Experience
Software Development Engineer
July 2023 - Present
After a great internship experience, I returned to Amazon for a full-time position.
Currently, I work on the Fees team, which is responsible for setting and processing all fees for Amazon Stores. My team builds the web application and configuration store that manages $25B+ in fee changes each year. The configuration store serves as the knowledge
base for execution services, serving 2.5B+ daily requests.
One of my favorite projects was building a testing framework that lets us safely test fee changes in a sandbox environment before they go live. I also got to work as the sole North American engineer coordinating with product managers in Europe and engineers in China to launch a new fee that ended up generating $23M in additional revenue. More recently, I built a GenAI-powered Slack bot with two other engineers that answers questions about seller fees. It won our team hackathon and placed in the top 10 at the larger FBA GenAI Fair.
I'm also part of the on-call rotation, which means I get paged when things break in production. It's taught me a lot about diagnosing issues quickly and building more resilient systems.
Software Development Engineering Intern
May 2022 - August 2022
I spent the summer in Vancouver as part of the Automated Profitability Management (APM) - Supplier Contract Optimization (SCO) team, working on Automated Vendor Negotiations (AVN). This tool is used by Amazon Vendor Managers to negotiate with vendors and sends 1000+ emails daily, with volume increasing during annual vendor negotiations.
My summer project involved designing and developing a new generic, reusable email service to replace the existing implementation. After 2 weeks of design and 4 weeks of development, I delivered a service that could send emails and collect detailed email metrics.
Beyond coding, I became a regular at Amazon's pickup soccer group and explored Vancouver with new and old friends. Overall, it was an incredible experience working with a fantastic team in a great city.
Software Developer Intern
May 2021 - April 2022
For my first role in the software industry, I worked at Arcurve developing a full-stack web application for monitoring, visualizing, and predicting gas delivery information.
This project provided an excellent introduction to industry software, featuring a mature, well-architected codebase with complex technical challenges. I was fortunate to work with two incredible mentors who taught me lots about best coding practices and the Software Development Life Cyle.
Beyond technical work, I participated in a Community Social Responsibility (CSR) project with fellow interns. We created an orange-flavored kombucha to sell to Arcurvians and friends, with all proceeds going to the Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter. The orange pictured above is Pip, our kombucha mascot. Through this initiative, we raised over $4000 for the shelter.
I'm incredibly grateful that my first software development role was at Arcurve. Not only did I learn tremendously about software engineering, but Arcurve was exceptionally supportive of my growth. I highly recommend Arcurve to any aspiring software developers.
