Vikas Soni
Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead at Google
Folsom, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVikas Soni is a senior software engineer and tech lead with 8+ years of experience building GPU-accelerated rendering and graphics systems, currently driving power and performance improvements for the Chrome browser at Google. He brings deep C++ expertise and a strong foundation in data structures and algorithms, with prior roles focused on GPU modelling and camera pipeline firmware at Samsung Research America and Intel. An active open-source contributor, his commits to the Chromium mirror target video capture and memory-management transitions to Mappable Shared Images, improving the browser’s video pipeline. Based in Folsom, CA, he pairs rigorous academic training (M.Tech., IIT Bombay) with ongoing self-driven study in machine learning and AI, publishing projects on GitHub. Known for competing on platforms like LeetCode and CodeChef, he blends systems-level problem solving with a curiosity for new CS domains.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology BombayBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at SSCET
English, Hindi
Github Skills (4)
chromium10
cprogramming-language10
c-language10
video-capture10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
chromium/chromium
Sep 2019 - Jan 2023
The official GitHub mirror of the Chromium source
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:48 commits in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Vikas's commits primarily focus on modifying and refactoring the Chromium source code related to video capture functionality. Their work involves removing redundant components, improving the handling of video frames, and preparing the code for the use of Mappable Shared Images (MappableSI). The changes include refactoring existing code, removing GpuMemoryBuffers, and converting to WrapMappableSharedImage for better management and performance. The impact of their work is aimed towards improving the video capture pipeline and facilitating the transition to a new memory management system.
chromiumgithub-mirrorchrome
vikaschromie/WebGL
Feb 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 7 branches in 2 days
threejskhronoswebgl
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