Naman Rajpal

Senior Software Development Engineer @ Amazon

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About Me

Innovative Senior Software Development Engineer with extensive experience at Amazon, specializing in AWS, serverless architecture, generative AI applications, and building scalable solutions. Proven track record in leading high-impact projects across spatial computing, compliance auditing, Prime membership growth, and infrastructure readiness, significantly enhancing customer experiences and operational efficiency.

Skills

Team Leadership AWS Distributed Systems Design Applied AI Spatial Computing (XR) Computer Vision Python C++11+ React Node.js

Career Journey

Senior Software Development Engineer

Amazon

Apr 2022 – Present | Seattle, WA

Leading development of generative AI frameworks for emerging devices. Continued advocacy and implementation of serverless solutions.

Software Development Engineer II

Amazon

Nov 2019 – Apr 2022 | Greater Seattle Area

Lead engineer for CASTR compliance audit suite (10k+ rules, 15+ geos, 98% time reduction). Developed backend services for Prime offers impacting 1M+ customers. Drove Prime acquisition via Whole Foods integration.

Software Development Engineer

Amazon

Dec 2018 – Nov 2019 | Seattle, WA

Contributed to Prime sign-up optimization projects leading to 7000000+ incremental sign-ups.

Software Engineer

OM Partners

Feb 2018 – Dec 2018 | Atlanta, GA

Created APIs for data retrieval framework, reducing developer effort by 50%. Worked on enterprise supply chain software using C++17.

Adjunct Instructor

UF Digital Worlds Institute

Jan 2017 – Dec 2017 | Gainesville, FL

Taught "Wearable and Mobile Computing" and Unity3D/C# scripting.

Software Intern, SDK & Tools

Magic Leap

May 2017 – Aug 2017 | Fort Lauderdale, FL

Implemented integration test suites and enhanced build automation for SDK artifacts using C#/.NET.

Featured Projects

Spatial Computing Prototypes

Amazon SWS Team

2022–2024

Led technical development for spatial computing prototypes, creating software frameworks and algorithms for interactive projections, impacting Amazon's ambient computing strategy.

Spatial ComputingR&DSoftware FrameworksAlgorithmsLeadership

CASTR Audit Platform

Amazon Compliance Ops

2021–2022

Lead engineer for CASTR, a scalable serverless audit platform for transportation risk management. Launched across 19+ regions, significantly improving compliance processes.

ServerlessAWSDistributed SystemsComplianceLeadershipArchitecture

Prime – Whole Foods Integration

Amazon Prime

2019

Pivotal role in integrating Prime upsell via SMS in Whole Foods stores. Designed solution architecture and implemented key features, opening a new customer acquisition channel.

Retail IntegrationSMSCustomer AcquisitionArchitectureBackend

Prime Sign-up Growth

Amazon Prime

2019–2020

Contributed to optimizing online Prime sign-ups. Helped design MOOSE (dynamic strategy selection) and mentored development of CALF (configuration UI).

GrowthOptimizationA/B TestingBackendUI

Prime Day Readiness

Amazon Prime

2019

Ensured Prime-related systems could handle Prime Day traffic surges through scalability and load testing initiatives.

ScalabilityLoad TestingInfrastructureResilienceAWS