engineer
Amagi media labs
06.2021 - 06.2023
Master of Technology - Computer Science & Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Guwahati)
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science & Engineering
Medicaps Institute of Technology And Management