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Vinayaka Gadag

Vinayaka Gadag

Arlington,VA

Summary

Results-oriented Software Engineer with over 3 years of experience in designing, developing, and deploying scalable cloud-native software solutions for high-growth tech companies. Demonstrated expertise in full-stack development, AWS cloud architecture, and containerization technologies, with a strong ability to drive technical projects from conception to launch. Recognized for solving complex problems in fast-paced, agile environments while consistently delivering high-quality results. Eager to leverage advanced engineering skills in a challenging senior role that fosters innovation and growth.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

SDE II (Senior Software Engineer)

Amazon
06.2025 - Current
  • Promoted to SDE II for demonstrating strong technical ownership and delivering high-impact projects within the FinTech organization.
  • CIPDT (Construction In-Progress Date Tracker)
  • Owned the end-to-end development of a new internal service called CIPDT to track project milestone dates, from initial data analysis and identifying customer pain points to full implementation.
  • Engineered and deployed robust ETL workflows to ingest and clean upstream project data, reducing milestone tracking errors by 80% and saving over 200 manual hours for stakeholders.
  • Implemented a conversational chatbots using an MCP server to provide customers with on-demand insights into project statuses and milestone dates.
  • Developed a project overview dashboard using React and Cloudscape components, providing business units with critical, real-time insights into project statuses.
  • Developed an MCP server (conversational chatbots) for the team's on-call rotation, cutting operational burden by 50% and accelerating the debugging of customer issues.
  • Mentor junior engineers on best practices for software design, code quality, and navigating large-scale distributed systems.
  • Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces.

SDE I

Amazon
11.2022 - 06.2025
  • Spearheaded the implementation of a rules engine for internal finance clients, automating 80% of month-end close operations and reducing manual effort by over 100 hours (50%).
  • Integrated a Generative AI tool using AWS Bedrock to generate conversational explanations and flowcharts of complex rulesets, decreasing the team's operational support burden by 30%.
  • Engineered a model that integrates with AWS services to automate project asset type determination, achieving 99% accuracy and saving finance teams over 100 hours of manual work.
  • Developed an automated data management system to periodically fetch datasets for the rules engine, boosting recommendation accuracy and improving system performance by 50%.
  • Created a business KPI dashboard using AWS CloudWatch to visualize client usage and traffic, providing key insights into system performance and adoption.
  • Collaborated with a cross-functional away team to implement AWS accounting automation, contributing to a key organizational goal of developing an in-house subledger system.

Software Engineer

Morningstar
07.2022 - 10.2022
  • Contributed to the Morningstar Indexes team by developing cloud-native solutions for financial portfolio management.
  • Built and deployed microservices using Java, Python, Docker, and Kubernetes on the AWS platform, enhancing the capabilities of the index calculation engine.
  • Developed robust, scalable, modular and API-centric infrastructures.

DevOps Engineer

Deloitte USI
Bengaluru, India, Karnataka
11.2015 - 12.2020
  • Developed continuous improvements and implemented solutions to existing infrastructure, tools and processes.
  • Managed AWS assets and integrated multiple AWS resources into solutions appropriate for company projects which improved the quality of projects by 60%
  • Mentored DevOps engineer interns on proper engineering methods.
  • Developed a CI/CD tools using open source framework called Concourse to enable CI/CD for the engineering organization within Deloitte which improved the delivery of projects by 90% faster
  • Lead a team of three for DevOps initiatives in India office
  • Attended a 15 day workshop with US onshore team at Deloitte office in Atlanta, Georgia, UA

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
01.2022

Skills

  • Skilled in software development using Java, Python, and TypeScript
  • Architecture and Design: Serverless architecture using AWS lambda, Builder models using smithy, Design patterns
  • Frameworks: Flask, RESTful API design expertise, React, Cloudscape - AWS design system for website development
  • Database technologies: MySQL, DynamoDB, Redshift serverless
  • AWS and cloud technologies: AWS services such as Glue, Lambda, SQS, SNS, etc, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD
  • Gen AI and ML: Machine learning basics, Gen AI tools like Claude, and Amazon internal tools like AmazonQ, and code along AI agents, MCP servers
  • Development tools: Git, IntellIj Idea, PyCharm, VS Code

Certification

AWS Certified Developer - Credentials are due for renewal but have a good amount of experience working with AWS technologies

Interests

  • Gardening
  • Rock Climbing
  • Gym Workouts
  • Photography
  • Home Brewing
  • Running Marathons and prepping for a Boston marathon in 2027

Languages

English
Full Professional
Kannada
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Full Professional
Telugu
Native or Bilingual
Japanese
Elementary
Spanish
Elementary

Timeline

SDE II (Senior Software Engineer)

Amazon
06.2025 - Current

SDE I

Amazon
11.2022 - 06.2025

Software Engineer

Morningstar
07.2022 - 10.2022

DevOps Engineer

Deloitte USI
11.2015 - 12.2020

Master of Science - Computer Science

Indiana University

Accomplishments

  • Mentored new employees and junior engineers to bring them up to speed on projects, resulting in quicker overall completion milestones.

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