# Jad Chaar > Senior Software Engineer and Technical Leader at Amazon Location: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jad ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Development Engineer @ Amazon Jan 2024 – Present | Culver City, California, United States ### Software Development Engineer II @ Amazon Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Irvine, California, United States Responsible for developing backend systems that power the home feed of the Alexa Mobile app ### Software Development Engineer I @ Amazon Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Irvine, California, United States ### Graduate Student Instructor - Web Systems (EECS 485) @ University of Michigan College of Engineering Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Ann Arbor, Michigan - Hold weekly office hours to assist students with understanding conceptual problems and projects - Facilitate weekly discussion section to teach and review relevant concepts such as server- and client-side dynamic pages, networking, Google File System, and MapReduce - Collaborate with other staff members to refactor project code, update project specifications, and write and grade exams ### Software Development Engineer Intern - Alexa Mobile @ Amazon Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Remote - Developed a feature for the Alexa Mobile Android app focused on increasing user engagement and retention - Attended formal design review meetings with senior SDEs to review system architecture - Created a full unit test suite and achieved +85% line coverage - Integrated with Amazon’s proprietary feature-gating system to enable a gradual rollout to customers in Fall 2020 ### Instructional Aide - Web Systems (EECS 485) @ University of Michigan College of Engineering Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Ann Arbor, Michigan - Hold weekly office hours to assist students with understanding conceptual problems and projects - Facilitate weekly discussion section to teach and review relevant concepts such as server- and client-side dynamic pages, networking, Google File System, and MapReduce - Collaborate with other staff members to refactor project code, update project specifications, and write and grade exams ### Financial Analyst and Technology Consultant @ Michigan Stocks and Bonds (MSBO) Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Ann Arbor, Michigan ### Software Engineering Intern @ Coupa Supply Chain, powered by LLamasoft Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Ann Arbor, Michigan - Worked in a team of seven to transition the LLamasoft Visualizer platform from Tableau to Sisense - Developed a microservice and REST API in C# to interact with the Sisense platform - Synchronized the microservice with LLamasoft’s existing Cloud Platform using Rabbit MQ - Worked in an agile environment with two-week sprints and bi-weekly demos ### Campus Ambassador @ Canvas Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Ann Arbor, Michigan - Automated hiring platform that helps students discover and connect with top tech companies - Promote the Jumpstart platform and inform students at Michigan about its capabilities and features - Responsible for testing and giving feedback at different stages of web and mobile app development ### Software Engineering Intern @ 1Password Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Toronto, Canada Area - Small company that develops 1Password, a password manager used by 30,000+ businesses and 15+ million users - Designed and built a command-line tool in Go to validate imported translations from Crowdin - Implemented toolbar icon picker to improve dark mode support of the 1Password X browser extension using React - Increased coverage and improved reliability of the build verification tests (BVT) using Selenium and TypeScript - Participated in “customer support Mondays”, answering questions and providing assistance via email and forums ### Software Engineering Intern @ TwoScoreTwo Inc Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Ann Arbor, Michigan - Startup that develops enterprise blockchain software for detecting B2B supply chain fraud - Designed and built a cross-platform desktop app using Electron, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS - Helped create a REST API using Python Flask, Flask RESTPlus, and Gunicorn - Deployed and maintained the API across multiple Ubuntu-based Amazon EC2 instances ### Marketer and Website Designer @ Sculptures by Murray Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Ardsley, NY - Designed marketing materials (e.g. logos, business cards, postcards) - Created a website (murraybodin.com) to showcase Murray Bodin's artwork and gain customers ### Alternative Energy Consultant @ Ardsley High School Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Ardsley, NY - Worked in coordination with the engineering firm Eisenbach & Ruhnke - Researched alternative energy technologies to cut costs and pursue energy independence - Outlined possible energy combinations that could be used in the 2018-2019 project - Concluded that installing trigeneration microturbines and solar panels could save the district >$100,000/year ### Market Research Intern @ VenturePact Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | New York, NY - Determined the interest level for VenturePact's new lead generation tool, Outgrow - Researched and analyzed current lead generation strategies and tools to market the new product appropriately - Learned sales prospecting: compiled contact lists, created and distributed questionnaires, and analyzed responses ## Education ### Master of Science in Engineering (M.S.E.) in Computer Science University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 ### Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) in Computer Science University of Michigan College of Engineering Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 ### Diploma Ardsley High School Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jadchaar - Website: https://jadchaar.me --- Source: https://flows.cv/jad JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jad/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22