# Ilyas Salam

> Software Development Engineer II at AWS

Location: Watertown, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/ilyas

Software Engineer with experience in implementing large-scale software solutions for companies across financial, media and entertainment, and publishing sectors. Conceptualized and implemented full software development lifecycle applications and customizable solutions. Core technical skills include Python, Java, Amazon Web Services, and experienced with working in Agile development environments.

## Work Experience
### Software Development Engineer II @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2022 – Present | United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ State Auto Insurance
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Columbus, Ohio, United States
● Designed and developed a client-facing claim submission application from the ground up that significantly decreased manual intervention (phone calls, emails, etc.)
● Built and maintained serverless applications using SAM CLI and CDK scripts that resulted with dynamic project configurations and allowed the nimble creation of new environments
● Utilized AWS services such as API Gateways and Lambdas to build reliable, dynamic, and secure microservices that produced rapid responses and decreased loading/processing times for clients
● Decomposed requirements to smaller tasks and used Jenkins for daily automated deployments to production which resulted with an improved CI/CD pipeline
● Monitored, debugged, and delegated production issues using CloudWatch and Splunk to team members that resulted with fast bug fixes
● Reviewed pull requests for various projects to ensure business rules are met and code standards are followed
● Maintained a unit test coverage across projects of over 80% that helped in reliability when adding new code
● Migrated a Java portal application to the AWS tech stack and decommissioned environments that helped in cutting costs of maintaining legacy systems
● Trained new employees, offshore contractors, and interns in both business and technical aspects

### Software Engineer @ State Auto Insurance
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Columbus, Ohio, United States

### Application Developer @ FADEL
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Lebanon
● Implemented complex new backend/frontend features to the software based on design documents
● Tuned SQL DB performance by analyzing explain plans, re-structuring queries, and modifying table indexes
● Tuned the load of processes on servers by implementing tools to monitor the CPU and Java threads
● Refactored undocumented legacy code resulting in an improved debugging experience and code performance
● Built diagnostic queries to identify and fix the corrupted data for major issues on a client’s instance
● Trained new employees in JSP and Java, and provided technical walkthroughs of the software
● Supported large clients such as The Walt Disney Company and Pearson

### Junior Application Developer @ FADEL
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019

### Software Developer @ Capital Banking Solutions
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Lebanon
●	Created and maintained Oracle ADF applications and Oracle Forms based on design documents
●	Built PL/SQL packages for assigned migration projects resulting with improved and coherent business flow

### IT Support @ Lebanese American University
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Lebanon
●	Troubleshot all aspects of PCs and IT related machines in terms of hardware and operating systems
●	Researched and investigated problems, and provided the necessary solutions


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science
Lebanese American University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ilyas-salam-0a2b16111

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Source: https://flows.cv/ilyas
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Last updated: 2026-03-31