# Neha Poonia

> Software Engineer @ Amazon Web Services (AWS) | SJSU

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

With over two years of experience in software engineering, I specialize in developing and optimizing scalable cloud-based systems. As a Software Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS), I am committed to enhancing performance, maintainability, and reliability of critical services. My mission is to deliver innovative solutions that align with AWS's culture of operational excellence while empowering teams to achieve business goals. I bring a results-driven mindset, technical expertise in Java and databases, and a collaborative approach to problem-solving.  

At AWS, I have spearheaded impactful projects, including refactoring the AWS Glue Interactive Session kernel to boost performance and maintainability. My contributions include implementing IAM authentication, session management, and ETL code execution for Jupyter notebook kernels, as well as automating region launches through Hydra for acceptance and canary tests. These experiences underscore my ability to design, develop, and enhance robust systems that meet evolving business requirements.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2023 – Present | East Palo Alto, CA
• Spearheaded the complete refactoring of the AWS Glue Interactive session kernel, significantly enhancing performance and maintainability.
• Created an additional tagging and assume role feature to Jupyter notebook kernel for Interactive Sessions with built-in IAM authentication, session management, and ETL code execution.
• Designed, developed, maintained, and enhanced systems based on business requirements using approved technologies and coding standards.
• Migrated acceptance and canary tests to the Hydra platform for region launch automation, while monitoring platform performance to ensure reliability and efficiency.

### Associate Software Engineer @ Moody's Analytics
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Conducted Redshift Proof of concept which helped in improving Athena query performance by at least 50
• Design and implementation of services built in Scala for Impairment Studio - a finance based application to calculate expected credit losses.

### SDE Intern @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | East Palo Alto, California, United States
• Created DynamoDB tables, Data Access Object, and APIs for AWS Glue Interactive Sessions to list sessions by ID, creation time and status, etc.
• Fixed and created additional testing infrastructure in AWS Glue for integration testing, acceptance testing, and canary testing.

### Senior Associate @ Moody's Analytics
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Gurgaon, India
• Responsibilities included estimating and planning deliveries, gathering business requirements, and turning them into technical solutions.
• Spearheaded the development of new products entailing prototyping, performing competitive analysis & market research.
• Wrote more than 125 SQL and Python scripts for analysis, reporting, and extraction using complex joins, grouping, and cursors.

### Associate @ Moody's Analytics
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Gurgaon, Haryana, India

### Analyst @ JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Bangalore
• Developed ETL pipelines and scripts to analyze and automate the data flow that improved efficiency by almost 50%.
• Oversaw 300+ data feeds to gather process and publish firm-wide client profitability data each month, ensuring SLAs are met.

### Business Analyst @ EduChat
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Bengaluru Area, India

### Senior Analyst @ Copal Amba (A Moody's Analytics Company)
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Gurgaon, Haryana, India
• Designed and developed risk foundation suites to enable testing on stage and production environments easier and more maintainable.
• Created VBA and MS Access applications to automate tasks that increased productivity by at least 30%.

### Trainee Analyst @ Axtria
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Gurgaon, India

### Research Trainee @ Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Pilani


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Software Engineering
San José State University

### Bachelor of Technology - BTech in Information Technology
Rajasthan Technical University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/poonianeha91

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Last updated: 2026-03-29