# Vinay Shah

> Building Experimentation at Amazon

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/vinayshah

I am currently a Software Engineer working at Amazon.

I am in a constant pursuit of knowledge and I love a new challenge. Whether it is designing a new type of "white-cane" for the blind, or developing a web-extension to summarize and score privacy policies; I am passionate about finding real world problems, and finding new ways to solve them. I enjoy appreciating beautiful design, and strive to make my work accessible and intuitive to use.

When I am not working, I am busy exploring and adventuring! I love to bike, boulder and slackline. If I'm not at home, you can usually find me training at the nearest bouldering gym.

Feel free to connect with me, and reach out to me with any projects and ideas!

## Work Experience
### Software Development Engineer II @ Amazon
Jan 2021 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States
Working on A/B experimentation at Amazon. I work on our C++ client that we vend to over 100,000 hosts, and manage a service that handles the scale of 100 billion requests per day.

### Software Engineer @ Amazon
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Greater Seattle Area

### Technical Lead @ PrivacyCheck
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Austin, Texas Area
Digital privacy is a freedom that all of us value, but many corporations abuse. Corporations do not tell you right away what information is being tracked, and who else has access to this data. They protect themselves by creating long legal documents like privacy policies, that the average user has no idea how to interpret. 

PrivacyCheck aims to solve this issue of misinformation in today's age. PrivacyCheck is a browser extension available for download on Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. It scan's through a privacy policy and uses machine learning to determine how well the policy protects your data.

I serve as the Technical Lead for a 6 person team, and we are currently working on rolling out a brand new version of PrivacyCheck to make it even better!

PrivacyCheck was built entirely using React.js to service the front-end; AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, and AWS API Gateway, and S3 to service the back-end. 

Check out the latest version in the link below!
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacycheck/poobeppenopkcbjejfjenbiepifcbclg?hl=en

### Software Development Engineer Intern @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Seattle Area
• Designed an AWS Lambda function to automate restricted data-import from “air-gapped” regions to “classic” regions
• Lambda is triggered by an SNS notification, and then imports and processes data from an S3 bucket into DynamoDB
• Improved customer satisfaction by reducing data access time from hours to minutes
• Refactored existing codebase to make future projects easier to implement

### Student Staff @ Texas Inventionworks
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Austin, Texas Area
• Use and maintain all machines including: 3D Printers(FDM, SLA, SLS), Laser Cutters, CNC Mills, Sewing Machines, Sticker Makers, Oscilloscopes, Soldering Irons, Drill Press, Band Saw, 
• Coach student population on the usage of all equipment
• Interact with students and assist in troubleshooting
• Supervise operation of the facility during finals week with over 100 students utilizing the space

### Undergraduate R&D Intern @ Sandia National Laboratories
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Albuquerque, New Mexico Area
• Designed a flight-testing device for the Aircraft Compatibility organization
• Collaborated closely with Mechanical Engineers to make a compact, and energy efficient device
• Presented ideas and drawings for the device to the lead engineers and gained approval for production
• Reduced organizational spending by $9000

### Lab Research Assistant @ Medical Devices Laboratory
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Austin, Texas Area
• Designed and manufactured ClearCam, a novel in-vivo laparoscope lens cleaner to improve surgical vision
• Performed extensive experimentation and proof of concept analysis to test device safety and durability
• Develop experiments to determine purity of air passing through prototype filter for prevention of particle inhalation
• Create custom program to conduct image analysis of dust particle filtrates

### Hardware Product Developer @ Mindwear
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Austin, Texas Area
• Engineered hardware for MindWear, a revolutionary discrete audio technology that enhances human intelligence through AI
• Collaborated with a team of talented engineers to develop prototypes that were demoed at SXSW

### Participant @ Austin Technology Incubator
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Austin, Texas Area
Participant of ATI's Student Entrepreneur Acceleration and Launch program.

• Pitched startup medical device company to 30+ potential investors at the Capital Factory
• Obtained experience in Financial Forecasting and Modeling, Customer Needs Analysis, FDA regulation, Intellectual Property Protection, Company Formation
• Delivered 5+ presentations in front of 10 judges and thoughtfully answered questions regarding the product


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020

### High School Diploma in School
Anand Niketan Satellite
Jan 2010 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vinay-s-shah

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Last updated: 2026-03-22