Akash Kothawale
Software Development Engineer II at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAkash Kothawale is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable web and distributed systems, currently contributing as a Software Development Engineer II at AWS in Seattle. His background spans startups and enterprise teams—from senior engineering roles at Granular and ViralMint to research-focused work at The Climate Corporation—giving him a strong mix of product-driven and data-oriented engineering experience. He holds an MS from Binghamton and a BE from Pune Institute of Computer Technology, blending academic grounding with practical production delivery. Known for shipping reliable services at scale, he brings particular strength in translating scientific or domain-specific requirements into robust backend systems. Hidden strength: he has repeatedly moved between fast-paced startup environments and large cloud infrastructure teams, which helps him adapt designs for both rapid iteration and long-term operability.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) at Pune Institute of Computer TechnologyMaster of Science (M.S.), Master of Science (M.S.) at Binghamton University
Github Skills (44)
socket-io10
javascript10
react-native10
web-application10
electron10
python10
typescript10
razorpay10
websocket10
apache10
python-client10
chat10
zulip10
payment-processing10
sdk10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
decached/dotfiles
Apr 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:11 commits, 43 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 6 months
decached/avantage
Jan 2019 - Dec 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 11 months
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