Prayuj Pillai
Software Dev Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolPrayuj Pillai is a software development engineer with nearly eight years of experience building full-stack, cloud-native systems and developer-facing features, currently working at AWS in Seattle. He has shipped production services across consumer IoT connectivity—working on device management, secure web-based SSH terminals, and fleet tooling—and previously drove conversion and performance gains on a multi-tenant e-commerce platform at Cimpress. Fluent in languages from JavaScript/TypeScript and Java to Python and Haskell, he combines front-end UX work with backend services, Kafka streams, and data stores like MongoDB and DynamoDB. An educator as well as an engineer, he has taught programming language paradigms and assisted CS courses at San José State University, reflecting a knack for explaining complex concepts. Known for pragmatic optimizations (e.g., in-house image compression and address-validation integrations) he brings a blend of product focus and systems-level thinking to distributed, high-impact projects.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Computer Science, Masters Computer Science at San José State UniversityHigh School, High School at Goldcrest HighBachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering at University of MumbaiDon Bosco Senior Secondary School
Github Skills (33)
zebra-printer9
portal9
slot9
chrome-extension8
chrome7
png7
location7
zpl6
jpeg6
nodejs6
pdf6
api5
printer5
javascript4
pdfium4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
prayuj/redirect-page-custom-url
Jul 2021 - Nov 2023
Contributions:4 PRs, 29 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 3 months
prayuj/task-manager
Mar 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:23 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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