Hitesh Sondhi
Founder at RunHotel
Chandigarh, India
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Top SchoolHitesh Sondhi is a founder and seasoned software engineer with 14 years of experience building practical, impact-driven technology products from Chandigarh, India. He has founded multiple ventures including Cropsly and RunHotel, focusing on ground-level innovation that solves real problems for users. Hands-on across full-stack development, DevOps, and automation, he has significant open-source work—such as automating Android FFmpeg builds and maintaining an FFmpeg Android Java library—demonstrating deep tooling and build-system expertise. His background includes early mobile engineering across legacy Android versions and product delivery under Agile practices, giving him a strong foundation in cross-device and backend integrations. Known for pairing entrepreneurial grit with technical depth, he thrives on projects that turn complex engineering challenges into practical, deployable solutions.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
B.Tech, CSE, B.Tech, CSE at Himachal Pradesh University
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Github Skills (25)
gnu-make10
scripting10
build-system10
ffmpeg10
makefile10
java10
javas10
automation10
script10
android10
android-ndk10
sh10
automations10
shell10
testing9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
cropsly/ffmpeg-android-java
Sep 2014 - Apr 2016
Android java library for FFmpeg binary compiled using https://github.com/writingminds/ffmpeg-android
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 170 commits, 12 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Hitesh primarily worked on updating the library, including the README file and environment variable handling. They modified Java code related to FFmpeg execution and file handling. Significant changes involved refactoring and updating the package names and class bindings over the interfaces. Additionally, they added test cases to ensure the proper functionality of the library.
java-androidjava-libraryffmpeg-androidandroidvideo
cropsly/ffmpeg-android
Jun 2014 - Jun 2017
FFmpeg for Android compiled with x264, libass, fontconfig, freetype, fribidi and lame (Supports Android 4.1+)
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:1 release, 169 commits, 4 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Hitesh primarily focused on automating the build process for the FFmpeg library on Android. Their contributions include modifications to `android_build.sh` to configure the build environment, incorporating settings for different architectures (e.g., armeabi-v7a, x86) and utilizing a standalone toolchain. They also implemented scripts to download dependencies and build the libraries, including libpng, freetype, expat, fribidi, fontconfig, libass, and lame. This involved configuring build tools and dependencies, thus streamlining the overall build process.
fontconfigh264ffmpeg-androidx264android
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