Sumana Yellanki

Engineering Manager

Seattle, Washington, United States10 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led multi-org initiatives generating over $100M in revenue.
  • Built and scaled healthcare compliance engineering teams.
  • Pioneered Amazon's first patient care greenfield initiative.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Healthcare Software Engineering Leader with expertise in compliance and distributed systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementProduct Development

Other Skills

People ManagementPerformance ManagementStrategic RoadmapsTechnology RoadmappingJavaAmazon Web Services (AWS)Cloud ComputingSoftware DesignProgrammingProblem SolvingAgile MethodologiesTechnical LeadershipLong-term VisionCC++

About

Seasoned software engineering leader with 10+ years of experience delivering impactful software across various industry domains - healthcare, pharmacy, Prime Video, and global logistics. I have a proven track record of managing high-performing teams, driving strategic initiatives, and consistently shipping products that meaningfully improve customer experience and business outcomes. I’ve 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams responsible for delivering multi-org initiatives - architecting HIPAA-compliant solutions for Amazon Pharmacy generating over $100M in annual revenue, Gen-AI driven compliance solutions, leading greenfield healthcare platforms from the ground up and lastly building & scaling distributed systems for Amazon Logistics handling over 50k TPS. Known for my people-first leadership style—I lead with clarity, accountability to empower teams and cultivate a culture of innovation and collaboration that thrives on ownership. Throughout my career, I’ve played a key role in transforming teams and platforms from 0→1, strengthening agile execution, and improving operational efficiency across complex domains. I bring a strong focus on delivery excellence, cross-functional collaboration, and data-driven decision-making.

Experience

10 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
10 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
1 mo
Current Experience

Netflix

Engineering Manager

May 2026Present · 1 mo · Remote

Amazon

5 roles

Software Development Manager - Amazon Pharmacy B2B & Compliance

Nov 2022Apr 2026 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • Led engineering teams focussing on core partner integration systems, scaling the Amazon Pharmacy B2B selection for Hubs and Prescriber functions with 18 new partnerships, driving 30% annual revenue growth. Delivered HIPAA compliant partner interface software architecture, leveraging foundational authentication and extensible EHR interoperability solutions. Introduced industry-first solutions and partner efficiency workflows, achieving 20% YOY growth in customer acquisitions.
  • Expanded scope to build and scale a healthcare compliance engineering team from the ground up delivering multi-org initiatives across Amazon Health Services (that includes One Medical and Healthcare Storefront products alongside AP). Led strategic technical discussions with senior leadership, defining scope, aligning priorities, and delivering initiatives that maximized business impact. Defined team structure, engineering best practices, and compliance controls at scale.
Project ManagementPeople ManagementPerformance ManagementProduct DevelopmentStrategic RoadmapsTechnology Roadmapping+7

Software Development Manager - Amazon Care

Promoted

Apr 2020Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Spearheaded the conceptualization and development of personalized virtual healthcare services as part of Amazon’s first patient care greenfield initiative, Amazon Care. Built a team of 12 SDEs from the ground up, hiring 6 engineers in senior roles and establishing vision, roadmap, and agile delivery processes. Delivered a platform connecting patients with healthcare providers through appointment management and personalized primary care solutions, automating key healthcare operations. Pioneered scaling of this solution to all 50 states by playing a key role in driving this multi-organizational initiative. Successfully maintained 100% employee retention while transitioning the team into a new organization, sustaining high morale and engagement by driving challenging, high-impact initiatives.
Project ManagementPeople ManagementPerformance ManagementProduct DevelopmentStrategic RoadmapsTechnology Roadmapping+7

Software Development Engineer and Tech Lead

May 2019Apr 2020 · 11 mos

  • As the Architecture Lead for deprecating a catalog management platform for third-party ingestions on Prime Video, I developed a new AWS-based system to process and manage complex localized metadata, enhancing the personalized digital video experience for customers. I acted as a technical advisor and mentored a team of six engineers, overseeing scrum processes and day-to-day operations while collaborating closely with product and senior engineering managers for roadmap planning and risk management to ensure successful delivery.

Software Development Engineer

Sep 2015Apr 2019 · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • As a member of the Core Transportation Technology team at Amazon, contributed to the development of highly scalable, real-time Tier-1 distributed systems that generate package labels and manifests for global delivery operations. Designed and implemented architecture for high-performance file routing and lookup systems, ensuring accurate routing information on shipping labels. Additionally, I delivered a secure route code ingestion pipeline addressing challenges with interoperability and scalability between Amazon and its carrier partners, supporting the processing of approximately 20 million packages daily at peak times with a throughput of 250 transactions per second in North America (NA).

SDET - Intern

Mar 2015Aug 2015 · 5 mos

Mission r&d

Intern

Jun 2014Jul 2014 · 1 mo · IIIT Hyderabad

  • Mission R&D is an innovative initiative with the mission to “Contribute to the growth of India’s R&D ecosystem by developing the most promising technology students and by supporting the talent needs of product companies including start-ups".

Education

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Bachelor’s Degree — Computer Science

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