Yogesh Hegde
Lead Linux Software Engineer at Texas Instruments India
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolYogesh Hegde is a Lead Linux Software Engineer with 8 years of experience specializing in Embedded Linux for IoT and Edge computing. A co-founder of Shunya OS, he builds custom Linux distributions using Yocto, Buildroot, and OpenWRT and has hands-on expertise in BSPs, device drivers, and ARM platforms like Raspberry Pi and BrainyPi. He has contributed patches to the mainline Linux kernel, integrated AI edge toolkits such as OpenVINO, and optimized constrained hardware for production-ready deployments. Yogesh also designs CI/CD pipelines and QEMU-based simulation environments to scale embedded OS delivery, and he mentors emerging engineers—having guided over 200 students in Embedded Systems and IoT. Now at Texas Instruments India, he blends startup-driven product pragmatism with enterprise-grade engineering discipline. An open-source enthusiast, he quietly combines deep kernel-level chops with practical system optimization that keeps edge AI workloads lean and reliable.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Science, German & IT, 70.00%, High School, Science, German & IT, 70.00% at Marathwada Mitra Mandal's College of Commerce and Science, Pune 4High School, 86.00%, High School, 86.00% at St. Josephs Boys High School KirkeeBachelor’s Degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, 73.29%, Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, 73.29% at Savitribai Phule Pune University
English, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada
Github Skills (21)
transformers10
recommendation-system10
diffusion-models10
stable-diffusion10
inference10
openvino10
generative-ai10
natural-language-processing10
ai10
computer-vision10
nlp10
pytorch9
llm-inference9
inference-engine9
gpu9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nixyogi/docs
Dec 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:553 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
nixyogi/linux
Jun 2023 - Feb 2025
Linux kernel source tree
Contributions:40 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 7 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.