Mukta Jaiswal — Software Engineer

👋 Hey there! I'm Mukta, a software engineer who loves building products that blend AI, software systems, and great user experiences. I'm currently a Software Development Engineer at Amazon, where I work on Amazon Lens, the AI-powered visual search feature used by millions of people and powering 2B+ searches in 16+ countries annually. I ramped on large scale systems in 2-3 weeks and I’ve rebuilt large parts of the Lens Android codebase (Java/Kotlin), improved performance and reliability, and collaborated closely with Product, Design, and QA. I helped ship features like landscape support, improved camera permission UX, Shop the Scene with Prime Video, and major Lens Live optimizations (highlighted by Amazon's CEO Andy Jassy at re:Invent conference). My work has directly improved user engagement, scalability, and multimodal search quality. 🎓 Education • Master’s in Computer Science — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign • B.S. in Computer Science + Technology Management Minor — UC Davis • Dean’s Honors + multiple leadership and scholarship awards Before Amazon, I held leadership roles including Project Manager in CS 124H, Student Outreach Ambassador, Director of Web Development for Google Developer Student Club, where I led full-stack projects using React, Node.js, Python, and cloud platforms. My technical skill set spans Android (Java/Kotlin), Python, AI/ML, distributed systems, backend services, data pipelines, React, and full-stack development. I love working on high-impact, user-centric problems; especially in AI products, multimodal search, mobile experiences, and human-centered design. 🏆 A little more about me • Multiple hackathon wins • Experience in Big Tech, Supply chain tech • Passionate about mentoring, leadership, and helping students break into tech ❤️ Outside of work I enjoy sci-fi, painting, badminton, volunteering, and collaborating on fun side projects. 🔍 Currently looking for Opportunities where I can grow as an engineer, work on meaningful problems, and bring together my skills in Software Development, AI/ML, mobile/web, and system design. 💬 Always happy to chat about Tech trends • Leadership • Women in Tech • DEI • University guidance • Fun side projects 💌 Thanks for stopping by — feel free to reach out!

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Software Engineer specializing in AI-driven applications and mobile development.

Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Experience: 3 yrs 4 mos

Skills

Software Development
Ai/ml
Leadership
Full-stack Development
Front-end Development

Career Highlights

Rebuilt Amazon Lens codebase for enhanced performance.
Led full-stack projects with significant user engagement.
Passionate about mentoring and leadership in tech.

Work Experience

Amazon

Software Dev Engineer (1 yr 1 mo)

Software Development Engineer intern (3 mos)

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Project Manager CS 124 Honors Course Assistant (3 mos)

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Information Technology Intern (2 mos)

UC Davis Undergraduate Admission - Transfer Opportunity Program

Student Outreach Ambassador (1 yr 1 mo)

HackDavis

Student Hacker and winner (0 mo)

SacHacks

Web Development Associate Lead (11 mos)

TreeHacks

Student Hacker and winner (0 mo)

Google Developer Student Club @ UC Davis

Director Of Web Development (1 yr 5 mos)

Stanford University: Code In Place

Student Fellow (1 mo)

De Anza Honors Program

Vice President of Academics (10 mos)

ComptechS, De Anza College

Computer Hardware Technician volunteer (4 mos)

Education

Master's degree at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Bachelor's degree at University of California, Davis

Technology Management minor at University of California, Davis

Computer Science for Transfer at De Anza College

Mukta Jaiswal

Software Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States3 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Rebuilt Amazon Lens codebase for enhanced performance.
Led full-stack projects with significant user engagement.
Passionate about mentoring and leadership in tech.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Software Engineer specializing in AI-driven applications and mobile development.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentAi/mlLeadershipFull-stack DevelopmentFront-end Development

Other Skills

Java/KotlinAIAndroidProduct ManagementCollaborationPerformance OptimizationBackend APIsMonitoringStudent LeadershipCommunicationTechnical Project LeadershipTeamworkMarketingReact.jsVanilla CSS

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Experience

Amazon

2 roles

Software Dev Engineer

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Palo Alto, California, United States

Rebuilt Amazon Lens AI Android visual search codebase, a feature powering 2B+ searches annually, collaborating with Product Managers and QAs, weblab (A/B user test) experiments showed a significant rise in camera scans and image uploads globally across all locales
Implemented landscape support & camera permissionworkflow changes that increased the feature opt-in rate from 19 -25%
Delivered the “Shop the Scene” feature integrating Lens with Prime Video, resolving complex navigation & crash recovery issues in deep-link navigation flows to improve rendering performance
Optimized the Lens Live experience by ensuring persistent results, and seamless Rufus AI recommendations through improved lifecycle management
Worked on QuickSight dashboards to monitor real-time metrics, enabling data-driven fixes to reduce Lens crashes

