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Education
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Nikhil Sharma

Seattle,USA

Summary

Accomplished SDE-2 at Amazon, specializing in distributed systems and AWS. Spearheaded initiatives that tripled ad cue point capacity and enhanced advertiser engagement through innovative solutions. Proven ability in teamwork and cross-functional collaboration, driving impactful results while safeguarding brand integrity and optimizing resource utilization.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

SDE-2

Amazon
Seattle, USA
01.2022 - Current
  • Part of the Amazon Prime Video team, which manages the media pipeline right from the ingestion of assets to the publishing of assets to the catalog.
  • Designed and launched a service for ingesting frame-accurate, machine-generated ad cue points to support Prime Video’s Ad Tier. This tripled weekly cue point capacity (2.9x increase from 2,740 to 8,120 titles), accelerating ad monetization and enabling faster expansion into new territories with reduced manual effort.
  • Led a critical initiative to prevent premature exposure of unreleased content on the CDN, mitigating piracy risks. Introduced a secure release mechanism that delayed asset availability until approximately 1 hour before launch, strengthening partner trust and safeguarding Prime Video’s brand integrity.

SDE-2

Amazon India
Bengaluru, India
06.2018 - 01.2022
  • Part of the India Ads Tech team, building scalable systems to enhance seller and advertiser engagement on Amazon’s ad platform.
  • Designed and launched a bulk WhatsApp notification service to proactively remind sellers and advertisers to replenish ad budgets before peak events. Successfully delivered daily nudges to approximately 600 sellers initially and scaled outreach to approximately 1,500 sellers, improving ad budget utilization, and boosting advertiser retention.
  • Developed and implemented a Case and Contact Management system to provide efficient account management for sellers, advertisers, and those onboarded on Amazon.

SDE Intern

Amazon India
Bengaluru, India
12.2016 - 05.2017
  • Developed and implemented an automated DDB table archival service using AWS tools like DynamoDB, Data Pipeline, and S3.
  • Developed and implemented a proof of concept for a Facebook chatbot to answer advertising account manager queries on our Account Management portal.

Education

B. Tech - Compter Science and Engineering

Punjab Engineering College
Chandigarh
04.2018

Skills

  • Java
  • Data Structures and Algorithms
  • Distributed Systems
  • Event-driven systems
  • AWS
  • OOP
  • Serverless
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Cross-functional collaboration

Accomplishments

  • All India Rank 1558 in Engineering entrance exam, 2014 out of 1.4MM candidates
  • 99.18% in Common Aptitude Test, 2020 out of 1MM candidates
  • ACM ICPC regional, 12/01/16
  • UPSC SCRA, 2015

Patents

Media Content Boundary-Aware Supplemental Content Management, 12058391, https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/12058391

Hobbies and Interests

  • Football
  • Cricket
  • Reading

Languages

  • English, Full Professional Proficiency
  • Hindi, Full Professional Proficiency

Timeline

SDE-2

Amazon
01.2022 - Current

SDE-2

Amazon India
06.2018 - 01.2022

SDE Intern

Amazon India
12.2016 - 05.2017

B. Tech - Compter Science and Engineering

Punjab Engineering College

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