Dec 2025 – Present · 6 mos · On-site

• Lab126 → Fire TV
• I own Tier 1 Services that power Ambient Experience in Fire TV devices.

Apr 2022 – Nov 2025 · 3 yrs 7 mos · On-site

• Lab126 → Fire TV
• I drove critical platform innovations across device software and content integration. I implemented the Tiered Subscriptions framework, enabling streaming partners like Sky and Sling to surface content across multiple subscription tiers with precise entitlement status. This solution transformed partner content integration by creating an end-to-end system spanning apps, launcher, and backend services.
• I led technical initiatives that enhanced platform capabilities, including a cross-platform synchronization solution that reduced cloud-streamed app integration timelines from weeks to days. My work included developing the Parental Controls PIN Service Client in Rust and implementing Profile Aware Settings, which introduced sophisticated personalization and security mechanisms across Fire TV device profiles.
• I worked in the Vending team managing critical services that serve over 300,000 transactions per second, providing metadata and content offerings across Amazon's movie catalog, including integrations with third-party providers like Hulu and Hotstar. My contributions focused on improving content presentation and device-side software frameworks.

Feb 2020 – Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo · On-site

• Lab126 → Fire TV
• I was responsible for developing and maintaining 11 core Android apps critical to the FireTV ecosystem, including OOBE, Settings, and Parental Controls.
• I served as the device lead for the highly successful 2nd Generation Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Stick Lite, addressing critical issues during product launches. I developed key UX upgrade features, including a screen highlighting new functionalities during OS upgrades and an orientation video guiding customers through the new user experience.
• My notable contributions included creating a cloud-based backup and restore app, integrating the User Guided Setup feature to enable Amazon account sign-in via the FireTV remote app, and automating a document generation workflow that significantly reduced developer workload and improved testing processes.

May 2019 – Feb 2020 · 9 mos · On-site

• Lab126 → Kindle Platform
• I worked on the critical low-level framework that interfaces between the application layer and the operating system. My team owned essential system components responsible for managing core device functionalities like power, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and wireless network interactions.
• I served as the primary point of contact for the Kindle-specific Java Virtual Machine (CVM) and the WebKit-based application framework. I played a key role in prototyping a React Native application framework, which ultimately led to the migration of most Java-based apps to a new architecture with C++ business logic and JavaScript front-end presentation.
• My work focused on developing robust system interfaces that enabled applications to interact seamlessly with device-level operations, ensuring efficient and reliable performance across Kindle E-Reader devices.

Nov 2017 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos · On-site

• Lab126 → Kindle Platform
• I developed critical testing infrastructure that processed terabytes of customer device data daily, providing real-time insights into product stability and performance.
• I created three key applications from scratch: a report generator for automation test results, a comprehensive testing tool with a user-friendly interface that simplified test framework usage, and a Core Dump Parser application that extracted stack traces to streamline debugging processes for development teams.
• My work focused on enhancing testing capabilities, improving data collection frameworks, and creating tools that made complex technical processes more accessible to developers, QA engineers, and managers across the Kindle organization.