Kaustav Ghosh

Senior Software Engineer

Seattle, Washington, United States13 yrs 1 mo experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in full-stack development with extensive AWS experience.
  • Led critical initiatives in cloud computing at AWS.
  • Proven track record in developing automation frameworks.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Full-Stack Developer with extensive experience in Cloud Computing and Streaming Services.

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Skills

Core Skills

Full-stack DevelopmentWeb Development

Other Skills

Node.jsJavaScriptTypeScriptWeb DesignAmazon Web Services (AWS)Web ServicesWeb ApplicationsDeveloper ToolsCloud ApplicationsDistributed SystemsJavaAndroid DevelopmentPythonOperating SystemsComputer Architecture

About

Interested in full-stack app-development, developer experience tooling, cloud-computing, performant API/Service development, and open-source projects.

Experience

13 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
1 yr 5 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Netflix

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2022Present · 4 yrs 4 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States

  • Developing automation frameworks and infrastructure platform which drive the quality & experience of Netflix UI, payment integrations, games and out-of-app Netflix experiences on Smart TV's, set-top boxes, and many other Netflix enabled devices.
Node.jsJavaScriptTypeScriptWeb DevelopmentWeb DesignAmazon Web Services (AWS)+3

Amazon web services (aws)

5 roles

Technical Lead

Feb 2020Jan 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Transitioned back to an IC role in the capacity of a Tech Lead for the AWS Amplify Studio, Amplify CLI and AWS Amplify Console teams, leading critical initiatives across these teams
  • Lead the design and responsible for the delivery of the Amplify Admin Service (Amplify Studio) at AWS re:Invent 2020 - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-amplify-admin-ui-helps-you-develop-app-backends-no-cloud-experience-required/
  • Learn more about Open-source Amplify Framework - https://aws-amplify.github.io/
  • and AWS Amplify Console Service -https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amplify/latest/userguide/welcome.html

Software Development Manager

Promoted

Jul 2019Feb 2020 · 7 mos

  • Transitioned into a management role to scale the Amplify CLI/Toolchain team
  • Hired and scaled the Amplify CLI/Toolchain team from a 2 person team to a 10 person team in less than a year
  • Responsible for defining roadmaps and goals for the software development team and communicating it to the leadership team at AWS

Software Development Engineer III

Feb 2019Aug 2019 · 6 mos

  • Launched V1 support of the AWS Amplify CLI in Feb 2019
  • Lead the integration of the Amplify CLI with the AWS Amplify Console launched at re:Invent 2018 for customers to seamlessly run CI/CD builds for their app backend infrastructure
  • Lead critical initiatives for the AWS Amplify CLI team based on requests from customers using the beta version of the CLI

Software Development Engineer II

Promoted

Jun 2017Feb 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Leading technical efforts for the AWS Data center productivity and task management tools team.
  • Launched v1 version of a data center energy monitoring tool globally
  • Launched v1 version of a waste management tool/system for the AWS Data Centers globally
  • Worked closely with S3 and EC2 service teams to build out energy optimization and monitoring services on top of their existing stack of services
  • Transitioned to the AWS Amplify Team in May 2018. Lead the design and development efforts and launched the beta version of the AWS Amplify CLI in August 2018 - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mobile/announcing-the-aws-amplify-cli-toolchain/
  • Learn more about AWS Amplify - https://aws-amplify.github.io/docs/

Software Development Engineer I

May 2016Jun 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • As a part of the Data Center Infrastructure Team, worked on developing tools for the AWS Data center technicians globally to improve their work efficiency and keep the AWS data centers running globally.
  • Full stack developer working on ReactJS, NodeJS and Java.

Emc

Network Software Engineer Intern

Jun 2015Mar 2016 · 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • As a part of the Data Domain Backup Recovery System Networking team, implemented the 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol. The software created, automatically detects network topology in the complex network environment where the Data Domain Restorer systems are deployed
  • Developed an Engineering Verification Test Framework in Go programming language to further stabilize the Data Domain Operating System's Networking Software
  • Worked on developing a Network firmware/SLIC validation framework in Ruby. It is of great use when the Data Domain Restorer Systems network firmware/hardware is upgraded or replaced with the latest firmware/hardware

Santa clara university school of law

Tech Consultant for the Law Technology and Digital Media Team

Oct 2014Jun 2015 · 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Front end and back end web architecture design and implementation.
  • Front end development using latest user interface and experience tools.
  • Back end development using optimized APIs for various technologies such as database management, server programming and traffic balancing.
  • Informational and technological problem resolution.

Rsa, the security division of emc

Software Engineer Intern

Jan 2014Jun 2014 · 5 mos · Bangalore

  • Part of the SecurID Development team.
  • Involved in the development of a web application that scans QR codes from mobile phones using the laptop webcam and authenticates a user as a part of the SecurID product.
  • This technology could be possibly used as an alternative to RSA tokens and traditional On Demand Authentication methods like OTP(One Time Password).
  • This would greatly help in improving the user experience in using the RSA SecurID tokens.

Bits pilani

Teaching Assistant for Computer Architecture Course

Aug 2013Dec 2013 · 4 mos · BITS Pilani

  • Worked on Xilinx to design and program various modules of MIPS architecture and other basic hardware modules, memory management and execution of Pipelined instructions
  • Helped in co-ordinating lab activities, online exams and designing lab sheets

Oracle

Software Engineer Summer Intern

Jun 2013Aug 2013 · 2 mos · Mumbai

  • Was a part of the Financial Software Services Division and worked for the FLEXCUBE development team which is an Internet Banking software.
  • Was involved in the development of data quality dashboard screens for the new version of the product.
  • Developed a database monitoring tool that calculates the CPU,RAM usage and the time required to execute a set of queries in the Oracle Database for the product. This tool would help in monitoring and improving data transactions that are system expensive and hence help in improving the performance of the product.

Advanced computer organization(cs c342)

Teaching Assistant for Advanced Computer Organization Course

Jan 2013May 2013 · 4 mos · BITS Pilani

  • Worked on Qtspim to code in assembly language.
  • Worked on ModelSim to code Multicycle MIPS Architecture.
  • Introduced Simplescalar simulator to the class and took a lecture on the same, to simulate cache performance in different organizations like Direct-mapped, Set Associative and Fully-Associative.
  • Designed labs and class slides
  • Monitored across various labs, lab exams and finals

Logic in computer science

Professional/Research Assistant

Aug 2012Dec 2012 · 4 mos · BITS Pilani

  • Worked on Lisp to design and program various modules of basic Logic programming. Helped in co-ordinating lab activities, online exams and designing lab sheets.

Bharat heavy electricals limited

IT Intern

May 2012Aug 2012 · 3 mos · India

  • Project Title: Developing a Scrap Minimizer Tool as a part of the High Pressure Boiler Plant R&D team
  • Developed an Algorithm for minimizing the scrap generated in manufacturing high pressure boiler
  • plants. It was statistically proven that it would lead to a considerable amount of profit to the
  • company.
  • As part of the IT team revamped the existing intranet site using HTML5,JSP and Servlets technologies.

Education

Santa Clara University

Master's degree — Computer Science and Engineering

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Bachelor's degree

Lokhandwala Foundation School

Sathaye Junior College

HSC

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