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Kaushal Kumar

Kaushal Kumar

San Jose,CA

Summary

Dynamic Senior Software Engineer with over 7 years of experience in architecting and developing large-scale distributed systems, driving transformative projects, and leading cross-functional teams to success. Demonstrated expertise in workload management, performance optimization, and distributed search systems, developed through impactful roles at Amazon, AWS OpenSearch, and innovative startups. Proven technical leader recognized for mentoring talent and delivering measurable business outcomes that enhance operational efficiency and drive growth. Committed to leveraging advanced technical skills and collaborative strategies to address complex challenges in fast-paced environments.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Development Engineer II

Amazon Web Services — AWS OpenSearch
04.2022 - Current
  • Led Workload Management initiative in OpenSearch from concept to production — gathered requirements, aligned with PMs, senior managers, and principal engineers, and executed delivery with a team of 3 engineers.
  • Designed and deployed a real-time root cause analysis system for Search backpressure, improving incident resolution speed and reducing customer impact.
  • Mentored multiple SDE-Is/SDE-IIs, fostering skill growth and engineering best practices.
  • Resolved high-priority customer escalations, improving search performance and system reliability for enterprise clients.
  • Actively contributed to open-source OpenSearch projects since 2022.
  • Hosted organization-wide performance debugging workshops and promoted clean code practices.

Software Development Engineer II

Amazon
01.2020 - 03.2022
  • Migrated a major backend service, reducing data storage cost by 66% and cutting latency by 50%.
  • Debugged and resolved distributed job scheduling bottlenecks, reducing batch job infra costs by 50% by identifying RDS state storage limitations.
  • Delivered a new offline reporting system that aggregated multi-team data within tight deadlines.
  • Conducted multiple learning series to promote engineering best practices across teams.

Software Engineer

NinjaCart
04.2019 - 01.2020
  • Designed and implemented a driver onboarding system and automated route planning, reducing commute time by 20% and saving ₹1,000,000/month in fleet costs.

Software Engineer

CureSkin
06.2018 - 04.2019
  • Solely developed the iOS app in Swift within 2 weeks, integrating web bridge communication.
  • Built multiple internal tools for doctors and engineering teams, including data migration utilities and regimen validation workflows.
  • Developed new APIs, wrote end-to-end tests with Protractor, and maintained high test coverage.

Education

B.Tech - Information Technology

Harcourt Butler Technological Institute
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh India
05.2018

Skills

  • Languages & Tools: Java, Python, Scala, JavaScript, Swift, AWS, OpenSearch, RDS, REST APIs
  • Specialties: Distributed Systems, Search Infrastructure, Performance Tuning, Workload Management, Scalability, Real-time Root Cause Analysis
  • Leadership: Cross-team collaboration, Technical vision setting, Agile delivery, Mentorship of engineers

SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS & LEADERSHIP

  • Ongoing open-source contributor to OpenSearch.
  • Led and mentored engineers across multiple geographies and experience levels.

Timeline

Software Development Engineer II

Amazon Web Services — AWS OpenSearch
04.2022 - Current

Software Development Engineer II

Amazon
01.2020 - 03.2022

Software Engineer

NinjaCart
04.2019 - 01.2020

Software Engineer

CureSkin
06.2018 - 04.2019

B.Tech - Information Technology

Harcourt Butler Technological Institute

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