James Ayvaz is a seasoned software development manager based in San Francisco with 13 years of engineering experience and over six years leading teams at Amazon. He has driven production systems across device-focused health data pipelines for Amazon Halo and reporting platforms for Amazon Advertising, combining deep backend expertise (Java, Spark, AWS, CDK) with hands-on operational leadership. Known for pragmatic architecture improvements—like configuration-driven reporting—and cross-org cost-reduction initiatives that yielded 60% savings, he balances product delivery with efficiency and scale. His background spans embedded and mobile systems, Linux tooling, and firmware/update frameworks from earlier roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, giving him a rare full-stack systems perspective. Colleagues describe him as a mentor who moves smoothly between shipping code, designing resilient data pipelines, and reducing operational complexity.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at University of Houston
Contributions:21 commits, 3 PRs, 13 pushes in 2 years 10 months
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James Ayvaz - Software Development Manager at Amazon