Marc Handalian
Senior Software Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMarc Handalian is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building and automating large-scale backend systems, currently at AWS in the Greater Seattle area. He has deep expertise in distributed search and release automation, contributing to high-profile open-source work on OpenSearch—implementing segment replication features and automating build/release pipelines for Maven artifacts and bundles. Marc’s background spans Amazon and American Express, where he progressed from technical analyst to senior developer, reflecting strong production engineering and architectural instincts. He combines systems-level backend development with practical automation skills (shell and Python) and a formal MIS education with a computer science minor, enabling him to bridge product, operations, and developer workflows. An understated strength is his ability to move complex infrastructure features from design into repeatable CI/CD processes that reduce operational friction.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Management Information Systems, Bachelor of Science (BS), Management Information Systems at University of Arizona, Eller College of ManagementThe University of Arizona
Github Skills (30)
lucene10
opensearch10
back-end-development10
python10
scripting10
amazon-elasticsearch10
java10
cicd10
javas10
elasticsearchquery10
script10
aws-elasticsearch10
build-automation10
maven10
sh10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
opensearch-project/OpenSearch
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
🔎 Open source distributed and RESTful search engine.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1131 reviews, 93 commits, 558 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Marc primarily contributed to the OpenSearch project by implementing new features and modifying existing ones related to the internal workings of the search engine. Their work includes refactoring and adding new functionality to segment replication, including introducing an Engine implementation, adding components for file copy, and updating the code to handle shard promotion. They also worked on optimizing code, adding support for new architectures, and fixing issues.
analyticsrestfulfosssearch-engineapache2
opensearch-project/opensearch-build
Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
🧰 OpenSearch / OpenSearch-Dashboards Build Systems
Role in this project:Automation Engineer & Backend Developer
Automation Engineer & Backend DeveloperContributions:122 reviews, 37 commits, 67 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Marc primarily contributed to automating the build and release processes within the OpenSearch build system. Their work includes the creation and maintenance of scripts for tasks like publishing Maven artifacts, staging releases to Sonatype, and building bundles. These contributions involved modifications to shell scripts and Python code, specifically focusing on integrating components, managing dependencies, and packaging artifacts for deployment. The user also worked on building k-NN plugins and integrating the components to the build pipelines.
dashboardsopensearch-dashboardsbuild-systemsopensearchdashboard
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