Avinash Kumar

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 6 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led the establishment of a high-performing Returns team.
  • Optimized in-store returns, reducing processing time significantly.
  • Spearheaded omnichannel experience development for customer convenience.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Senior Software Engineer with expertise in E-Commerce and Distributed Systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

JavaDistributed SystemsFront-end DevelopmentLeadershipCustomer Experience

Other Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS)AnalysisCollaborationData IntegrationData StructuresE-CommerceIntegration SolutionsMicro FrontendScalabilityTechnical LeadershipVue.js

Experience

Google

Staff Software Engineer

May 2025Present · 10 mos

Amazon

4 roles

SDE-3

Jan 2024May 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Leading the development of scalable charging and accounting solutions for Amazon Grocery. Driving key initiatives like TIPS and Overauth as platform-wide solutions across Amazon. Focused on integrating grocery operations with Core Retail platforms to enhance efficiency and scalability.
JavaDistributed Systems

SDE-3

Promoted

Apr 2022May 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Established and Scaled Returns Team: Demonstrated strong leadership by spearheading the formation of the Returns team in India, growing it from 5 to 14 members. Collaborated with management to design and implement effective on-call procedures and team workflows, ensuring operational readiness and scalability.
  • In-Store Returns Optimization: Led cross-functional teams to reduce friction in the in-store returns process by aligning Amazon’s online platforms with in-store systems. Conducted comprehensive analysis across various systems, developed strategic integration solutions, and reduced Operational Excellence (OE) load, setting a standard for seamless operations.
  • Enhanced Returns Efficiency: Directed efforts to reduce in-store return processing time from hours to just 5 minutes across all purchase types. Maintained strict compliance with tax regulations and refund processes while driving impactful change to customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.
  • Omnichannel Experience Development: Leading the creation of an omnichannel experience for Amazon customers, empowering pickup and drop-off services in stores. Collaborating with diverse teams to enhance customer convenience, accessibility, and service consistency.
  • Grocery Operations Optimization: Providing visionary leadership to optimize charging flows for WW Amazon Grocery. Spearheading automation initiatives to streamline operations, reduce SLA times for charging and customer refunds, and enhance overall service quality.
  • Leadership Impact: Built and mentored high-performing teams, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. Consistently guided teams to deliver innovative solutions, improve processes, and achieve strategic business goals.
Distributed SystemsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Front-End DevelopmentVue.jsMicro Frontend

SDE-2

Promoted

Apr 2017Mar 2022 · 4 yrs 11 mos

  • Led the consolidation of multiple preference systems into a unified platform, simplifying client access and improving efficiency.
  • Seamlessly migrated 2B preferences with zero downtime, ensuring 100% reliability.
  • Solved complex data challenges by integrating legacy and modern schemas into a streamlined system.
  • Optimized the notification sending pipeline, reducing latency from 200ms to 20ms, significantly improving system responsiveness.
  • Scaled Amazon NotifyMe widgets for flash sales across Amazon, enhancing real-time user engagement.
  • Key Achievements:
  • ✅ 2B preference migration with zero operational impact
  • ✅ Unified platform for preference management, improving accessibility
  • ✅ 90% latency reduction in the notification pipeline
  • ✅ Scalable NotifyMe widget integration for flash sales
Distributed SystemsAmazon Web Services (AWS)

SDE

May 2015Apr 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • 2 years - worked in amazon social platform team maintaining soical graph between amazon customers used to power Amazon Follow and recommendations.
  • 3 years - worked in Outbound marketing team. Built services to maintain customer push preferences. And worked on enhancing the customer recommendations and overall user experience over marketing channel.
Distributed SystemsAmazon Web Services (AWS)

Newgen software technologies limited

SDE

Jul 2014Apr 2015 · 9 mos

  • Worked on the libraries for Document Image processing to help in increase the OCR and OMR quality.
  • Help in design existing code to reduce the overall latency for document processing.
  • Create new libraries for mobile document image processing optimized for memory

Education

IIIT

Bachelor of Technology (BTech) — Information Technology

Jan 2010Jan 2014

GDPS MZN

12TH — PCM

Jan 2008Jan 2009

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