Akshat Shah
Engineering Leader @ Uber | Ex-AWS / Amazon | Serverless Compute (Athena/Glue) & AI Infrastructure | Scaling to 500k+ Instances | Ex-Lex
- Role
- Engineering Manager at Uber
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Akshat Shah
I am a builder and leader at Amazon Web Services (AWS) with over 9 years of experience architecting the distributed systems that power the world\'s data. My career sits at the intersection of massive scale (managing fleets of 500k+ EC2 instances) and cloud economics (driving utilization strategies for billion-dollar businesses).Current Focus (Athena & Glue): I lead the Compute & Capacity Engineering organization for Amazon Athena. My mandate is delivering \"instant-on\" serverless analytics across 40+ regions while optimizing infrastructure margins.* Scale: Managing a global fleet of EC2 instances supporting 1 Billion+ weekly queries.* Transformation: Leading the architectural migration from standard EC2 to Firecracker MicroVMs, redefining how serverless compute is provisioned for Athena and AWS Glue.* Efficiency: Architecting adaptive scaling control loops that improved fleet utilization by 10% YoY and reduced operational overhead by 99%.Technical Roots (AI/ML Infrastructure): Prior to Athena, I spent 5 years building the ML Ops backbone for Amazon Lex, Amazon Connect, and CodeWhisperer. I specialize in the \"heavy lifting\" of AI—architecting the distributed systems required to train, benchmark, and serve models at scale.* Architecture: Led the design of Lex V2 and scaled systems to support 250+ intents.* Velocity: Built the \"Megatron\" benchmarking platform and reduced model build times by 85%, accelerating the launch of 15 new languages.* Leadership: I have 3+ years of experience directly managing engineering talent, from hiring fresh graduates to mentoring Sr Engineers. I am passionate about building self-healing systems, reducing infrastructure waste, and fostering high-performance engineering cultures.
Experience
Engineering Manager
Feb 2026 — Present · Bengaluru, IN
Education
North Carolina State University
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science
2015 — 2017
Sardar Patel Institute of Technology
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
2011 — 2015
Mithibai College of Arts Chauhan Institute of Science and A.J. College of Commerce and Economics
Junior College, Information Technology
2009 — 2011
Skills
- Java
- Algorithms
- C++
- Python
- C
- Android Development
- Javascript
- Php
- Ajax
- Html
- Mysql
- Css
- Jquery
- Operating Systems
- Linux
- Sql
- Software Project Management
- Software Engineering
- Databases
- Data Structures
- Node.js
- Machine Learning
- Spring Mvc
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