Sanjana Balakrishna

About Sanjana Balakrishna

I don’t just build data pipelines; I build the autonomous infrastructure that powers global commerce and media. Throughout my tenure at Amazon, I have specialized in solving the \"Scaling Wall\"- the point where traditional data engineering fails and architectural innovation becomes the only path forward.What I bring to the table:1) Ad-Tech Pioneering: Currently architecting the end-to-end data ecosystem for Prime Video/MGM Studios’ ad formats. I am building the high-concurrency infrastructure that translates billions of streaming signals into actionable revenue streams, defining how the industry measures value in the streaming era.2) Data Democratization: I pioneered a self-service ETL platform that revolutionized how 150+ organizations at Amazon interact with data. By shifting from manual engineering to a UI-driven, autonomous platform, I enabled a 50% faster time-to-insight for the world’s largest fulfillment network.3) Extreme-Scale Governance: Technical lead for a 30PB+ data sovereignty project. I architected the security, audit, and governance frameworks for Amazon’s North American Retail infrastructure, ensuring 99.9% uptime for systems generating $500M+ in annual volume.I have conducted ~40 technical interview loops to scale elite engineering teams and mentoring the next generation of architects to think in terms of systems, not just code.

Experience

1. Senior Data Engineer

   Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios

   Sep 2025 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Principal owner of the data architecture for all Prime Video ad formats. I am designing the foundational schemas and low-latency pipelines that process high-concurrency data for global advertisers.

Education

• Oklahoma State University

  Master’s Degree

• Visvesvaraya Technological University

  Bachelor’s Degree

Skills

• Microsoft Certification
• Microsoft Sql Server 2014
• Microstrategy
• C
• Microsoft Office
• Extract, Transform, Load (Etl)
• Html
• Database Management
• System Testing
• Salesforce.com
• Sql Server Integration Services (Ssis)
• Matlab
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Informatica Cloud
• C++
• Embedded C
• Mysql
• Qlikview
• J2ee Web Services
• Microsoft Word
• Tableau
• Python
• Database Administration
• Netezza
• Java
• Test Planning
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Test Cases
• C#