# Faris B. > Amazon | Software Development Engineer Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/faris Backend SWE @ Amazon ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Amazon Jan 2024 – Present | Sunnyvale, California, United States Serving as one of the primary owners driving next-generation serverless orchestration systems at Amazon, focused on building large-scale distributed infrastructure that enables dynamic global placement, function-level mobility, and low-latency execution. Developed a local testing framework that unified five production services into a single emulated environment for end-to-end validation, including an isolated class-loading system for engine-level and runtime-level testing. Built an agentic ai workflow to automate recurring API contract changes using Langgraph and contributed to evolving Amazon’s orchestration platform to support modular integration with emerging AI agent frameworks such as AWS Strands. Focusing on helping AI solutions become more durable and execute better at scale. ### Software Developer @ Amazon Web Services (AWS) Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area - Spearheaded the release of Amazon Q Chat in Visual Studio 2022 within the Amazon Toolkit, delivering multiple features such as theming, prerequisite installation handling, bug fixing, authentication handling, and integration with a custom Language Server Protocol. - Developed comprehensive AWS Cloudwatch dashboards, providing senior leadership with actionable insights into Q Apps product usage by over 2,000+ weekly active users through YTD and monthly metrics. Additionally, created service level metrics for various services, including latency, LLM token counts, LLM token costs, API usage, and API downtime. - Took ownership of integrating DataHub for the Amazon Q Chat LLM proxy service, collaborating cross-functionally to define and document required schemas for data storage. Managed parallelizing LLM input and output while ensuring concurrency for data storage in DataHub and LLM data in transit. - Architected and implemented a stale data clean-up solution for Generative AI suggestions, utilizing AWS Lambda for data retrieval, AWS DynamoDB for tracking stale data, and AWS Lambda triggered by an Eventbridge rule for timely deletion of stale data from the service. - Developed a pub-sub model using AWS Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK), creating Typescript and Java Lambdas as subscribers for user interactions with Amazon Honeycode, enabling event distribution to adjacent backend services. - Owned a Tier 1 backend service, handling instantiation of service-specific user components. Developed several GraphQL APIs and underlying resolver AWS Lambdas, enabling front-end services to call the service. Managed cross-team communication to ensure component schemas were accessible through the service. - Handled over 100+ primary on-call tickets for multiple services, resolving both customer and service-related issues with efficiency and professionalism ### Data Engineering Intern @ SAP Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, United States • Built a new internal global web application that helped over 1000 sales and delivery team members to gain instant access to customer data about their transition plans to S/4HANA systems via a centralized platform • Took a leadership role to manage the project deliverables, run weekly status meetings, and providing regular demos to leadership and broader team of 30+ members to gain feedback • As a key requirement integrated the web application with S/4HANA database, HANA XS, and oData service to store and retrieve customer information • Using Agile methodology developed the front-end using the SAPUI5 framework. Throughout this process managed stakeholder’s expectations, clear communication, and feedback to meet business requirements • Implemented SAML 2.0 SSO to maintain internal security and streamline user access to the application and meet corporate security compliance • Developed an Alexa Skill that used Support Vector Regression ML algorithm in R with SAP’s HANA database to predict and speak the future value of a stock as an orientation project ### Technology Services OnSite Consulting @ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Urbana-Champaign Area • Support faculty, staff, and students by appointment to troubleshoot and repair computer problems • Home networking setup and configuration • Disk and file restoration • Operating System and Software installation ### Research Assistant - Computer Assistant @ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 ### Game Tester @ HCL Technologies Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 ### Technical Intern @ SAP Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | 3999 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, PA 19073 Created an Alexa Skill that used a machine learning algorithm with a HANA database to predict and speak the future value of a stock. Learned: -R -HANA -Alexa SDK -Machine Learning Algorithm -Collaboration -Team Work -Support Vector Regression ### Marketing And Business Development Intern @ Bishop Ranch Intelligence Innovation Accelerator Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | 2600 Camino Ramon Suite 400 San Ramon, CA 94583 Working on various projects including: - Researched and created a schedule of events for the BRIIA calendar - Created and maintained BRIIA's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BRIIAInc/ - Posted various applications of AI/ML to the facebook page - Created various AI/ML related blog posts - Reviewed and did background research on applicants applying for the Accelerator program - Participated in reviewing pitches for the applicants applying for the Accelerator program - Helped liaison applicants to and from the conference room - Participated in bringing St. Mary's students from Barcelona, to visit a local start-up incubator ### Intern @ Knodemy Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | 2324 Second Street, LIvermore, CA 94550 - Worked in teams to develop different educational products that revolved around teaching students how to program. - Worked on a the development of an IOS app that connects high school students to college and professional mentors. The app is also available on the apple app store. Worked on the UI design and core functionality of the app. - Applied the use of Java, CSS, HTML, Python in the development of curricula - Developed curriculum for programming and Robotics for programs such as a Minecraft Coding Camps - Mentored in various hack-a-thons and challenges - Worked as an instructor and TA to teach technology programs offered at schools and organizations ### Technical Writing Intern @ Youth Competitive Programming Circle Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 Worked to create newsletters and grants for the Youth Competitive Programming Circle. Collaborated in a team to create professional news pieces for social media channels and YCPC website. Wrote weekly newsletters about technological advancements in society while tying it back to YCPC's goals. Worked on grant proposals and did outreach to various companies for funding. ### Congressional App Challenge @ Internet Education Foundation Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Workday, Pleasanton Participated in the 2016 Congressional App Challenge for high school students. Worked in a team to build an app that solved a societal issue. The app is a platform for companies and other adults to place jobs that give the opportunity for high-school students to gain work experience and earn money for the work that they completed. The platform was built using Html5, CSS5, Javascript, and firebase. ### Cyber Security Challenge @ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | 2324 Second Street, Livermore, CA Took part in a Cyber Security Challenge organized by both Lawrence Livermore National Lab and Knodemy in Livermore. Learned about network operations, computer systems, computer security, information protection, cyber policies, and how to apply the learned concepts in a life like environment. Worked in a group to solve various challenges pertaining to cyber security related issues and threats in a live and closed network setup for the challenge. Learned about various types of malicious software, cyber attacks such as cross site scripting, and network packet analyzer (such as wire shark). ### Hack-A-Thon Summer 2015 @ Knodemy Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | 2324 Second Street, Livermore, Ca Won first place in a hack-a-thon hosted in Livermore. Created a virtual assistant called Myva. Assistant had features such as time management and was able to track events that were planned. Was created with the use of Java, presented in HTML and CSS. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science and Advertising University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/faris-b --- Source: https://flows.cv/faris JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/faris/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22