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Employee Spotlight: Kunalsing Thakur, Staff Engineer – Software Development, Pay-TV

May 5, 2023 Xperi

Office Location:

Pune, India

How do you create extraordinary experiences in your role?

As a staff engineer, I am responsible for automating infrastructure and helping developers to release software faster. I pitch ideas for projects based on gaps in the market and technological advancements. I also suggest alterations to the workflow in order to improve efficiency and success.

How long have you worked at Xperi and what led you to our industry?

I joined Xperi as part of Xperi’s acquisition of MobiTV in 2021. I started at Mobi in 2016 in a system admin role where I helped the offshore team deploy the products and fix build issues. As time went on, I worked for a lot of teams. I now work with the release engineering team which focuses on production deployments and making delivery faster with a new technology stack.

Fun Facts:

When you’re not at work, how do you spend your time?

I enjoy watching movies and going on adventures without planning anything.

What website do you visit most?

medium.com and thenewstack.io

What is your favorite movie or TV show?

“Mission Impossible”

Tell us an interesting fact about yourself or something people would be surprised to learn about you:

Every morning I wake up excited to learn new something new. Every day I think I need to learn something so I can be a better version of myself than the previous one.

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