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Uthresh

Software Development Engineer II @ AWS

Building scalable cloud infrastructure and services that power the internet. Passionate about distributed systems, developer experience, and clean code.

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About Me

I'm a Software Development Engineer II at Amazon Web Services, where I design and build distributed systems that operate at massive scale. My work focuses on creating reliable, performant infrastructure that developers around the world depend on.

I thrive on solving complex problems, whether it's optimizing latency in critical paths, designing fault-tolerant architectures, or improving developer workflows. I believe great software is built through a combination of rigorous engineering and thoughtful design.

Outside of work, I enjoy exploring new technologies, contributing to open source, and staying curious about the ever-evolving cloud landscape.

Current Role

SDE II @ AWS

Focus Areas

Distributed Systems, Cloud Infrastructure

Location

Seattle, WA

Experience

Software Development Engineer II

Oct 2022 – Present

Amazon Web Services (AWS), GuardDuty

Building and scaling AWS GuardDuty's threat detection infrastructure, processing millions of security events daily across thousands of AWS Organizations.

  • Built automated security feature deployment system enabling protection across 50K+ member accounts with a single click
  • Spearheaded Organization Coverage Reporter using Fargate, providing visibility across 11K+ organizations
  • Created a Spark/EMR ETL pipeline processing 20M+ daily findings with sub-minute latency for Extended Threat Detection
  • Developed CloudWatch Metrics integration publishing 240M+ metrics/hour at 99.9% reliability

Software Engineer, 5G Core R&D

Jul 2018 – Nov 2020

Nokia Networks

Worked on 5G Standalone core network development in Bangalore, focusing on handover procedures and testing infrastructure.

  • Designed and implemented 5G SA Inter-gNB and NGAP-based handover procedures, improving success rate by 15%
  • Led the revamp of the testing framework from Python to TTCN-3, reducing maintenance effort by 40%
  • Increased automation coverage from 60% to 90% with reusable model-based test suites for distributed 5G call flows

Skills

Languages

JavaPythonC++TypeScriptScala

AWS Services

DynamoDBLambdaECSEKSEC2CloudFormationCloudWatchEMRFargate

Big Data & Frameworks

SparkEMRS3Data PipelinesDockerTerraformJenkinsGitREST APIs

Concepts

Distributed SystemsETLAutomationCI/CDCloud Security

Education

Master of Science in Data Science

Jan 2021 – Sep 2022

Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication

Aug 2014 – Jul 2018

BMS Institute of Technology & Management, Bangalore, India

Get In Touch

I'm always up for a virtual coffee chat, whether it's discussing distributed systems, mentoring aspiring engineers, or just geeking out about cloud tech. Feel free to reach out!

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