# Bella Yavari > Software Engineer II @ AWS Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/bella ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer II @ Amazon Web Services (AWS) Jan 2025 – Present ### Software Engineer @ Amazon Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 ### Data Science Analyst @ Cisco Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 • Integrated advanced NLP techniques (text classification and sentiment analysis) via PyTorch and HuggingFace, transforming customer feedback into actionable insights that guided product roadmap and refinement. • Unified disparate data sources (Smartsheet, Tableau, Qualtrics) into a single, API-driven pipeline, accelerating data analysis and facilitating timely, data-informed business decisions. • Developed Customer Health Score for Cisco’s CX Cloud platform, enabling clients to proactively manage Cisco hardware devices and improve overall product utilization. • Co-lead for 2022 Summer Internship Program ### Machine Learning Instructor @ Inspirit AI Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 • Delivered interactive lectures and hands-on coding exercises to 100+ high school students, demystifying cutting-edge ML and AI concepts (Computer Vision, Recommendation Systems, Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning). • Mentored beginners through supervised ML projects—ranging from medical image classification to sentiment analysis—providing personalized guidance from model design to evaluation. • Led student groups through cumulative final projects spanning NLP + Finance, Exoplanet Classification, and AI Ethics, fostering critical thinking, technical proficiency, and responsible AI practices. ### Frontend Engineer @ Flamingle Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 • Built frontend for the Flamingle iOS application, using React Native to deliver a responsive video post feed. • Collaborated closely with designers and backend engineers to enhance UI/UX and optimize application performance, resulting in a user-centric mobile platform. ### Project Manager for Lovo.ai @ Big Data at Berkeley Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 • Led a team of 6 Data Consultants to boost optimization of the conversion funnel and increase client usage and experience for Lovo.ai, an AI computer software text to speech platform. • Manage client communication with Lovo.ai's CEO and Executive Team. • Provided mentorship, held workshops, developed code review processes, regularly updated clients, and optimized meetings to complete projects ### Data Consultant for COVID-19 Research & Analysis @ Big Data at Berkeley Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 • Conducted COVID-19 analysis on deaths and healthcare status within minority groups and how state policies have affected small businesses. • Used Tableau to create visualizations, broken down by various racial groups, specifically the number of staffed beds, cases, and deaths per racial group. ### Project Manager for California Family Fitness @ Big Data at Berkeley Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 • Developed ML model to predict the length of new customer memberships and created a detailed report of major pain points for CalFit customers • Led meetings, advised a team of 6 data consultants, provided technical support, and managed client communication • Developed actionable, data-driven recommendations for clients, based on past performance, current trends, and future predictions ### Data Consultant for Perkville @ Big Data at Berkeley Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Berkeley, CA • Conducted heavy EDA to identify correlations between types of rewards program usage and various metrics of customer satisfaction • Create kNN algorithm to predict churn-rate using features such as the month/year joined and the number of check-ins/month ### Data Analyst @ National Basketball Association (NBA) Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 • Applied K-Means clustering and predictive analytics to pinpoint high-potential geographic markets, informing strategic expansion plans and maximizing audience growth. • Developed dynamic Tableau dashboards to visualize and interpret international user engagement trends, empowering stakeholders with clear, actionable insights. ### Consultant @ The Ambassadors Company Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 ### Mobile Application Developer @ Barcoding, Inc. Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 • Create Random Forest Classification model to predict interactions between devices. ### VP of Community Development @ Berkeley Women in Business Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Berkeley, California • Coordinate the itineraries, budgets, and logistics for all of the internal development events, which include retreats, socials, and community outreach projects. • Create curriculum and host professional (resume, cover letter, LinkedIn) and technology (Microsoft Suite, Google Drive) workshops at the Family Justice Center to mentor and help women, who have encountered domestic violence, get jobs. ### Community Development Committee Member @ Berkeley Women in Business Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Berkeley, California ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Data Science University of California, Berkeley Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 ### Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Technology UC Berkeley College of Engineering ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bellayavari --- Source: https://flows.cv/bella JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/bella/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22