Yash Dholakia
Seattle,WA
Summary
Dynamic and results-oriented Software Development Engineer with 5 years of experience and a proven track record at Amazon Web Services (AWS), specializing in Platform Infrastructure Optimization and cloud-native architecture development.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Development Engineer- Infrastructure & AI/ML
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, WA
11.2022 - Current
- Infrastructure modernization:
- Designed a modular infrastructure platform using AWS Step Functions, DynamoDb and CodeBuild to streamline the delivery of AWS Solutions, improving scalability and reliability for internal and external developers.
- Migrated 127+ security rules from CfnNag to CfnGuard, enhancing policy enforcement and alignment with AWS best practices.
- Automation and Developer Productivity:
- Built automation to connect Valence (an internal service) with SIM ticketing, boosting developer productivity by 30 percent year over year.
- Led the release of version 8.0.0 of internal deployment tooling, adding secure pre-release scanning for vulnerabilities.
- ML and Security Engineering:
- Owned maintenance and releases for personalized experiences with ML, QnABot, and MLOps Orchestrator reference architectures.
- Developed personalized recommendation flows using AWS Personalize.
- Drove secure publishing processes by integrating deep application security scanning and publisher verification workflows.
Software Development Engineer - Flights Infrastructure
Expedia, Inc.
Seattle, WA
08.2020 - 11.2022
- Flight Search Platform Migration:
- Migrated legacy META stack to new scalable Flights Search microservice.
- Integrated dynamic pricing features (ObFees, ArbitrageFees) using Java and Reactive SpringBoot, improving price accuracy and system modularity.
- Infrastructure and Caching Optimization:
- Cached ArbitrageFee rules in Redis, using efficient key management and configuration with Redis Desktop Manager.
- Reduced search latency and increased uptime of service APIs.
- Data Infrastructure and Monitoring:
- Developed Kafka producers to stream flight data summaries to internal data science platforms.
- Created and maintained real-time monitoring/alerting systems using Splunk, Grafana, and Datadog, improving MTTR and incident visibility.
- Participated in on-call rotation, conducted L1 triage, and maintained operational dashboards.
Education
Master of Science(M.S) - Computer Science
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA05.2020
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology
Mumbai, India07.2018
Skills
- Java
- Python
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- AWS
- Docker
- Git
- CI/CD
- Terraform
- CloudFormation
- CfnGuard
- CfnNag
- Datadog
- Splunk
- Grafana
- Spring Boot
- Reactive Spring
- Nodejs
- Polymer
- Apache Kafka
- Redis
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- Cassandra
- Elasticsearch
Projects
To-Do list, Redis, Node.js, Angular, Built a TODO list using Angular as frontend, Node.js as backend and Redis as database. Used data structures like Lists, Sets, Sorted Sets and Hash to store data. Used the library 'node-redis' to use Redis in Node.js. Used RDB (Redis DataBase file) and AOF (Append Only File) to provide data persistence.
Timeline
Software Development Engineer- Infrastructure & AI/ML
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
11.2022 - Current
Software Development Engineer - Flights Infrastructure
Expedia, Inc.
08.2020 - 11.2022
Master of Science(M.S) - Computer Science
University of Southern California
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology
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