# Bill Ao

> CS @ Princeton University | SDE @ Amazon

Location: Arlington, Virginia, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/billao

Princeton University CS Honors grad passionate about computer science, math, and finance. Current SDE at Amazon.

## Work Experience
### Software Development Engineer @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2024 – Present | Arlington, Virginia, United States

### COS 324 Teaching Assistant/Grader @ Princeton University
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Princeton, New Jersey, United States

### COS 240 Teaching Assistant @ Princeton University
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Assist advanced CS/math class on combinatorics, probability, graph theory, computability, and complexity
Meet with course manager weekly to discuss course feedback and students’ performance on topics
Lead office hours 2x/week for 150+ students; simplify concepts 1-on-1 and help with academic remediation

### Software Development Engineering Intern @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Herndon, Virginia, United States

### Co-Founder @ Sift
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Led tech team, built e-commerce platform structure MVP in 8 weeks using Swift and Firebase
Conducted market research for go-to-market strategy and “discovery commerce” business model 
Selected for Princeton 2022 Summer Entrepreneurship Accelerator and pitched to investors

### IBM Accelerate - Software Track @ IBM
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
Selected for 8-week professional development program focused on software engineering skills and business acumen
Built frontend web application leveraging HTML, CSS, React with backend capabilities

### COS 126 Grader @ Princeton University
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Princeton, New Jersey, United States

### Frontend Developer @ Impact Media 360, Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Built website with HTML, CSS, and JS using WordPress for Impact Media 360, an impact startup specializing in social impact media debuting in 2022
Worked and communicated daily with CEO and team of 6 interns to discuss direction/plans for the startup and collaborated with the software development team on Feel Good Buddy product design


## Education
### BSE in Computer Science
Princeton University

### Dual Enrollment Distance Math
Georgia Institute of Technology

### Peachtree Ridge High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bill-ao-1a537b183

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Last updated: 2026-04-05