Abhilash Kuhikar
Software Development Engineer II at Amazon
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAbhilash Kuhikar is a Software Development Engineer II with 10 years of experience building reliable, production-grade systems at Amazon and AWS, currently based in Seattle. He contributed to Amazon’s open-source SQL-compatible query language PartiQL and shipped features for Amazon Q/CodeWhisperer, pairing language design work with practical developer tooling. His background spans backend services, test automation, and performance-sensitive C++ R&D—evident from contributions to the popular AWS Toolkit for JetBrains where he improved code-scanning reliability and telemetry. With an MS in Data Science from Indiana University and a foundation in computer science from VNIT, he combines rigorous data-driven thinking with pragmatic engineering. Known for reducing testing and customization effort in prior roles, he brings a track record of turning complex architectures into maintainable, well-tested solutions.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Data Science, Master of Science - MS Data Science at Indiana University BloomingtonBachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology
Github Skills (9)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
aws/aws-toolkit-jetbrains
Jul 2022 - Sep 2022
AWS Toolkit for JetBrains - a plugin for interacting with AWS from JetBrains IDEs
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:19 reviews, 5 commits, 9 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Abhilash primarily contributed to the AWS Toolkit for JetBrains project by working on the CodeWhisperer feature. Their work included modifying legal terms displayed to the user, updating telemetry reporting for the code scanning feature, and adding unit and integration tests for the code scan functionality. They also addressed bugs related to range highlighters within the editor, ensuring accurate highlighting in the IDE. The user's commits demonstrate a focus on testing and improving the reliability of code scanning functionality.
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abhikuhikar/aws-toolkit-jetbrains
Jul 2022 - Jul 2023
AWS Toolkit for JetBrains - a plugin for interacting with AWS from JetBrains IDEs
Contributions:22 pushes, 10 branches in 1 year
jetbrainsjetbrains-idesaws
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