Aleks Rudzitis
Principal Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAleks Rudzitis is a Principal Engineer based in Seattle with 12 years of experience building secure, scalable distributed systems across AWS and Stripe. He has deep expertise in cryptographic key management and compliance, having led features at AWS KMS for importing external keys and integrating CloudHSM, and later worked on PCI compliance systems at Stripe. Known for treating constraints as a catalyst for creative engineering, Aleks blends hands‑on implementation with architectural leadership to deliver customer‑centric platforms. He started his career building seller-facing systems at Amazon Marketplace, giving him a strong product-minded perspective on large-scale services. Aleks holds dual BS degrees in Computer Science and Informatics from the University of Washington and prefers roles that let him explore new technologies while solving hard systems problems. A pragmatic collaborator, he often partners across teams to harden security posture and turn complex compliance requirements into usable, auditable solutions.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at University of WashingtonShorecrest High School
Github Skills (11)
snapshots8
amazon6
verification4
model-checking4
aws4
rust3
command-line-interface3
parsing2
binary-data2
amazon-ebs1
serialization1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ajrudzitis/ajrudzitis.github.io
Jan 2014 - Jan 2023
Contributions:73 commits, 97 pushes, 2 branches in 9 years 1 month
ajrudzitis/terminal-home
May 2024 - Nov 2024
Contributions:3 pushes in 6 months
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