# Tristan Lam

> SWE @ AWS DynamoDB | UWaterloo CS Grad

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/tristanlam

I have experience with distributed systems, databases, and latency sensitive development and enjoy working on tough problems.

I'm always open to chat about opportunities, either through LinkedIn or at tristan.lam@uwaterloo.ca

## Work Experience
### Software Development Engineer @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2025 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States
🧠 DynamoDB Placement and Cells - Figuring out which node in the distributed network your data should land on.
📈 Global Admission Control - Global, table, and replica level throttling

### Software Development Engineer @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Seattle, Washington, United States
💯 DynamoDB Performance Team
Developing a sweeper to identify infrequently accessed data on disks with high space and IOPS utilization, and enqueuing moves to more suitable disks to balance space and IOPS utilization across storage node fleets

### Software Development Engineer @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Seattle, Washington, United States
💯 DynamoDB Performance Team
Developed automations for rating IOPS for the servers backing DynamoDB via adjusting load in real time with feedback from JMX metrics, resulting in higher and more accurate ratings enabling a safe increase of throughput across all server instances

### Machine Learning Engineer @ Match Group
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Vancouver, BC
📈 Data Analytics & ML Recommendations - Improving efficiency of ML models

### Backend Software Engineer @ Arcturus Networks Inc.
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
📸 Computer Vision and Performance - Building C++ backend for ML detections and video playback

### Full Stack Software Engineer @ WSIB Innovation Lab
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
🧠 Machine Learning and Web Dev teams - Improving insurance claims processing with NLP

### Full Stack Software Engineer @ Hop In Technologies
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
💻 Web Dev team - Developing shuttle routing and driver/rider QR code authentication

### Co-Founder and Full Stack Developer @ Wave Chat
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
OmegU is a web platform that connects incoming first-year university students with similar interests through calls that offer both video and text chat

1500+ users, 6 Universities

### Soccer Referee @ Ottawa Internationals Soccer Club
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019

### Frontend Developer @ Loïc Martin
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
Worked under Loic Martin building the front end for the Agnes Zabali Boys and Girls Club, a charity dedicated to educating children living in poverty.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
University of Waterloo
Jan 2020 – Jan 2025

### International Exchange
The University of Hong Kong
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023

### Ontario Secondary School Diploma
The Element High School
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020

### Carleton University - Information Management & Data Analytics Enrichment Course
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018

### University of Ottawa - Electrical & Computer Engineering Enrichment Course
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018

### University of Ottawa - Software Engineering & Computer Science Enrichment Course
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-29