About

Sagar Gaonkar is an accomplished System Architect and Technology Enthusiast with over 13 years of experience in architecting and building distributed multimedia systems. He has a proven track record of excellence in designing complex, scalable, and high-performance multimedia SDKs and end applications. Currently serving as the Director of Engineering at 100ms, Sagar is a hands-on leader with expertise in software architecture and design, product development, and technical program management. Sagar has experience in the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and has designed systems for maximizing reuse of IP, optimized performance/scalability, ease of usage, reliable operation on field, and portability across different platforms. He has also technically mentored a team of Engineers/Senior Engineers and Lead Engineers, providing day-to-day guidance and review of design, code, and test strategies. Sagar's experience spans across various markets, including Surveillance, Enterprise, Defence, Entertainment, and Smart City, and platforms such as ARM/Intel, Linux/Windows/Android. He has a strong command over programming languages such as C, C++, and Perl. Apart from his technical expertise, Sagar has also made key contributions to product roadmap definition through market study, business qualification, and technical research. He has identified new technologies/features and contributed to exploring ideas for new products. Additionally, he has created and presented product specifications and worked across stakeholders for alignment. Sagar's key technologies include network-based application development (REST, HTTP API), streaming protocols & formats, media SDKs/frameworks, video codecs, and audio codecs. With 1.18 years of relevant experience, he is seeking a full-time position as a Product/Tech Architect for high impact applications in a growing organization with opportunities to technically mentor an engineering team.