Varun Chitre
Founder & CEO at Esper
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolVarun Chitre is a founder and engineering leader with 14 years of deep expertise in Android OS (AOSP), Linux kernel engineering, and Android app development, now building logcat.ai—an AI-powered observability platform for OS-level insights. As a former official maintainer for LineageOS/CyanogenMod and a long-time AOSP engineer, he blends open-source advocacy with product-grade platform development, having led the creation and deployment of Esper Foundation across diverse device architectures. He has driven cross-functional teams through complex initiatives like GMS certification for x86 AOSP devices, remote device management features, and OS migration tooling, while also mentoring and scaling engineering organizations. Varun couples systems-level rigor with modern ML practice, delivering LLM-based generative AI features (RAG and fine-tuning) integrated into observability and device management workflows. Notably, he earned O1A visa status for extraordinary ability and is now a U.S. permanent resident, reflecting international recognition of his technical contributions. Based in Seattle, he operates at the intersection of embedded OS internals, enterprise device management, and applied AI.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science and Engineering at Shivaji University
English, Hindi, Marathi
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Github Skills (121)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
varunchitre15/android_device_google_sprout
Sep 2014 - Jan 2015
Contributions:72 commits, 1 push, 2 branches in 3 months
phonesdevice-treeandroidone-android
freexperia/android_device_sony_taoshan
Dec 2013 - Jul 2014
Contributions:98 commits in 6 months
sonydevice-tree
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