Kunal Raut

Software Engineer

Pune, Maharashtra, India5 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led critical projects at Amazon with significant impact.
Expert in algorithms and competitive programming.
Passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Computing and Consumer Electronics expert with strong software development capabilities.

Contact

zukonit14@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentCloud ComputingCompetitive Programming

Other Skills

AWSAlexa Skills Kit (ASK)AlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Android DevelopmentAndroid StudioBadmintonC++Cloud Development Kit (CDK)College FootballComputer ScienceDartData StructuresEnglishFirebase

About

Working as an SDE-2 with Amazon (AGI). An accomplished Software Development Engineer with a proven track record of delivering high-impact solutions at Amazon. Expertise spans architecting innovative systems, optimizing performance and scalability, and driving operational excellence. Demonstrated leadership in spearheading critical projects, collaborating cross-functionally, and mentoring individuals. Passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies to solve complex problems and drive business value. Committed to continuous learning and staying ahead of industry trends. A strong believer in clean code practices, and fostering a culture of innovation. Completed under-graduation in CSE at Pune Institute of Computer Technology, Pune in 2022. Previously interned at Amazon (Summer of '22) in Software Development roles. Also gained a start-up experience during an internship with Vicevio (Winter of '21). Owing to my interest in Competitive Programming, I also have a good amount of experience working as a Problem Setter in firms like HackerEarth and Interview Mocha, pioneers in providing interview materials for top companies. Good Understanding of Algorithms, Data Structures and Object-Oriented Concepts. Proficient in C++, Java, Kotlin and Flutter with a keen interest in Android development. During college days, actively participated in Competitive Programming: • Codeforces: Rated Expert - 1887 (Top 500 coders in India) • CodeChef: Rated 5 star - 2020 • Represented college in ICPC regionals twice, with best performances in 2021-22, finishing 43rd out of 200+ teams in the highly competitive Kanpur regionals.

Experience

Amazon

3 roles

SDE 2, AGI

Jun 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos

SDE 1, AGI

Aug 2022 – Jun 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos

Team: AGI - Conversational Assistant Services
Building an innovative custom vector indexing solution optimized for performance, cost-effectiveness, and scalability, demonstrating significantly improved metrics compared to traditional offerings in the market.
Managing the core service which drives the Alexa Settings, acting as the datastore and handling the cloud-side logic for synchronization of settings across devices. Handling an average of more than 350K TPS (transactions/requests per second) requests while maintaining high scalability and performance.
Led the project for enabling the settings functionality for the integration of Alexa and BMW assistants on a single device (BMW cars). Drove all discussions, designs, and implementation to effectively manage the settings, ensuring compliance, seamless integration without impacting existing Alexa traffic, and paving the way for Alexa's introduction in BMW cars.
Contributed to developing a high-performance and highly scalable data ingestion pipeline leveraging cutting-edge technologies for both transformation and ingestion, capable of ingesting massive volumes of data with excellent throughput.
As the Operational Excellence (OE) champion of the team, handled all OE overheads for a Tier 1 customer-facing service, ensuring high operational standards. Implemented self-service solutions using Cloud Development Kit (CDK), automating manual processes like providing access and onboarding, resulting in approximately 200 hours of annual on-call effort savings.
Spearheaded launch efforts for multiple services by completing launch checklists to ensure readiness, collaborating with certifiers to obtain necessary privacy and security approvals, and facilitating smooth launches across critical services.

C++JavaAWSAlgorithmsData StructuresTeam Leadership+2

SDE Intern

Feb 2022 – Jul 2022 · 5 mos

Team - Alexa Identity Services
Worked on developing a demo 1P Alexa Skill.
The Skill was built using Java ASK (Alexa Skills Kit) and AWS Lambda.
The motive for this Skill was to showcase a new feature in Alexa which will be launched in 2023.

JavaAlexa Skills Kit (ASK)Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Development

Hackerearth

Problem Setter

Apr 2021 – Dec 2021 · 8 mos · United States

Preparing new challenges for Coding Interviews and Online Contests including topics like Dynamic Programming, Searching & Sorting and Graphs.
Exposure: Data Structures and Algorithms.

Competitive ProgrammingAlgorithmsData Structures

Imocha

Problem Setter

Mar 2021 – Dec 2021 · 9 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Created new Interview coding challenges related to DSA and SQL.

Competitive ProgrammingC++SQL

Vicevio

Software Engineer Intern

Jan 2021 – Mar 2021 · 2 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

Worked on Social Media Application using Flutter Framework and improved Product Architecture using efficient Data Structures and Algorithms.
Suggested and helped with new features for the Application which increased its overall Google Play Store downloads by 33%.

Android DevelopmentFlutterSoftware Development

Pict acm student chapter

Competitive Programming Head

Sep 2020 – Feb 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Led a team of 100+ students that organised various technical events that took place under national-level fests organised by the PICT ACM Student Chapter.
Delivered various sessions on 'Importance of Competitive Programming' and 'How to Crack top Placements'.
Organised multiple national-level Competitive Programming contests on Codechef and Hackerrank.

Competitive ProgrammingTeam Leadership