# Vedant Purohit

> SDE II @ Amazon

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

Software Engineer with over 3.5 years of combined experience in full-stack development spanning several different industries with the most time spent in the Advertising space. Graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Computer Science degree in 2022. Worked with several of the leading frontend frameworks (React, Angular, etc), as well as many backend libraries (Python, .NET, etc). Proficient in many programming languages including Java, JavaScript, Python, C, C++, C#. Experienced with distributed and cloud-based technologies like AWS (Several certifications), Docker and Kuberneters. Currently working on the latest developments of LLMs and Agentic AI in the advertising space, specifically applying the tools in the discovery problem. I have a passion about learning new things and exploring new opportunities, especially ways in which I can use my skills in tech to improve different industries.

## Work Experience
### Software Development Engineer II @ Amazon
Jan 2024 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area
In addition to the responsibilities in SDE I role, new role involves:
- Leading new team initiatives by working closely with product requirements and producing E2E system designs to satisfy the requirements using crucial cloud technologies like EC2, ECS, DynamoDB, EMR, Lambda and API Gateway
- Assisting in recruiting for the team and mentoring new team members in team processes and software development practices
- Currently applying LLMs and Agentic AI to solutions in the Advertising space, notably working on the Advertising Targeting agent solution for Amazon that scaled to 1000+ advertisers after GA

### Software Development Engineer @ Amazon
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | New York City Metropolitan Area
- Part of Sponsored Display Backend team that handles the Big Data pipeline for the Advertising product
- Working on enriching the data by creating new avenues of data ingestion through Spark in Java to provide richer data for client teams
- Working on improving code infrastructure by improving latency of services through regionalization and taking full advantage of the AWS cloud

### Software Engineering Intern - Performance Engineering @ Tesla
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Remote
‣ Worked on the Performance Engineering (PE) team building the team’s automated testing platform that would assist dev teams to setup their own tests, improving testing times and creating a more efficient release cycle
‣ Built application frontend using JavaScript and React with the backend built using .NET Core and C#

### Software Development Engineer Intern @ Amazon
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
‣ Worked on the Sponsored Display team that works on providing a self-served display ad solution to advertisers
‣ Built a prototype of solution that would allow advertisers to target audiences using their location (GeoTargeting)
‣ Prototype built using several AWS services lambda, EMR, API Gateway, S3, EC2, DynamoDB and Elasticsearch
‣ Audience data processing done using Big Data technology Spark

### Software Engineer Intern @ Snapcommerce
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
‣ Worked with UX designers and Product Managers to improve and build features for the main web application visited 1000+ times daily
‣ Built customer support tools as FrontApp extensions and React web applications resulting in customer wait and resolution times to be substantially reduced

### Software Engineer Intern @ Snapcommerce
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Toronto, Canada Area
‣ Improved the crucial room mapping algorithm using Python, which efficiently and effectively parses room information from a given description, and runs 1000+ times a day
‣ Built Python automation to streamline COVID-19 cancellation process through Freshdesk webhooks, handling 1000+ cancellation requests
‣ Used Snowflake to swiftly query and process warehoused data for backend operations

### Software Developer Intern @ Thomson Reuters
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Toronto, Canada Area
‣ Built web applications using Angular (AngularJS) on Visual Studio Code, which were used by other teams to streamline operations, as well as clients in the form of a company product (Legal Center)
‣ Built RESTful APIs using ASP.NET Core on Visual Studio, which served as backend for the web applications
‣ Hosted and Deployed applications using Microsoft Azure on Azure DevOps
‣ Worked and collaborated in an agile team with weekly sprints

### Software Developer Intern @ Nielsen
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Toronto, Canada Area
‣ Built dynamic websites using .NET on Visual Studio, which were used to collect data from clients
‣ Developed stored procedures on SQL Server Management Studio to streamline the upgrade of data factory
‣ Generated applications using C# to deliver client demands
‣ Worked with various teams on diverse projects and applications


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
University of Waterloo


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vedant-purohit
- Portfolio: https://www.vedant.ca

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Last updated: 2026-03-29