Summary
Ajay Gupta is a seasoned engineering leader and current Software Development Manager at Amazon Devices, leading cloud and AI/ML integration for Alexa-enabled products. He brings 8+ years of experience scaling data and backend systems and a deep systems-programming background spanning OS, networking, and multi-threading. Previously, as AVP at Jio Platforms he led 70 engineers to build fault-tolerant, event-driven data pipelines processing ~50 TB/day across a 700-node cluster, delivering cost optimizations that saved ~$1M and patented spatial analytics. Ajay has a proven track record of shipping 0-to-1 products—from a secure cloud-managed Wi-Fi solution to enterprise-grade Wi-Fi controller software—and retains an R&D mindset that blends bare-metal understanding with cloud-native design. He is an author, inventor, and mentor who emphasizes operational excellence and solving ambiguous technical bottlenecks at scale.
8 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Postgraduate Degree, Machine Learning and Deep Learning, Postgraduate Degree, Machine Learning and Deep Learning at International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical at Harcourt Butler Technical University