Amol Wadwalkar

Experience

1. Senior Software Developer

   Amazon

   Oct 2019 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Architected AWS-native payment cell architecture modernizing ~100 Tier-1 services; improved fault isolation, region portability, and robustness of marketplace expansion.• Developed deployment orchestration framework enabling automated provisioning, verification, and rollout across global regions.• Engineered a unified authentication rules engine utilizing DynamoDB with DAX, improving tail latency under peak load and simplifying operational workflows.• Streamlined authentication landscape by deprecating 4 legacy services, standardizing integration touchpoints, and saving 230 SDE-weeks in internal client onboarding.• Designed Passkey-based flows with Visa/Cardinal, enabling hardware-backed identity verification with sub-second responsiveness.• Improved Japan MFA compliance initiative with adaptive challenge routing driven by dynamic risk scoring. Collaborated across Business and Risk to ensure global regulatory alignment.• Delivered Amazon’s centralized Talent Data Platform using GraphQL + DynamoDB + Neptune + ES, enabling unified access for downstream orgs.• Architected backend for Succession Planning used by senior HRBPs and executives. Integrated ML-powered similarity models using AWS Batch + Elasticsearch to enable advanced talent analytics.• Elevated engineering culture by mentoring 8 engineers into senior levels and providing cross-org mentorship to another 6.

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Science

Skills

• Unix
• Databases
• Sdlc
• Equities
• Pl/Sql
• R
• C++
• Java
• Sql