Vijit Vashistha

About Vijit Vashistha

Engineering Lead with 13+ years of experience driving large-scale distributed systems and owning end-to-end delivery of enterprise platforms.At AWS, I lead architecture and engineering initiatives across multiple domains, working closely with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient solutions. My role involves guiding teams, driving architectural decisions, and ensuring successful delivery of complex systems in production.I specialize in:• End-to-end ownership of platform delivery and architecture• Leading and mentoring engineering teams• Driving cross-team collaboration and stakeholder alignment• Scaling systems for high throughput and reliability• Cost optimization and operational excellenceI have led the delivery of large-scale platforms across healthcare, AI/ML, and ESG domains, enabling 3x scale and 45% cost reduction.I am particularly interested in Engineering Leadership roles where I can drive teams, architecture, and business impact at scale.

Experience

1. Engineering Lead

   Amazon Web Services (AWS)

   Aug 2022 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Owned end-to-end architecture and delivery of multiple enterprise-scale cloud platforms across healthcare, ESG, and AI domains.• Led the design and delivery of Micro Cloud, a lightweight orchestration platform enabling scalable microservice deployment across hybrid environments.• Drove the architecture and delivery of a cloud-native healthcare platform, enabling automation, intelligent routing, and scalable processing using event-driven systems.• Led backend architecture of an AI model governance platform, enabling secure deployment and evaluation of ML models at scale.• Drove the design and scaling of high-throughput data platforms processing data from 500+ enterprises, enabling 3x traffic growth.• Delivered distributed systems using AWS services (SQS, Lambda, Batch, containerized workers) ensuring reliability and scalability of event-driven workloads.• Reduced infrastructure costs by 45% and improved system performance by 70% through architectural optimization and efficient cloud utilization.• Established architecture review practices, CI/CD standards, and observability frameworks, reducing production defects by 50%+.• Mentored engineers and guided architectural decision-making across teams to improve system quality and scalability.

Education

• Subodh Public School

  High School, Science and Mathematics

• Rajasthan Technical University, Kota

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Information Technology