Summary
Arun Ajay is a Software Development Engineer II with 8 years of experience building scalable, production-grade systems across media, streaming, and fintech domains. Currently at Audible on the Playback Insights & Optimization team, he focuses on improving playback analytics and user experience while previously architecting royalty and accounting services that handle $1B+ in revenue and 15B+ media streams at Sony Music. He has solid backend and data-pipeline expertise—GraphQL, Kafka, Neo4j, Airflow and AWS—combined with front-end improvements in React to modernize legacy apps for internal users. At Twitch he strengthened ad-fraud detection and migrated critical Airflow workflows to Amazon MWAA, protecting millions of impressions and creator payouts. Trained at City College of New York (summa cum laude) and Georgia Tech (MS), Arun blends rigorous academic foundations with practical automation and observability skills that reduce incidents and streamline operations. Notably, his background spans both music royalties and real-time ad integrity, giving him a rare cross-domain perspective on monetization and data reliability.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Summa cum laude, 3.971, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Summa cum laude, 3.971 at The City College of New York
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Cum laude, 3.56, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Cum laude, 3.56 at Stony Brook University
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