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Ridhi Shikha

Ridhi Shikha

Summary

Experienced software engineering professional with a strong record of delivering impactful software solutions. Recognized for exceptional problem-solving abilities and a collaborative approach that effectively leads and contributes to team success. Demonstrates high adaptability to evolving project requirements and remains dedicated to achieving excellence through technical expertise and teamwork.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Development Engineer II

Amazon
02.2020 - Current
  • Reduced deployment time from 2-3 days to 2 hours by revamping Tier-1 service integration tests and implemented Amazon Pay's first full CD pipeline
  • Also led the initiative in the org for teams to onboard their Services to these frameworks to help them create Full CD pipelines
  • Developed backend solutions for Amazon Pay's Recurring Payments feature, enabling customers to subscribe to products with customizable billing cadences for seamless recurring payments
  • Designed an end-to-end ingestion pipeline, utilizing AWS Lambda, CloudWatch, Data Wrangler, and DynamoDB, optimizing processing with MapReduce
  • Served as one of two Security Certifiers for the Amazon Pay organization in Seattle
  • Mentored an intern on a Critical Data Encryption project to enhance data security. Onboarded new engineers and facilitated multiple knowledge-sharing sessions.
  • Led Seattle Tech team for Single Page Checkout, managing cross-team collaboration, estimations, task delegation, and code reviews
  • Ensured 100% on-time delivery while developing new UI and backend for checkout and resolving critical bugs
  • Designed a cross-company integration involving Amazon and two external partners, Shopify and Stripe
  • Navigated multiple tech stacks to provide a scalable solution for using Stripe as a payment for Amazon Pay users on Shopify
  • Built an automated contract update system for Amazon Pharmacy using React, AWS, Golang, Java, and Python reducing manual intervention by 80%
  • Launched OCC changes, improving payer sheet billing by 7%, increasing claims success rate by 53%, reducing secondary rejections by 22%, and claim failures by 38%
  • Established and led Security Certifier Office Hours and identified potential threats, ensuring compliance and application security across Amazon Services
  • Launched CRUD APIs lowering the overall TPS by 10% of Claims Service enabling a more efficient billing cycle for customers

Summer Intern

Goldman Sachs
05.2019 - 08.2019
  • Developed backend systems with Java & Scala and frontend interfaces using React & Redux
  • Worked with Hadoop clusters and HDFS files to manage and process large-scale financial data

Virtusa Consulting Services
02.2017 - 11.2017
  • Created Dashboards & Reports for Citi Bank using Oracle SQL Developer, MicroStrategy, and JavaScript
  • Developed Oracle 11g solutions, conducted testing, and coordinated with clients

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
12-2019

Skills

  • Full-stack development (Java, Spring Framework, Ruby on Rails)
  • Object-oriented programming and API development
  • Backend development (Java, Ruby, Golang)
  • Frontend Development (JavaScript, React, HTML5, CSS)
  • Web application development (JSON, Nodejs)
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS): (Lambda, CloudFormation, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Data Wrangler, SQS, SNS etc)
  • Cybersecurity principles and Testing (TestNG, RSpec, JUnit, moto, boto3)
  • DataBases: (DynamoDB: Key Values Store, MySQL, Oracle SQL Developer)
  • Architecture planning
  • API integration and RESTful services
  • Software architecture design
  • Design and development

Accomplishments

    CERTIFICATIONS & AWARDS

    • Amazon Security Certifier Training – Conducting security reviews and office hours. Soft Skills: Strong cross-team collaboration, problem-solving, and ability to thrive in high-stakes environments.

    • Gold Trainer Award – Recognized for training and mentoring excellence at Amazon. Awarded Gold Trainer by Engineering Excellence for training 278 new hires with a 98% satisfaction rate.

Timeline

Software Development Engineer II - Amazon
02.2020 - Current
Summer Intern - Goldman Sachs
05.2019 - 08.2019
- Virtusa Consulting Services
02.2017 - 11.2017
University of Southern California - Master of Science, Computer Science

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