Amit Rai
Bothell,WA
Summary
To work in an organization which follows a win-win policy, where I can discover myself as a person and develop as a professional to serve the organization complying to it’s policies.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Development Engineer
Amazon Web Services (Amazon Aurora)
05.2022 - Current
- Architected and implemented distributed admission control system for resource management for Aurora Storage (large-scale cloud infrastructure), achieving 40-50% performance improvement.
- Leading strategic encryption and metadata service reliability improvements initiative for Aurora Storage.
- Established standardized release management framework improving test reliability and deployment processes.
- Mentored junior engineers, fostering skill growth and improving team productivity.
Senior Software Development Engineer
Amazon
07.2021 - 04.2022
- Developed capacity modeling framework using AWS services (EC2 Auto Scaling, CloudWatch, Lambda) to enable automated scaling upto 500K+ TPS for the NoSQL Database DataWave.
- Implemented predictive scaling for optimal resource utilization across the fleet, ensuring 99.9% reliability.
Software Development Engineer II
Amazon
10.2016 - 07.2021
- Architected and built DataWave, a patented NoSQL distributed database system optimized for bulk ingestions and low latency OLTP workloads, handling 500K+ transactions per second.
- Led system transformation achieving 20x throughput improvement through client and server side optimizations.
- Designed and implemented comprehensive security framework and authorization layer.
- Architected scheduling algorithm for managing multi-tenant bulk data ingestion, ensuring consistent SLAs and optimized resource utilization across customers.
Software Development Engineer I
Amazon
03.2015 - 09.2016
- Led re-architecture initiative for Amazon's retail contact-us systems, enhancing customer support infrastructure.
- Architected and implemented frontend and backend systems to improve customer support experience and operational efficiency.
- Engineered migration mechanisms for seamless transition to new contact-us platform, minimizing disruption to customer support operations.
Software Engineer
CipherCloud
06.2013 - 02.2015
- Led the design and implementation of a robust control plane infrastructure for disaster recovery, enhancing system resilience.
- Spearheaded the development of an advanced encryption/decryption engine for Microsoft SharePoint, ensuring data security.
- Engineered real-time encryption and decryption features for document editing, improving user experience.
Teaching Assistant (Algorithmic Advance Problem Solving)
IIIT Hyderabad
08.2012 - 12.2012
- Developed and implemented problem sets aligning with educational objectives.
Education
Master of Technology - Computer Science
IIIT Hyderabad
Skills
- Effective team leadership
- Web application design
- Test automation
- Microservices design
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
Enhanced Storage Performance, Achieved a 40-50% performance improvement in Aurora Storage by implementing resources management., Boosted Datawave Capacity, Implemented scaling for NoSQL Database handling 500K+ TPS, boosting capacity by 100%., Revamped Support Systems, Led redesign of Amazon's contact-us systems, improving customer support efficiency by 30%., Top 20 TGMC 2009, Secured top 20 rank in India for TGMC 2009 among thousands of participants.
Languages
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Senior Software Development Engineer
Amazon Web Services (Amazon Aurora)
05.2022 - Current
Senior Software Development Engineer
Amazon
07.2021 - 04.2022
Software Development Engineer II
Amazon
10.2016 - 07.2021
Software Development Engineer I
Amazon
03.2015 - 09.2016
Software Engineer
CipherCloud
06.2013 - 02.2015
Teaching Assistant (Algorithmic Advance Problem Solving)
IIIT Hyderabad
08.2012 - 12.2012
Master of Technology - Computer Science
IIIT Hyderabad
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