Java/KotlinAIAndroidProduct ManagementCollaborationPerformance Optimization+2

Software Development Engineer intern

May 2024 – Aug 2024 · 3 mos · Palo Alto, California, United States

Worked on Amazon Lens, the visual search feature on Android (Java/Kotlin)
Implemented bounding boxes and circle-to-search feature to let users search specific image regions
Unified backend APIs across Lens modes and added monitoring alarms to ensure accurate multimodal search text delivery

Java/KotlinBackend APIsMonitoringSoftware Development

University of illinois urbana-champaign

Project Manager CS 124 Honors Course Assistant

Sep 2023 – Dec 2023 · 3 mos · Champaign, Illinois, United States · On-site

Student LeadershipCommunicationTechnical Project LeadershipLeadership

Msc industrial supply co.

Information Technology Intern

Jul 2022 – Sep 2022 · 2 mos

Developed and implemented UI changes for MSC's internal application which generates over 50% revenue for the organization currently.
Wrote supporting code for MSC's web applications and websites using Java, Vue JS, HTML5, CSS3, and Node.js, MongoDB.
Maintained understanding of current web technologies and programming practices through continuing engagement in professional conferences and meetings with business leaders.

JavaHTML5Node.jsMongoDBSoftware Development

Uc davis undergraduate admission - transfer opportunity program

Student Outreach Ambassador

May 2022 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · Davis, California, United States

Developed marketing campaigns for Transfer process awareness to increase the student participation.
Assisted more than 100 students with their transfer applications by hosting webinars and group advising sessions.

TeamworkCommunicationMarketingLeadership

Hackdavis

Student Hacker and winner

Apr 2022 – Apr 2022 · 0 mo · Davis, California, United States

Won the Best GreenHouse Hack prize at this event out of more than 500 students in 24hrs of hacking in a new team.
Used technology to build a children’s library to help the underprivileged kids to get equitable access to edu resources.
Used MongoDB to store and access all the library data, Node.js and Express.js for the back-end parsing and API
implementation, and HTML5, CSS3 and flex box for the front-end implementation.
Used Twilio’s message API to send notifications and reminder alerts to the users after they checkout a book.

HTML5Node.jsJavaScriptMongoDBSoftware Development

Sachacks

Web Development Associate Lead

Mar 2022 – Feb 2023 · 11 mos

• Built and managed the SackHacks 2022 website in React JS and tailwind CSS in alignment with target deadlines and financial objectives.

Front-End DevelopmentHTML5JavaScriptTailwind CSS

Treehacks

Student Hacker and winner

Feb 2022 – Feb 2022 · 0 mo · United States

Won a sponsor prize at this event out of 1500 students in 36 hours of hacking with completely unknown team members.
Built a working iOS app with a team that processes the daily nutrition data from the user using ML/AI which then produces
a wellness score for the user and provide them a healthy diet plan.
Built using Swift and Mage.ai, and also built an AI model that was able to produce 96% accuracy after its training

HTML5iOSJavaScriptSoftware Development

Google developer student club @ uc davis

Director Of Web Development

Jan 2022 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos · Davis, California, United States

Completed full redesigns of existing UC Davis GDSC using ReactJS, Vanilla CSS to improve navigation and enhance visuals.
Tabled and marketed at the involvement fair and other events on campus and increased the club membership by almost 200%, and was involved in the overall management and re-structuring of the club.

React.jsVanilla CSSHTML5JavaScriptUser Experience (UX)Full-Stack Development

Stanford university: code in place

Student Fellow

Apr 2021 – May 2021 · 1 mo

Selected for CS 106A course taught by Stanford university’s most experienced professors, and developed a software in python language using pillow and simpleimage libraries that implements the functionality of text-grids using image pixels.
Final project was published on their website after this course was completed in June 2021

De anza honors program

Vice President of Academics

Aug 2020 – Jun 2021 · 10 mos · Cupertino, California, United States

1.Was responsible for setting up educational workshops and activities for students to have additional resources to assist them with transfer and future prospects.
2. Appreciated by the students of De Anza College for my planned academic webinars.