# Andrew Raguse

> Founding Full-Stack Engineer

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/andrewraguse

As a former Software Development Engineer II at Amazon, I have extensive experience in building scalable, high-performance systems. At Amazon, I led the cross-team efforts to scale an AWS service for Alexa screen device contextual content, boosting throughput from 400 to 8,000 transactions per second through comprehensive load and stress testing. I worked across 5+ microservice codebases, contributing to an increase of 250,000 monthly active users and a high six-figure revenue increase for the Alexa Home Productivity team. My expertise includes creating scalable GUI templates, designing end-to-end integration testing infrastructure, and mentoring new team members. I'm now seeking a full-time role in Full Stack Engineering where I can leverage my skills in Java, Python, AWS, Android Development, and UI/UX Design to contribute to innovative projects.

## Work Experience
### Founding Full-Stack Engineer @ Le Walk
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, New York, United States
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### Software Development Engineer II @ Amazon
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Led extensive, cross-team scalability efforts of an AWS service that provides seamless delivery of visual content to Alexa screen devices, in- creasing throughput from 400 to 8,000 transactions per second. Ensured high performance by conducting load and stress tests, provisioning ad- ditional hosts and threads, and implementing dynamic content selection for multiple content cards.
• As a cross-team engineer working across 5+ microservice codebases, I contributed to 12.2 million annualized dialogs, an increase of 250,000 in monthly active users, 580,000 daily active users, and a high six-figure amount in annual revenue for the Alexa Home Productivity team.
• Developed scalable and extendable GUI templates, data schemas, and rendering logic across microservices (alarms, reminders, kitchen), enabling the team to run visual experiments on Alexa screen devices. Created new APIs and established cross-domain handoffs to facilitate seamless event creation, deletion, and editing across different domains.
• Designed the infrastructure for end-to-end integration testing to sup- port Alexa screen device A/B experiments, incorporating API mocking, visual template data validation, cross-domain handoff validation and automated AWS CodePipeline testing to ensure reliability and scalab- ility.
• Enhanced operational excellence by fine-tuning our team’s service performance monitors, adding promotion blockers, rollback alarms, and experiment-specific dashboards. Developed integration testing for our service’s upsell card content and designed an override system to support automated pipeline testing and user acceptance testing.
• Onboarded and mentored newer team members on backend architecture, guiding them through the end-to-end experiment development pro- cess. Authored comprehensive documentation on service onboarding, load testing, integration testing, and experiment creation to facilitate knowledge sharing and support the team’s growth.

### Software Development Engineer I @ Amazon
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Vice President of Communications @ The Berkeley Forum
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Manage three teams (Marketing, Data Analytics, Press and Special Projects) which
consist of five members each
• Work with team heads to create and execute event marketing strategies, launch projects
for data team to assess effectiveness of new outreach campaigns, and design assets
• Meet with executive leadership committee weekly to discuss and assess club
productivity, event logistics, and internal projects
•Research and contact local organizations with similar interests to formulate relationships and increase event attendance

### Senior Counselor @ Special Camp for Special Kids
Jan 2013 – Jan 2019 | Orange County, California Area
•Work at summer camp for kids with disabilities
•Oversee counselors and campers to ensure all weekly operations run smoothly
•Main point of contact for resolving issues involving counselors, campers, and their parents/guardians

### Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Intern @ Injectsense Inc.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Emeryville, California
Conducted competitive market research on AI applications in the medical field to understand how data was collected, utilized, and which machine learning practices were used in similar medical technologies.
Collaborated with Software Engineers to develop a strategy for integrating AI and machine learning practices into the company’s medical data analysis processes.
algorithms to analyze data received by the company’s medical product

### Computer Programming Intern @ Inphi Corporation
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017
Streamlined data management using Python and SQL, consolidating scattered test information into a standardized Excel format.
Engineered an internal database for streamlined access to chip data, enhancing report generation and analysis capabilities.

### CS10 Lab Assistant @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
•Provided additional aid for students learning Scratch and Python
•Assist students with labs, homework assignments, and projects

### ASUC Senate Campaign Team Member @ Associated Students of the University of California
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017
•Created content, design, and vision for campaign social media graphics
•Contacted potential voters via social media to educate and encourage election participation
•Input and oversee votes in master list to ensure candidate attains necessary number required


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020

### Corona del Mar High School
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/andrew-raguse
- Website: https://drew-codes.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-01