Jaya Allamsetty
Staff Software Engineer at 8x8
Montville Township, New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolJaya Allamsetty is a Staff Software Engineer with 6 years of recent experience building and optimizing real-time video conferencing features at 8x8, backed by a longer career in video and collaboration platforms. Skilled across the full stack, Jaya has deep expertise in WebRTC, video encoding, simulcast, and screensharing—demonstrated by significant contributions to the widely used open-source Jitsi projects where they improved simulcast, codec/resolution preferences, screen sharing, and presenter-mode UX. They also strengthened test automation and reliability in jitsi-meet-torture and streamlined Docker-based deployments by hardening configuration and quality controls. A Columbia-educated computer engineer, Jaya combines systems-level understanding with hands-on frontend and QA work to close gaps between media pipelines, signaling, and user experience. Colleagues describe them as a pragmatic problem-solver who hunts down memory leaks, p2p edge cases, and flaky tests with equal determination. Based in Montville Township, NJ, they bring both production-grade engineering and active open-source stewardship to video collaboration products.
6 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology, Bachelor of Technology at Andhra UniversityMasters of Science, Computer Engineering, Masters of Science, Computer Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York
Github Skills (28)
jitsi10
javascript10
video-encoding10
webdriver10
selenium10
video-conferencing10
testng10
configuration-management10
multicasting10
selenium-ide10
sdp10
java10
javas10
front-end-development10
multicast10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jitsi/lib-jitsi-meet
Oct 2019 - Jan 2023
A low-level JS video API that allows adding a completely custom video experience to web apps.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:513 reviews, 339 commits, 802 PRs in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Jaya made significant contributions to the `lib-jitsi-meet` repository, focusing on implementing and improving video and screensharing capabilities. Their work included enhancing simulcast functionality for both camera and desktop streams, as well as adding support for codec and resolution preferences. They also addressed various issues related to p2p connections, including those related to muting, unmuting and media direction. This work demonstrates expertise in WebRTC, signaling protocols, and video encoding technologies.
apilevel-jsjavascriptjitsivideo-conferencing
jitsi/jitsi-meet
Sep 2019 - Jan 2023
Jitsi Meet - Secure, Simple and Scalable Video Conferences that you use as a standalone app or embed in your web application.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:432 reviews, 388 commits, 916 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Jaya primarily contributed to the frontend of the Jitsi Meet project, fixing bugs, and implementing new features. They worked on memory leak issues within the WebGL for blur effects, optimized screen-sharing capabilities, and added support for presenter mode, enhancing the user experience. Additionally, they were involved in adding functionality like setting video quality, adding remote control functionality, and enhancing the UI for displaying the virtual background button.
securescalable-video-conferencesscalablejitsiweb-application
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