# Jobair Hassan

> Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jobair

ABOUT ME:
■ A fun and outgoing software engineer, with interests in cloud computing and distributed systems
■ An avid coder who hacks things together as a hobby
■ A natural leader; I love bringing teams together to solve interesting and challenging problems
■ A keen investor; I am developing a diverse portfolio of stocks that outperform the market
■ Big into fitness/nutrition, outdoor activities, and sports

EXPERIENCE AREAS:
■ Cloud Computing
■ Distributed Systems
■ Team Building/Leadership
■ Mobile Application Development
■ Web Development
■ Developing Software in an Agile Environment
■ Software Testing 
■ Quality Assurance
■ Developing Enterprise Applications
■ Big Data Analytics

## Work Experience
### Software Development Engineer III (Tech Lead) @ Amazon
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Development Engineer II @ Amazon
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Development Engineer I @ Amazon
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Development Engineering Intern @ Amazon Web Services
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Reduced monthly EC2 costs and increased EC2 fleet utilization through implementing auto scaling of fleet workers to scale fleet up promptly for demand spikes, and scale down during down times.

- Increased service responsiveness by dynamically scaling the number of concurrent jobs allowed per customer based on current customer demand.

- Developed internal tools to monitor and manage EC2 fleet workers using Java and JavaScript

### Software Engineering Intern @ Yahoo! Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Implemented a recommendation widget on the Polyvore.com shop page that generated over $1,000/month in ad click revenue. 

- Developed ETL jobs using Apache Spark and Spotify’s Luigi framework that transformed and loaded data into AWS S3, Athena, and Redshift.

- Designed and implemented an in-house system for managing and scheduling ETL jobs.
	
- Implemented end to end features for Polyvore.com using Python, Perl, and Node.js.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Gametime United
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Realized 5 – 10x speedups of Amazon Kinesis consumer applications via algorithmic improvements and implementing concurrent processing of data from multiple Kinesis streams.

- Created Amazon Kinesis data streaming applications that streamed live data from MongoDB into Redshift, keeping Redshift data real-time.

- Reduced SQL query execution time by over 50% through implementing an automated system that optimized Redshift tables periodically.

- Implemented an automated ETL data warehousing system that backed up critical PostgreSQL data onto Amazon S3 and loaded the data into Amazon Redshift.

### Software Developer @ SAP
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Developed and tested new features and improvements to the SAP IQ and SAP Dynamic Tiering installer applications using Java, Python, and Bash. 

- Significantly increased performance of the SAP IQ database installation wizard by implementing a phased approach installation algorithm, completing each installation phase only as required.

- Integrated SAP Dynamic Tiering installer with SAP HANA installer to provide a seamless installation of both products through one installer application.

### Enterprise Java Developer @ Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
- Implemented a performance-tracking web application using J2EE and the Struts framework that tracked real-time performance of thousands of employees.

- Integrated performance-tracking application with Toyota’s internal logistics management application to monitor efficiency of parts delivery for entire plant.

- Developed a web application to display real-time logistics data and statistics in a graphical format using JavaScript and the jqPlot graphing library.

- Created and conducted unit tests, regression tests, and stress tests of application, and gained client approval of application after user-acceptance tests.

- Gave final presentation to executive board on how I used the Toyota Business Practice problem solving method to complete software projects that increased Toyota's logistics system's efficiency.

### Software Test Analyst @ You.i
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Used Monkeyrunner and Python to develop programs that automated major areas of feature tests for the Rogers Shomi Android application.

- Increased stress testing efficiency on the Shomi Android application by over 50% through using the Monkeyrunner tool to generate streams of random events.  

- Created mind maps to demonstrate product workflows and screen transitions.

- Documented user story acceptance criteria and tests.

### Sales Force Development Associate @ Bayer
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
- Communicated findings from analysis of sales data to department heads through multiple presentations.

- Analyzed drug sales and conducted sample audits to ensure consistency.

- Designed training workshops for sales representatives.


## Education
### Bachelor of Software Engineering in with Distinction
University of Waterloo

### Ontario Secondary School Diploma
North Albion Collegiate Institute


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jobairhassan

---
Source: https://flows.cv/jobair
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jobair/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-29