David A. Schwardt
New York,NY
Summary
High-achieving Software Engineer with talents for executing the entire software lifecycle and driving alignment across project stakeholders. Received Bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 2020, excelled on remote, hybrid teams at Amazon, getting promoted in two years.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Development Engineer II
Amazon Web Services
10.2022 - Current
- Spearheaded call center application that increased service traffic by 10% by aligning stakeholders on feature design, building code and tests while leading a cross-functional project team
- Designed, implemented and tested encryption authorization feature to achieve security compliance for twenty APIs handing encrypted data
- Mentored and supervised summer intern by managing project specifications, reviewing deliverables, and helping navigate resources to receive full-time offer
Software Development Engineer
Amazon Web Services
09.2020 - 10.2022
- Executed and validated launch of AWS service by conducting stress tests, mitigating bottlenecks in infrastructure provisioning, and generating operational metrics
- Designed and implemented tiered pricing model within service metering system, and launched free price tier that increased consumer base by 40%
- Clarified product requirements, designed, coded, tested, and deployed APIs that ingest and normalize hierarchies of data from 3rd party sources
- Improved developer efficiency by 30% for internal processes by documenting instructions, such as public API documentation, customer reach out, and on-call guides for debugging service issues
Software Development Intern
Swift Health Systems, Inc
- Designed and developed geometry processing algorithm in Python that automates digital manufacturing process, transforming patient scans into custom-fit bonding trays that are 3D printed for orthodontic clinical use
- Reduced production time from 2 hours to 12 minutes per case, achieved 90% algorithm success rate against test suite of patient history records
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Computer Science, GPA: 3.6
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY05.2020
Skills
- Java
- TypeScript
- Python
- AWS
- RESTful API
- Operations
Timeline
Software Development Engineer II
Amazon Web Services
10.2022 - Current
Software Development Engineer
Amazon Web Services
09.2020 - 10.2022
Software Development Intern
Swift Health Systems, Inc
Bachelor of Arts - Computer Science, GPA: 3.6
Cornell University
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