Vijay U.
Software Development Manager @Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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WORK HISTORY
Software Development Manager @Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Vancouver, BC, CA
Built and scaled a new Vancouver engineering org from the ground up, hiring a balanced team of high‑caliber engineers and establishing a strong culture centered on operational excellence and security.• Led the Amazon Cognito Identity Pools platform, supporting 100B+ token requests per day while maintaining stringent availability, latency, and security requirements.• Drove Identity Pools availability to nines) and achieved full region parity across 30+ global AWS regions, significantly improving customer reliability and global reach.• In the second year, entrusted to lead the Cognito Advanced Security Features (ASF) service with a two‑pizza team, delivering customer‑facing features while upholding a high operational and security bar.• Improved ASF availability to modernized service architecture, and delivered major enhancements including:• Authentication log streaming for real‑time visibility• Expanded threat detection (Geo‑Velocity, refresh‑token anomaly detection, and more)• Launched metering and billing for Cognito Machine‑to‑Machine (M2M), creating a new revenue stream and enabling product monetization.• Launched Private Link feature across Cognito for security sensitive customers.• Explored and prototyped innovative approaches for next‑generation threat detection and anomaly‑detection engines, contributing to long‑term product strategy.
EDUCATION
British Columbia Institute of Technology
BTech, Computer Systems
Delhi University
BSc, Electronics
ABOUT VIJAY U.
Create a winning team and ensure they are empowered and motivated to deliver the best outcome for our customersSpecialties: Out of Box ThinkingBuilding high performance teamsAbility to visualize simplified solutions based on the customer requirementsAbility to Empathize and relateAbility to synthesize detailed information and provide a tactical/strategic roadmapGet things doneBeliever in outcome, setting high targets and celebrating the successes and learning from failuresStrengths: RelatorEmpathyStrategicAchieverFuturistic
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