Leonardo Gama
Software Development Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolLeonardo Gama is a Software Development Engineer with seven years of practical experience building and stabilizing cloud-native developer tools at AWS, currently contributing to the AWS CDK and CLI where he added features like cdk drift and helped GA an alpha Cognito Identity Pools module. He has a strong backend and DevOps focus, demonstrated by impactful contributions to high-profile open-source projects such as aws-sam-cli and aws-cdk—adding build flags, telemetry/event tracking, and upgrading RDS Postgres engine versions across tests and libraries. A York University computer science alumnus based in Vancouver, he blends rigorous engineering with a creative streak: he composes music, creates art, and collects coins, which informs a detail-oriented, user-focused approach to tooling. Comfortable refactoring complex configuration systems and instrumenting cross-command telemetry, he often surfaces subtle UX and reliability improvements that benefit large, distributed developer ecosystems.
6 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Ontario Secondary School Diploma at St. Basil-the-Great College SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at York University
Github Skills (24)
unit-testing10
aws-cdk10
python10
testing10
typescript10
aws10
typescript-types10
infrastructure-as-code10
test-integration10
typescripts10
test-unit10
integration-testing10
amazon-cloudfront9
ec9
cloud-infrastructure9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
aws/aws-sam-cli
May 2022 - Aug 2022
CLI tool to build, test, debug, and deploy Serverless applications using AWS SAM
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:119 reviews, 21 commits, 58 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Leonardo contributed to the AWS SAM CLI project by implementing new features, fixing bugs, and enhancing existing functionality. Their work included adding the `--exclude` flag to the `sam build` command, integrating an EventTracker project for project metadata, and resolving a thread ID bug. They demonstrated proficiency in Python by modifying test files and source code files and by working with telemetry and configuration file handling. Additionally, they addressed issues related to incorrect file type handling.
api-gatewayclipythonserverless-applicationsserverless
aws/aws-cdk
May 2024 - Mar 2025
The AWS Cloud Development Kit is a framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code
Role in this project:Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:206 reviews, 45 PRs, 11 pushes in 10 months
Contributions summary:Leonardo focused on updating the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) for RDS Postgres Engine Version to 16.2, replacing all references to the deprecated version 15.2. The changes involved modifying multiple files, primarily within the `aws-cdk-lib/aws-rds` package, and included adjustments to unit and integration tests to ensure compatibility. Furthermore, they contributed to ensuring long function names in CloudFront are deterministic, and preventing deduplication of init command arguments for EC2.
development-kitaws-cloudcloud-infrastructureinfrastructurecloud-development
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.