Maneesh Karnati
Austin,USA
Summary
With over 12 years of experience in software engineering and data science, I am a seasoned leader who can deliver impactful solutions for complex business problems. My core competencies include engineering services, cloud infrastructure services, developer experience, distributed systems, and talent management.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Development Manager, AWS Marketplace
Amazon Web Services
Austin, TX
11.2022 - Current
- Direct 28 engineers and 2 managers to modernize a 12-year-old agreements platform, delivering a custom business logic system processing $2B+ in monthly transactions.
- Launched features driving $2B in incremental GSS revenue in 18 months, achieving SVP-level goals for Marketplace expansion.
- Scaled the team from 5 to 28 engineers in 12 months, boosting feature delivery speed by 20% and customer satisfaction by 15%.
- Optimized operations, reducing incident response time by 25%, and maintaining 99.9% uptime for critical services.
- Led AWS Bedrock integration, enabling generative AI capabilities for over 100,000 Marketplace users as the Single Threaded Owner.
Associate Director, Platform Engineering
Chewy.com
Dania Beach, FL
08.2020 - 11.2022
- Established and grew the platform engineering team from 2 to 30 engineers, supporting 300% company growth over 3 years, consisting of 300 engineers(Developers, Data engineers and Data scientists).
- Responsible for everything related to the cloud, including the Kubernetes compute platform, networking, DNS, cloud security, access management, CI/CD pipelines, and observability platforms.
- Migrated critical applications to AWS, achieving 99.9% uptime across active-standby regions, and saving $5M annually.
- Managed and optimized a $40M+ cloud budget, cutting costs by 15% through resource tagging and right-sizing.
- Launched “Connect with a Vet,” growing the pet health user base by 50K in 6 months, and enhancing customer retention.
- Implemented zero-downtime deployments with Terraform, eliminating release interruptions for over 10 million users.
AWS Cloud Architect
The Walt Disney parks and resorts
Orlando, FL
05.2017 - 02.2019
- Led large-scale AWS migration for parks and resorts applications using Docker, reducing costs by 30% and deployment times by 75%
- Developed an internal developer portal that integrates with several components, cutting provisioning time from 30 days to 3 hours for over 1,000 engineers.
- Optimized infrastructure across AWS and Azure, achieving 20% cost savings while meeting financial compliance.
- Established best practices around the cloud that include vulnerability management, patching, and security alerting.
AWS Cloud Engineer
Cisco
San Jose, CA
01.2015 - 04.2017
- Automated infrastructure provisioning with Chef and Python, reducing manual effort by 50% across EC2, S3, and ELB resources.
- Designed Java applications with Spring and Hibernate, integrating Selenium and JUnit for a 100% automated testing pipeline.
- Introduced CICD processes into the development lifecycle, which led to an increase in uptime from 90% to 99%.
Software Engineer
Apollo Education Group
Pittsburgh, PA
08.2013 - 12.2014
- Worked on a 2-year, multi-million-dollar project to consolidate multiple software systems into a service-oriented web application using cutting-edge technologies.
- Developed, enhanced, debugged, supported, maintained, and tested web applications. Serves as a fully seasoned, proficient technical resource.
- I worked on a team that built a management application. This application was configurable to work for different personas based on their preferences.
Education
Masters - Computer Science
Sacred Heart University
ConnecticutBachelors - Computer Science
JNTU
HyderabadSkills
- Cloud Technologies: AWS (Expert), EC2, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, CloudFormation, IAM, VPC, Azure, Google Cloud Platform
- Software Development: System Design, Distributed Systems, Microservices, API Design, Cloud Architecture, Database Management, Data Structures, Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming, Software Architecture, RESTful APIs, Agile Methodologies, DevOps, and Software Testing
- Leadership and Management: Team Leadership, Mentoring, Performance Management, Strategic Planning, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Change Management, Process Improvement, Budget Management, Resource Allocation, Financial Planning
- Data Technologies: SQL, NoSQL, Data Warehousing, ETL, Data Analysis, Data Modeling, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Statistical Analysis, Data Governance
Timeline
Software Development Manager, AWS Marketplace
Amazon Web Services
11.2022 - Current
Associate Director, Platform Engineering
Chewy.com
08.2020 - 11.2022
AWS Cloud Architect
The Walt Disney parks and resorts
05.2017 - 02.2019
AWS Cloud Engineer
Cisco
01.2015 - 04.2017
Software Engineer
Apollo Education Group
08.2013 - 12.2014
Masters - Computer Science
Sacred Heart University
Bachelors - Computer Science
JNTU
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