Gurinder Walia
Software Development Engineer II at Amazon
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolGurinder Walia is a Software Development Engineer II at Amazon with nine years of experience building backend services and developer tools using Kotlin, Java, Docker, TypeScript, and Node.js. He pairs strong technical delivery—ranging from machine learning prototypes and APIs to production services—with clear cross-team communication and leadership developed through varied roles and volunteer leadership at Rotary. Notable past work includes accelerating client onboarding through self-serve tooling and implementing ML email-classification models during an early SEDNA internship. Comfortable in both large and small team settings, he brings disciplined project management and public-speaking skills honed in academic research and community organizing. Based in Surrey, BC, he holds dual BSc degrees in Biochemistry and Computer Science from UBC, reflecting a rare blend of experimental rigor and software engineering. Beyond coding, he excels at translating complex requirements into practical solutions that improve onboarding, observability, and team effectiveness.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary SchoolBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biochemistry, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biochemistry at The University of British Columbia
English, Punjabi
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (4)
genomics10
aws9
golang2
kotlin1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
waliag87/NoFunCity
Aug 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:10 PRs, 15 pushes, 5 branches in 10 months
waliag87/amazon-genomics-cli
Jan 2022 - Jan 2022
Contributions:11 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
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