# Rishi Barad

> Software Engineer @ Amazon

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/rishibarad

Check out some of my projects here: https://github.com/rishibarad
Reach me through LinkedIn Messages or email (rishib@umich.edu)

## Work Experience
### Software Development Engineer II @ Amazon
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, New York, United States
Amazon Advertising for Streaming TV (Prime Video, Twitch, etc.)

### Software Develoment Engineer II @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Seattle, Washington, United States
Contributed to the development of Kiro: The AI IDE for prototype to production

### Software Development Engineer II @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Seattle, Washington, United States
Develop AWS Toolkit extensions for the Visual Studio IDE and Azure DevOps:
- Contributed heavily to the integration of Amazon Q (Generative AI Powered Assistant) in the Visual Studio IDE. Launched Amazon Q inline code suggestions at AWS re:Invent 2023 and Amazon Q chat and security scan integrations in July 2024
- Product owner for the AWS Toolkit for Azure DevOps

### Software Engineer Intern @ Alloy Automation
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Engineer Intern @ Alloy Automation
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Mobile Application Developer @ Michigan Hackers
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Ann Arbor, MI
• Built Fitness Tracker iOS and Android apps using Google’s Firebase platform and Flutter UI

### Research Assistant @ Michigan Medicine
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Ann Arbor, MI
• Spearheaded pilot study examining impact of tDCS (low-current neuromodulation) on recovery from aphasia (auditory processing disorder)
• Presented results to 100+ researchers at Harvard’s National Collegiate Research Conference


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science & Neuroscience
University of Michigan

### Northville High School


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-05