- Senior Engineer on the Amazon Lists Team, developing a modern backend platform that powers customer facing experiences such as Wish Lists, Shopping Lists, Baby and Wedding Registries, Audible List and more.- Improved and maintained the GenericListAPI, a massively distributed tier-1 service with over 200 million active users and 900 million registries.- Give our service a try! https://www.amazon.com/wishlist

- Reduced AWS and SoftLayer infrastructure cost by $380,000/yr and implemented policies and notifications to keep costs minimized- Replaced numerous web services with much higher performance implementations, in one case query time was reduced from .87 sec to 76 µ sec. Original service built using node.js and MongoDB, optimized service built using Python, Numpy and Flask- Implemented numerous security features in xPatterns platform including JWT token based authorization, and query/user level audit logging for all platform data stores. Security features implemented using Java, Cassandra, ElasticSearch, PostgreSQL and IBM Guardium

- Taught and assessed various labs and programming assignments for over 65 undergraduate students (CSE2341 - Data Structures, CSE1341 - Principle of Computer Science)- Worked with students to improve and expand their programming knowledge and proficiency especially in C++, Python and Java

- Design, price and produce dynamic, interactive websites for 6 client, including a basic PHP/MySQL CMS called ‘Node Load’- Perform data analytics from databases and constantly upgrade client’s sites and servers to adhere to modern web standards

Designed and managed implementation of “intelligent ingestion”, a platform feature, which creates initial data quality scores and aggregates for newly ingested data that is in a recognized format such as JSON, XML or CSV.

- Managed numerous developers in teams working on the company’s flagship Big Data Analytics product - xPatterns. - Performed numerous feature studies to help direct the product at audiences that use the product- Designed plan to completely redesign the platform UI- Helped to create team efficiencies by re-organizing personnel and task prioritization

- Designed, produced and maintained the front-end and back-end for company website (textbookvalet.com)- Frequent contributor to company strategy, with focus on new customer acquisition resulting in 123 new customers (189% increase)- Designed and maintained database structure for website including a web “scraper” that populates the textbook listings automatically- Created user and content management system that makes use of password hashing and also connects to external services such as BrainTree, PayPal and Google Analytics

- Traveled and worked with sales force to assess need and bind insurance and risk management services for current and prospective clients- Worked with sales and support staff to learn about current insurance and risk management practices for a variety of businesses- Attended conferences and industry meetings to expand knowledge and meet current risk professionals